scholarly journals Specificity of communication of policemen with persons under the influence of narcotic and psychotropic substances

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Dagmar Kopencova
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Front Line ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Public Crisis ◽  
Narcotic Drugs ◽  
Crisis Situations

The paper deals with safe communication between members of the Police of the Czech Republic and persons under the influence of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The task of police officers is to maintain public order and monitor and investigate crime. Police officers are front line actors, addressing public crisis situations. They are increasingly confronted with people under the influence of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. When investigating crime, they collect information through interrogating suspects, the accused, witnesses and victims who abuse substances. The strategies employed by police officers in interrogating, and communicating with, these people is a key part of their work.

scholarly journals Competitiveness of the Regions in the Czech Republic from the Perspective of Disaster Risk Financing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Alena Oulehlova ◽  
Ales Kudlak ◽  
Rudolf Urban ◽  
Eva Hoke
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Fund Allocation ◽  
Regional Budget ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Crisis Situations

Mitigation of the impact of disasters and increasing resilience represent an inseparable part of the competitiveness of regions that cannot be implemented without a necessary resource framework. The paper focuses on the issue of financing individual phases of disaster management at the level of regions in the Czech conditions. The article is based on the assumption that public authorities do not systematically plan funds for dealing with crisis situations in the expenditure part of the budget, thereby not supporting the structural and functional conditions of territorial attractiveness, security and sustainability. The aim of the article is to propose a unique calculation of the minimum fund allocation for individual phases of disaster risk reduction at the regional level. The calculation concept is based on the value of the property owned by the region, the number of crisis situations predicted in the region, the number of crisis situations predicted in the Czech Republic, the administrative territory of the region and the total expenditures of the regional budget. The article presents a specific national approach to the public fund allocation to the individual disaster risk management phases, providing competitive administration and progressive and resilient development of the region. Based on the originally elaborated calculation, a comparative analysis of the expenditure part of 13 regional budgets for the 2013– 2019 period was performed. The premise on the insufficient financing of disaster management was confirmed, although the Crisis Management Act imposes this obligation. The results showed that the most underfunded area was the implementation phase.

Estimation of Economic-Compulsive Drug-Related Crime in the Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Monitoring Centre ◽  
National Monitoring ◽  
National Drug ◽  
Multiple Characteristics

BACKGROUND: Drug-related crime has multiple characteristics. Criminal offences committed to acquire drugs represent a significant part of drug-related crime. This article presents detailed results of a study performed by the National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addiction in cooperation with the National Drug Headquarters and the Police Praesidium of the Czech Republic in 2018. AIMS: The aims of the study were to estimate the range of criminal offences committed by drug users attempting to obtain funds for purchasing drugs for personal consumption and provide insights into the structure of this group of crimes. METHODS: The study was designed as a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The respondents were police officers working in regional departments. Data was collected through a 42-item questionnaire. The estimate was related to 2017. SAMPLE: A total of 80 district and city police headquarters were contacted, 78 of which completed the questionnaire. RESULTS: In 2017, drug users committed an estimated 46,300 criminal offences in order to acquire funds for drugs for personal use, which represented 23% of all the crimes registered in that year. Converted to cleared-up offences, an estimated 14,400 crimes (i.e. 15% of cleared-up criminal offences) were committed by drug users. The most frequent offences included simple theft, burglary, and the manufacturing, distributing, and other unauthorized handling of drugs. The highest proportion of offences committed by drug users was estimated for the manufacturing, distributing, and other unauthorized handling of drugs, simple theft, unauthorized possession of payment instruments, and burglary. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the limitations of the methodological framework, the study provided valuable insights into the incidence of drug-related crime in the Czech Republic, as this data is not collected in any existing data collection system. The results suggest that drug-related crime represents a significant share of the total registered crime and special attention should be paid to this problem. At the same time, in interpreting the results, the identified drawbacks and limited scope of the study need to be borne in mind. Therefore particular effort should be invested in the improvement of data collection in this area.

Security of assemblies in the Republic of Poland and the Czech Republic – administrative and legal conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (39) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
Marcin Jurgilewicz ◽  
Robert Socha ◽  
Radomír Ščurek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

The organization of assemblies in the Republic of Poland and in the Czech Republic is an increasingly common occurrence in public life. The freedom of peaceful assembly enables their participants to express their views, which in a democratic state under the rule of law is a desired expression of the constitutional rights and freedoms of individuals. Therefore the course of gatherings should be safe not only for its participants, but also for the attendees. The organizer, law enforcement and police officers are responsible for the safe conduct of the assembly. On the other hand, technical and logistical considerations are also important for the security of assemblies. The pandemic currently experienced by the majority of societies not only in Europe, but also on other continents, makes a significant impact on the sphere of law and civil liberties, including the right to organize assemblies. This paper addresses the issue of security of assemblies in Poland and the Czech Republic from the point of view of administrative solutions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper constitutes the result of team research conducted as part of a scientific internship by the Authors in Fakulta bezpečnostního inženýrství, Bezpečnostních služeb – Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava in the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Education in the Area of Human Protection in Emergency and Crisis Situations in the Context of Health Education in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-134
Author(s):  
Jitka Slaná Reissmannová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
First Aid ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Crisis Situations

The present time brings a number of emergency and crisis situations, including floods, fires or Covid-19, the management of which requires the active involvement of citizens. Lower secondary education in the Czech Republic includes the subject of Health Education, in which this topic is addressed. Education of students in the area of lifestyle and health is included in Health Education and Home Economics, the latter being delivered in Slovenia. In terms of content, both courses are similar and can enrich each other by sharing valuable experience both in teaching students and in preparing future elementary school teachers. The objective of this paper is to present the concept of elementary education in human protection in emergency and crisis situations in the Czech Republic and the related concept of undergraduate teacher training. The research methods used were document review (of curricular documents and study plans) and questionnaire survey. The paper presents the results of an analysis of the curricular document governing elementary education in the Czech Republic (Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education), as well as the results of an analysis of a health education textbook focusing on the area of safety issues. The paper also presents the results of an analysis of the study plans of selected faculties of education in terms of human protection in emergency and crisis situations, as well as the results of a questionnaire survey focusing on the awareness of future teachers in the area of human protection in emergency situations. The results and main findings of the analysis of the curricular document suggest that the topics of the human protection in emergency situations should be strengthened in the context of Health Education (and throughout elementary education). The studies on teachers’ and future teachers’ awareness of human protection in emergency situations (including first aid) point to some shortcomings in undergraduate teacher training (for example, the optional course in first aid and human protection in emergency situations at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University). Conclusions and recommendations for practice: the current revision of the Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education should allow the strengthening of emergency issues in Health Education. Based on the inquiry, the following is recommended: due attention should be paid to all emergency issues in the course of education; further teacher training in all emergency issues should be promoted; emergency issues in undergraduate teacher training should be integrated in the form of compulsory common base courses.

scholarly journals Illegal drug trafficking on the internet

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatolii V. Movchan ◽  
Mykola O. Yankovyi ◽  
Karen Yu. Ismailov ◽  
Elena O. Melnikova ◽  
Oleksandr M. Zaiets
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Illegal Drug ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Worldwide Web ◽  
Criminal Groups ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

The relevance of the study is due to the change of activity of organized criminal groups involved in the circulation of psychoactive substances towards the organization of the mentioned activity through the Internet. The purpose of this work is to investigate the current problems of combating drug trafficking by using the worldwide web through contactless sale of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. It is necessary to strengthen the analytical component of law enforcement activities in the detection and analysis of content on the Internet through the introduction of information technology in law enforcement activities, the dissemination of knowledge about OSINT. The materials of the article are of practical value for the higher education graduates of police specialties, police officers of the criminal block and specialists in the field of operational search activities.

scholarly journals RESULTS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SERVICE EVALUATION OF POLICE OFFICERS OF THE POLICE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-53
Author(s):  
PETR JEDINÁK ◽  
MAREK ČANDÍK
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Senior Management ◽  
Appraisal System ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Staff Appraisal

At present there are increasing demands for security. The Police of the Czech Republic are aware that without educated and motivated employees their  activities will not be professionally developed at the required pace. Senior management has a number of tools to improve performance and one of the main features is to identify a quality staff appraisal system. The article presents the results of research concerning the issue of evaluation of police officers of the Police of the Czech republic, which was carried out at the beginning of 2019. The obtained results were processed by standard statistical methods.

scholarly journals Case Study as a Part of Education in the Field of Domestic Violence

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Kateřina Šmejkalová
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Positive Results

AbstractIntroduction: This research study deals with the necessity of educating the members of the Police of the Czech Republic in the area of a social-pathological phenomenon, specifically domestic violence. In most cases, police officers are on the scene of an incident as the first ones. It is a socio-pathological phenomenon, which requires a very sensitive but at the same time a professional approach from the police officers.Purpose: The main objective of the research was to find out what the views of the coordinators at selected Regional Directorates of the Police of the Czech Republic dealing with the cases of domestic violence are.Methods: For the purposes of the research, the qualitative method of structured interviews with open questions was used. The respondents were the coordinators from five regions of the Czech Republic.Conclusions: It can be concluded that great attention has been paid to the issues of domestic violence in the Czech Republic since 1996, which has brought positive results in dealing with real cases by the members of the Police of the Czech Republic. However, each case with the features of domestic violence is different and for this reason it is not possible to describe the whole range of possibilities in the preparation. These problems are only a part of many different incidents the police have to deal with. This fact is taken into account in the proposal for the continuous education of police officers at the departments of the Police of the Czech Republic.

Social variation in size at birth and preterm delivery in the Czech Republic and Sweden, 1989-91

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koupilova ◽  
Vagero ◽  
Leon ◽  
Pikhart ◽  
Prikazsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Preterm Delivery ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Social Variation ◽  
Size At Birth
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