Policing - new material (45)
01 January 1999
Look out, they're after us, Andrew Wiard. Journalist January/February 1999, pp16-19. The National Union of Journalists is handling more and more cases of photographers arrested while covering environmental demonstrations. Wiard, who has covered political events for over 20 years, warns that his colleagues are being targeted by police "in an alarming threat to the freedom of journalists to cover dissent."
Police training for local service delivery in multi-ethnic communities: the Hammersmith model, Shelley Collins & Robin Oakley. Police Journal Vol. LXXI, no. 4 (October-December) 1998, pp297-306. This piece describes an "approach to police training on race" conducted in the Hammersmith division of the Metropolitan police during 1996-97. The approach involved five phases: i. Establishment of protocol and agreement on outcomes, ii. Training needs analysis and data gathering, iii. Consultation with the local community; iv. Design and delivery of training and v. Evaluation.
Economy of scale, Ted Crew. Policing Today Vol. 4, no. 4 (December) 1998, pp24-27. This article, by West Midlands chief constable Ted Crew, argues that the 43-police force structure in England and Wales "is inherently inefficient, wasteful of public resources and...makes it impossible for the service to negotiate and deliver national policies in sensible timetables." Using his West Midlands reorganisation as a template Crew calls for a commitment to regional-based policing.
Polizeipolitik in Europa, Harmut Aden. Westdeutscher Verlag (www-westdeutschervlg.de.ca) DM 25, ISBN 3-531-13198-2. Taking the examples of Germany, France and the Netherlands, the author compares the development of national police organisations in Europe and their enforced cooperation in common structures such as Schengen, Trevi and the EU. In his interdisciplinary dissertation Aden describes the lack of judicial and political control of the police bodies as well as the interests and tendencies towards a maximum security society.
Operation of certain police powers under PACE, Graham Wilkins & Chris Addicott. Statistical Bulletin (Home Office) Issue 2/99 (January) 1999, pp20.
Parliamentary debate
Police Act 1997 (Authorisation of Action in Respect of Property) (Code of Practice) Order 1998; Police Act 1997 (Notification of Authorisations etc.) Order 1998 Lords 8.12.98. cols. 897-901