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Once regarded as among Europe’s safest and most peaceful countries, Sweden has faced a significant increase in shootings and violence over recent years, due in large part to the rapid expansion of gang conflict and organised crime; Policing Insight’s James Sweetland spoke to officers and academics working to tackle the problem, and explored how the country’s interpretation of the group violence intervention (GVI) approach pioneered in Boston is having a big impact on Scandinavian streets. ❝It has been an astonishing series of violent incidents, and one that only adds to the pressure facing the police in Sweden.❞ ❝Every murder is a tragedy, but a blatant act of public killing hints towards a kind of lawlessness. It’s a deeper violation of societal norms and contributes to a more powerful sense that things are running out of control.❞ ❝Segregation has been allowed to go so far that we have parallel societies in Sweden. We live in the same country but in completely different realities. Integration has been too poor at the same time as we have had a large immigration.❞ - Magdalena Andersson, former Swedish Prime Minister ❝If I meet you on the street and you have a gun, I can arrest you immediately, you have to go to custody and we do an immediate investigation. The lowest sentence is two years in prison, so now gang members don’t dare to have the guns on them, they have to hide them.❞ - Comm Anders Thornberg, Swedish Police Authority ❝We have had more presence in the vulnerable areas – and when the public can see that we are taking away the bad guys that are destroying the area, they’re coming back to the police and giving us information.❞ - Comm Anders Thornberg, Swedish Police Authority ❝The first part is: we don’t want you to die and we don’t want you to kill anyone. The second part is: if you, or anyone in your group, shoot, blow something up or kill anyone in any way, it will have consequences for all of your group. The last message is: if you want to leave your criminal life, we will do everything we can to help you.❞ - Supt Glenn Sjögren, Swedish Police Authority ❝In a way you are threatening them a little bit, when you maybe are bringing a mum that has had her son shot and they have to see pictures from the surgery and talk to a doctor… It’s a way for them to be aware of what could happen.❞ - Comm Anders Thornberg, Swedish Police Authority ❝Since we started, a lot of these guys are calling me because they know me to say, ‘Can you help me, Glen, please? I need to get out of this.’ And for everyone we help, we maybe save a life.❞ - Supt Glen Sjögren, Swedish Police Authority [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] https://lnkd.in/eUhMwfzX #lawenforcement #policing #police #violence #crime #gangs #organisedcrime

The Courts make Football Banning Orders to help prevent violence or disorder at, or in connection with, regulated football matches. Individuals with a banning order are precluded from attending all regulated matches in the UK. They may be required to hand over their passport to the police before overseas matches and tournaments. Banning orders are issued following a conviction for a football-related offence or on complaint by a local police force, British Transport Police (BTP), or the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). A football banning order lasts for a minimum of 3 years and no more than five years; however, in cases where a person was sentenced to imprisonment for the original offence, an order lasts a minimum of 6 years and no more than ten years. (Link to full article in comments) #criminaljustice #lawyerlife #criminallaw

Day 1 of Safe Sport International Conference had some incredibly powerful examples of the harm from abuse by survivors. It is a stark reminder that the primary focus must remain on prevention to protect from harm and making the environment as hostile for perpetrators and predators as possible. In terms of online harm, from a UK perspective, I expect much discussion on the passing of the Online Safety Bill. Clearly not without its flaws but an important step in the right direction. https://lnkd.in/eRXcKQeG In terms of the UK there is also the Serious Violence Duty with a minimum standards definition of serious violence for London being "Any violence and exploitation affecting young people under the age of 25, domestic abuse, and sexual violence" relevant to a high proportion of at risk athletes. Due to its localised geographical focus it's likely violence and abuse in sport will be overlooked by those responsible authorities who are subject to the duty. However, there is value in considering how sport can use the guidance of the duty to better prevent athletes from harm. Partnership working and effective utilisation of data and intelligence are at the heart of the duty. While a London centric document the LOTI presentation (https://lnkd.in/ePdzp-kG) may be useful as a general review of the duty. Consider the references to community as the sport community and the opportunities of a more structure consistent approach. #safesport #safeguarding #violence #abuse #athleteabuse

Significant moment at #LondonPolicingBoard this week when Sir Mark Rowley called for Violence Against Women and Girls #VAWG to be classed as a 'national security threat'. This statement was of course in the context of the Met needing to respond to the #Angiolini report highlighting the numerous failings that allowed the murderer of Sarah Everard to become and remain a police officer despite a long history of depravity and sexual offending. And three years after Sarah's awful murder, and a year from the #Casey review laying bare the multiple challenges within the Met, this is more evidence of the recognition and response to #VAWG now being seen as a strategic priority. It should not have taken this event to lead to this recognition, but Sir Mark acknowledged the wider harm caused by predatory male offenders: - 34,000 men in London associated with crimes against women and girls (Met) - 800,000 women experiencing sexual violence nationally (CSEW) - 750,000 men assessed as presenting a sexual threat to children (NCA) We know the policing of VAWG has been under-prioritised and under-resourced for years, but this level of harm - not just the catastrophic harm to individuals and their families - but the wider harm to society, needs to be recognised and resourcing to put in place the proactive measures that we know are needed to restore public trust and legitimacy into policing. #policing #strategicpolicingrequirement #VAWG #domesticabuse #policingbyconsent #nationalsecurity https://lnkd.in/ebHKwrVq

Our thoughts, support, and prayers are with the Fallen Officers and their families. We also extend our gratitude to law enforcement personnel worldwide who proudly serve, protect, and sacrifice so that we may remain safe. #lawenforcement #employeeappreciationday #hrcommunity #cphr #wellnessjourney #traininganddevelopment #canada #rcmp

Enhancing #pcve efforts requires a tapestry of voices, from law enforcement to local communities. 💡Learn how the Western Balkans are trying to build a multifaceted front against violent extremism in our latest #RANresearch paper. Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/40vIE1L

𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐒𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 Canadian policy experts warned Liberals Bill C-21 was massively flawed and would make Canada less-safe. According to this CBS News Texas report, the federal governments own Criminal Intelligence Service Canada now says crime guns have doubled in value in Canada, while Ontario has seen a 10x increase in the number of smuggled crime guns traced back to Texas. How's Justin Trudeau's Bill C-21 doing so far? 🤡 According to Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, of guns traced last year that were involved in crimes in Ontario, Canada's most populated province, 73% originated from the United States, with no state having more hits than Texas. Last year, more than 300 guns used in crimes in Ontario were traced back to Texas - nearly ten times as many as five years ago. "We are deeply concerned about illegal handguns coming into Canada from the United States, and in particular from Texas," said Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Deputy Chief Bill Fordy. https://lnkd.in/gjgvSrdy #cdnpoli #onpoli #guncontrol #RepealC21 #canada #ontario #quebec #manitoba #saskatchewan #alberta #britishcolumbia #newbrunswick #novascotia #pei #newfoundland #northwestterritories #nunavut #yukon #linkedin #video #viral #watch #new #news #politics #fyp #usa #trudeau #fail

The response by WA Police to resolve this community threat deserves the praise of the Premier and Prime Minister. The frontline officers did a great job in difficult circumstances. From experience, I know WA Police Executive will have asked three questions of the State Security Investigation Group (SSIG) before firing up the spin machine. 1) What did we know? 2) When did we know it? 3) What did we do about it? This last question is the most important one. Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs are of value. They, to some degree, diminish threat, but only if the participant in the program is willing, and more importantly, honest. A CVE Case Officer will never know if their participant is lying and simply telling their Case Officer what they want (or need) to hear. CVE must be backstopped with proactive, comprehensive, covert monitoring programs designed to detect the risk posed by an individual, independent of CVE. In 2018, while based at the State Security Investigation Group, I conceived, developed and implemented a program that did exactly that. It was the first of it's type in Australia. The program was designed to: 1) Identify the individuals in WA that posed the greatest risk to community safety due to Violent Extremism; 2) Lawfully and covertly monitor the behaviour of those individuals to detect potential intent to commit offences and offer early intervention strategies, and; 3) Dramatically improve the intelligence holdings on those individuals, to assist an investigation, should one be needed. Strangely, whilst some people in WAPOL saw value in the program, interest in it seemed to stop at Assistant Commissioner level. I'm led to believe that sometime after I left the State Security Investigation Group the program was shelved for a considerable period of time and when recommenced, it was in a significantly diminished capacity. So while I applaud the policing 'response', I think there are some other questions that need to be asked of the Police Commissioner, namely: 1) Is the program still running? 2) Was this offender an operational target of the program? 3) If the State Security Investigation Group has been assigned to do higher priority work than proactively mitigating the risk posed by violent extremism (in all it's shapes and forms), what exactly is that work? https://lnkd.in/g2ywUyeK