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    "speakers": [
        {
            "code": "AMFEXS",
            "name": "Evaldas Visockas",
            "biography": "Since 2019 works at Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, Police Performance Analysis and Control Board.  Previously worked at Law Institute of Lithuania (2011-2018), Centre for Crime Prevention of Lithuania (1997-2016). \r\nMA in IT, BA in Statistics at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Now Phd. candidate of sociology at Vilnius University.\r\nAreas of research and work: police performance, innovation in police, police and society relationship, crime prevention.",
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    "title": "Changing police image and perception of police in pandemic times",
    "submission_type": {
        "en": "Paper Presentation"
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    "track": {
        "en": "Public Relation and Public Order"
    },
    "state": "confirmed",
    "abstract": "The police usually present themselves as a service to the society. The public has become accustomed to seeing police officers on the media solving crimes successfully, helping and rescuing people in various accidents, saving animals. Positive presenting of police in the media, together with improved police work quality, contributed to the long-term trend of rising trust and confidence in Lithuanian police.\r\nDuring the COVID pandemic the police were tasked with ensuring the introduction of restrictions on movement and social distancing, compliance with quarantine rules, which had to ensure a slower spread of the virus. Police have also started to provide fewer contact services, less engaged in direct face-to-face contacts during crime investigations. Reduction of the visibility of the positive police work, gave the impression that the police are working less and worse on crime investigation.\r\nThe research is based on the analysis of the content of Lithuanian news portals and data of Lithuanian public opinion surveys about perceptions of public security in 2006-2020. The data shows that during the Pandemic, the image of the police is changing - from a positive of defending, protecting, helping institution, to negative, as mass public control institution. The police are forced to enforce the quarantine, movement restrictions, punish non-compliance with quarantine rules. Influenced by the media and changed nature of police contacts, public attitudes towards the police are changing, with consequences for public safety situation.",
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    "duration": 20,
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    "slot": {
        "room": {
            "en": "Featured Presentations"
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        "start": "2021-05-05T10:30:00+02:00",
        "end": "2021-05-05T10:50:00+02:00"
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