‘In my post on the TLT case last week, I mentioned a second recent judgment awarding compensation for a DPA breach. This is the judgment of the Central London County Court (HHJ Luba QC) in Andrea Brown v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police.’
Panopticon, 17th October 2016
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘Murderers and rapists are avoiding detection because police have to dispose of DNA samples, the head of a cold case unit has claimed.’
BBC News, 18th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A senior police officer has been criticised for suggesting some burglaries should not be investigated if doors and windows have been left open. Phil Kay, assistant chief constable of Leicestershire police, said he would “far rather” officers focus on preventing crime and protecting the public than investigate break-ins where carelessness may have played a role.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘UK police forces are failing victims of modern slavery by not recording what happens to them as crimes, meaning many cases are never investigated, the independent anti-slavery commissioner has said in his first annual report.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The police watchdog has announced it will not investigate claims that a chief constable instructed lawyers to “pour blame” onto Hillsborough victims at the inquest into the disaster.’
The Independent, 12th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The number of alleged rapes recorded by police has more than doubled in less than four years, figures show. A spike in reports of sexual offences has been seen following high-profile investigations including Operation Yewtree, which was launched in 2012 in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.’
The Independent, 13th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Information on 2,345 British paedophile suspects supplied by Canadian police was “poorly handled” by the body set up to protect children, a report has said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission found the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) had not dealt with the material properly.’
BBC News, 11th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Controversial surveillance technology that indiscriminately harvests information from mobile phones is being used by at least seven police forces across the country, a far larger number than previously known, according to police documents.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government is considering a review of what happened in 1984 during the miners’ strike when violent clashes took place between the police and miners on the picket line at Orgreave.’
BBC News, 10th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police say they are being relied on as an emergency mental health service and that cuts in psychiatric provision are probably to blame, the Guardian has learned.
The Guardian, 9th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has agreed to pay more than £100,000 in compensation to a man who spent six years in prison after being wrongly convicted of perverting the course of justice in a gangland murder investigation.’
The Guardian, 6th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Singer Sir Cliff Richard is suing the BBC and South Yorkshire Police after being investigated over allegations of historical sexual assault. Legal papers were filed at the High Court in London on Thursday. They list Sir Cliff as a claimant, and the BBC and chief constable of South Yorkshire Police as defendants.’
BBC News, 6th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scotland Yard has said it will not publish the full report on its heavily criticised investigation of child sexual abuse allegations against VIPs because it contains “confidential and sensitive information”.’
The Guardian, 5th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A senior officer involved in a Met operation in which a man was shot dead by police is being allowed to retire, despite being under investigation.’
BBC News, 4th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A West Midlands policeman and his two accomplices who claimed terrorists were going to kidnap a fellow officer were today sentenced to a cumulative 6 extra years in jail.’
Attorney General’s Office, 29th September 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Police body cameras can dramatically reduce the number of complaints against officers, research suggests.’
BBC News, 29th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘South Yorkshire’s most senior police officer was told to step down because he showed unacceptable insensitivity to Hillsborough disaster victims, his police and crime commissioner has said. PCC Alan Billings suspended Chief Constable David Crompton and on Thursday asked him to resign after he delivered a controversial statement following the Hillsborough inquest alluding to “other contributory factors” to blame for the deaths.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Plans to restrict the use of bail in England and Wales for suspects who have not been charged are “dangerous”, policing experts have said.’
BBC News, 28th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mentally ill man who was shot dead by Met Police officers at his home was lawfully killed, an inquest has concluded.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Hillsborough inquest took two years and a million pages of evidence. Two of the lawyers involved explain that, despite the scale of the task, they were determined to put the deceased and their families at the heart of the case.’
Legal Voice, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
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