‘Met Chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says rape will be given the same priority as counter terrorism, but warns that hundreds more officers will be needed if the force is to avoid being overwhelmed.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police officers in the UK ask for permission to monitor use of emails, text messages and internet searches once every two minutes, a new report has disclosed.’
The Independent, 1st June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Rape victims are being failed by a lack of resources among police and prosecutors, a new report has found.’
The Guardian, 2nd June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The mother of a man who died after being Tasered by police saw the “fear in his face” before the trigger was pulled, an inquest has heard.’
BBC News, 2nd June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ministers are facing calls to curb the scale of police access to private phone and email records, after a report by privacy campaigners found officers were making a request every two minutes and getting access in 93% of cases.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prosecutors have decided not to take action against police involved in the death in 2010 of a man who was restrained by officers at a psychiatric hospital.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Blacklisted workers have intensified their campaign to uncover the extent of secret police surveillance operations against them.’
The Guardian, 28th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Sun reporter has been given an 18-month suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of receiving tip-offs from an anti-terrorism officer.’
BBC News, 29th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Official study by watchdog finds series of failings with the way police and prosecutors deal with charging criminals.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Prosecutors are examining allegations that police improperly monitored the sister of a former paratrooper who died on the floor of a police station.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Planned new laws to give police and spies stronger powers to “target the online communications” of terrorist suspects are in the Queen’s Speech.’
BBC News, 27th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Sun crime reporter has been found guilty of paying an anti-terrorism police officer more than £22,000 for story tips relating to Heathrow airport.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hampshire Constabulary are the latest in a long line of police forces obliged to apologise to a victim of crime for failing to investigate an allegation properly. In this case, a young woman accused a man of rape. She was not believed; forensic examination of clothing was delayed; in the meanwhile, the complainant was threatened with arrest for ‘perverting the course of justice’ and she attempted suicide. Eventually, following belated forensic analysis, the man was arrested and has since then been convicted.’
OUP Blog, 22nd May 2015
Source: http://blog.oup.com
‘A rape victim falsely accused of lying by detectives has won £20,000 in damages after suing police under the Human Rights Act. The woman, who cannot be named, was 17 when a man raped her in Winchester in April 2012 after a night out with friends. Her mother reported the attack hours later and the victim told officers her T-shirt may contain her attacker’s DNA.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A police officer who knocked part of a man’s tooth out with his riot shield during a student protest in 2010 has been sentenced to eight months in prison.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Victims of disability hate crimes are being failed by police, prosecutors and the probation service, according to a report by inspectors.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A police officer who knocked out part of a student’s front tooth with his riot shield during a demonstration against tuition fees faces jail after being convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The home secretary, Theresa May, is to pledge up to £15m of new funding to provide health-based alternatives for the 4,000 people a year who spend time in detention in police cells under the Mental Health Act.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £160,000 monetary penalty on a police force after it lost DVDs of an interview which formed part of the evidence in a sexual abuse case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th May 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The drink-driving limit should be lowered in England and Wales to match the threshold in Scotland, the Police Federation has suggested.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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