‘A suspected gunman was free to shoot a man in the face after apparent police failings meant that he was not identified as the owner of a sawn-off shotgun seized in a police operation 17 months earlier, it has emerged.’
The Independent, 12th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 did not confer an arbitrary power and was compatible with article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.’
WLR Daily, 4th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘In the recent police A19 test case, the Employment Tribunal unanimously found, “that the practice of requiring the retirement of nearly all officers in the Forces who could be required to retire under Regulation A19 of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 was not a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim”, and therefore amounted to age discrimination.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 11th February 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A police officer who lied about witnessing the Plebgate row was jailed for 12 months today. Keith Wallis, 53, of West Drayton, West London, sent an email to Conservative deputy chief whip John Randall, who was his MP, wrongly claiming that he had seen what happened as Andrew Mitchell left Downing Street on September 19, 2012.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Five police forces could face paying out millions of pounds after officers who were forced to retire after 30 years won an age discrimination claim.’
BBC News, 5th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police officer who chased and then smashed a pensioner’s car window has won £440,000 after a tribunal found he left his job after becoming a “laughing stock” among his colleagues when a video of the incident appeared online.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The disputed suggestion drunkenness among fans played a part in the Hillsborough disaster will be explored again in new inquests, lawyers for senior police officers have said.’
BBC News, 5th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A PCSO who claimed he was looking for a cat when he was caught shining a laser pen beam at a police helicopter has been given a two-year community order.’
BBC News, 4th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police and crime commissioner has called for a review of how sex offence complainants are treated by the courts after the death of a woman days after a jury acquitted a man accused of raping her.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, announces plans for legislation to ban police from giving simple cautions to repeat offenders and those who commit serious crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who was stopped and searched by police after her Oyster travel card was refused has had a legal challenge dismissed by the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who was searched by police after refusing to pay a bus fare in London has had her appeal case over stop-and-search powers rejected.’
BBC News, 4th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the death of a woman who twice gave evidence in the trial of a man accused of raping her.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The court of appeal is due to rule on a challenge over the legality of random stop-and-search powers aimed at tackling street violence.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police Service is hosting a multi-agency launch at City Hall today, Monday 3 February, to set a benchmark for the investigation of child sexual exploitation in the capital. Designed to enhance victim care through improved referral pathways the MPS has drawn up robust processes to identify children at risk of abuse and sexual exploitation. The London Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Operating Protocol – which has been agreed across all 32 London boroughs – sets out the standards expected of all those agencies involved in dealing with the identification and protection of vulnerable children who are targeted for sexual abuse.’
CrimeLine, 31st February 2014
Source: www.crimeline.info
‘The seizure of journalists’ notebooks, photographs and digital files could be conducted in secret hearings, owing to a little-publicised clause in a government bill aimed at cutting red tape, media organisations have warned. Requests for notebooks, computer disks, photographs or videos must currently be made in open court and representatives of news groups can be present. But the clause – in the deregulation bill, which comes before the Commons on Monday – significantly alters the way courts consider so-called “production orders”, stripping out current safeguards.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘New figures show wide variations in the way police record and classify rape allegations across the 43 police forces in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 31st January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Official concern over a “culture of disbelief” in rape cases has been raised as new figures show that some police forces are writing off up to a third of all allegations reported to them.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Offenders with learning disabilities are not getting the support they need from police, probation and prosecution services, an inspection has found.’
BBC News, 30th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s most senior judge has criticised a deal that saw the Metropolitan Police agree to help Virgin Media in a private prosecution of a gang of fraudsters in exchange for a share of the compensation, it was reported.’
The Independent, 30th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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