Police get new powers to withdraw licences from short-sighted drivers – Daily Telegraph

“Short-sighted motorists involved in accidents or caught driving dangerously will
have their licences revoked within hours to prevent their posing a risk to other
road users.”

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Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Construction workers to challenge Met over blacklist – The Guardian

“Decision by the Metropolitan police not to investigate claims that officers supplied information to the blacklist faces appeal by workers’ lawyers.”

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The Guardian, 1st February 2013

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Regina (T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and others (Liberty and another intervening); Regina (B) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (W) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily

Posted January 31st, 2013 in appeals, cautions, criminal records, law reports, police, privacy by sally

Regina (T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and others (Liberty and another intervening); Regina (B) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (W) v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] EWCA Civ 25; [2013] WLR (D) 33

“The statutory regime requiring the blanket disclosure of all convictions and cautions relating to recordable offences against an individual was disproportionate to (i) the general aim of protecting employers and, in particular, children and vulnerable adults who were in their care, and (ii) the particular aim of enabling employers to make an assessment as to whether the individual was suitable for a particular kind of work.”

WLR Daily, 29th Janaury 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

John Catt takes protester records case to Court of Appeal – BBC News

Posted January 30th, 2013 in criminal records, demonstrations, human rights, news, police, privacy by sally

“A man from Brighton who wants records of his political activities removed from a police database has taken his case to the Court of Appeal.”

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BBC News, 29th January 2013

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Mark Duggan inquest could be shown live over the internet – The Guardian

Posted January 29th, 2013 in complaints, inquests, juries, media, news, police by sally

“Judicial officials are considering plans to stream the inquest into the police shooting of Mark Duggan live over the internet.”

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The Guardian, 28th January 2013

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Scores of violent offenders able to walk out of jail – Daily Telegraph

“Scores of Britain’s most dangerous criminals have walked out of open prisons over the past year, official statistics disclosed yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2013

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Use of police cautions has ‘got out of hand’, magistrates warn – Daily Telegraph

“One in four violent criminals are avoiding court as magistrates warned the excessive use of cautions by police has ‘got out of hand’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2013

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Plebgate: Met police calls in external force to review Scotland Yard inquiry – The Guardian

Posted January 25th, 2013 in inquiries, news, police by tracey

“The Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has called in an external force to review Scotland Yard’s criminal investigation into the plebgate saga.”

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The Guardian, 24th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police exaggerating fall in crime rate – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 25th, 2013 in crime, news, police, statistics by tracey

“Police have exaggerated the fall in crime by downgrading hundreds of thousands of offences to meet targets, the Office for National Statistics has said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2013

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Police officers sue forces over forced retirement – BBC News

Posted January 24th, 2013 in age discrimination, employment tribunals, news, police, retirement by sally

“Five police forces are to be taken to an employment tribunal accused of age discrimination.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2013

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Regina (Van der Pijl) v Crown Court at Kingston upon Thames – WLR Daily

Posted January 23rd, 2013 in evidence, law reports, police, warrants by sally

Regina (Van der Pijl) v Crown Court at Kingston upon Thames [2012] EWHC 3745 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 14

“A search warrant had to be sufficiently clear and precise in its terms so that those carrying out the search and those whose premises were being searched could understand the warrant without reference to any other extraneous documents.”

WLR Daily, 21st January 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Met appeal over autism damages ruling – BBC News

“The father of an autistic boy restrained by Metropolitan Police officers after he jumped into a swimming pool has attacked the force for challenging a ruling against them.”

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BBC News, 22nd January 2013

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Forces to publish details of misconduct cases – Daily Telegraph

“Two forces will publish details about officers who have been sacked or who have resigned while facing disciplinary proceedings in the first move of its kind in Britain.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2013

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Undercover police damages cases to be heard in secret – BBC News

Posted January 18th, 2013 in investigatory powers, news, police, private hearings, psychiatric damage, tribunals by tracey

“Women who say they were tricked into sexual relationships with undercover police
officers will have their cases heard in secret, a judge has ruled.”

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BBC News, 17th January 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Judge to rule on whether police spy case should be held in open – The Guardian

“A high court judge is due to announce on Thursday morning whether police chiefs have won a controversial case involving undercover spies they infiltrated into political campaigns.”

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The Guardian, 17th January 2013

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Police DNA sample powers ‘used against gay men’ – BBC News

Posted January 15th, 2013 in DNA, homosexuality, investigatory powers, news, police by sally

“Police powers to force offenders to give DNA samples have been used against gay men convicted of old homosexuality laws, it has been claimed.”

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BBC News, 14th January 2013

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Savile: the full shocking truth revealed in official report – The Independent

Posted January 11th, 2013 in child abuse, police, prosecutions, reports, sexual offences by tracey

“Police have recorded 34 rapes against Jimmy Savile and 126 indecent assaults with the vast majority of them against children, the youngest of whom was aged eight, a report into the activities of the former DJ revealed today.”

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Levitt Report

The Independent, 11th January 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

DPP statement on Savile cases – Crown Prosecution service

Posted January 11th, 2013 in child abuse, police, press releases, prosecutions, reports, sexual offences by tracey

“In October 2012, in light of the more recent allegations of sexual offending by Jimmy Savile, I asked my Principal Legal Advisor, Alison Levitt QC, to examine the decisions taken by the CPS in relation to the four allegations made in 2007 and 2008 and advise me whether they were correct or not.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 11th January 2013

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

IPCC to supervise Stuart Lawrence race case investigation – BBC News

Posted January 11th, 2013 in complaints, news, police, race discrimination, stop and search by tracey

“The police watchdog will supervise an investigation into a complaint by Stephen Lawrence’s brother that officers stopped and searched him because he was black.”

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BBC News, 10th January 2013

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Hacking: corrupt Yard officer found guilty of trying to sell information to NotW – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 11th, 2013 in corruption, media, misfeasance in public office, news, police by tracey

“A senior Scotland Yard counter-terrorism officer has been convicted of misconduct after she offered to sell information about the phone-hacking investigation to the News of the World.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk