Category: police

CPS publishes guidelines on prosecutors’ approach to Child Sexual Abuse cases – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted June 13th, 2013 in codes of practice, consultations, Crown Prosecution Service, news, police, prosecutions, sexual offences, victims by sally

“Ground breaking new guidelines for prosecutors on how to tackle cases involving child sexual abuse have today been issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions and will take immediate effect. At the same time, the College of Policing has issued guidance for investigators and both documents are now open to a three month public consultation.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 11th June 2013

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Police to reveal details of partners’ pasts to tackle domestic violence – The Guardian

Posted June 13th, 2013 in disclosure, domestic violence, homicide, news, police, reports by sally

“Women will be passed information about the past of a violent partner in an initiative being considered by a police force where nine people have died in domestic violence homicides in four years.”

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The Guardian, 13th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Keir Starmer: terrorists could escape prosecution without ‘snoopers’ charter’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 12th, 2013 in bills, data protection, intelligence services, internet, investigatory powers, news, police, privacy, prosecutions, terrorism by sally

“There is a ‘real risk’ that terrorists could avoid prosecution if proposed internet monitoring powers are abandoned, the country’s top prosecutor has said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Four sex-abuse cases referred to police for reconsideration – BBC News

Posted June 12th, 2013 in child abuse, Crown Prosecution Service, news, pilot schemes, police, prosecutions, sexual offences, trials, victims by sally

“Police have been asked to reconsider their decision to drop four sex-abuse cases, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced.”

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BBC News, 11th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Suspected Jamaican rapist banned from UK for a decade as police employ new tactic – The Independent

Posted June 10th, 2013 in burden of proof, deportation, immigration, London, news, police, sexual offences by sally

“A suspected Jamaican sex-offender charged five times but never convicted for allegedly raping vulnerable women has been banned from Britain for a decade in a controversial new police tactic to target foreign criminals.”

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The Independent, 7th June 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Surveillance camera code of conduct comes into force – Home Office

Posted June 7th, 2013 in closed circuit television, codes of practice, local government, police, press releases, road traffic by sally

“New guidance in place over police and local authority use of CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition.”

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Home Office, 4th June 2013

Source: www.gov.uk/home-office

Met crackdown on foreign suspects raises fears justice will be denied – The Guardian

Posted June 7th, 2013 in crime, criminal justice, deportation, immigration, London, news, police, tribunals by sally

“Lawyers say police could ‘circumvent criminal justice’ by using intelligence in civil immigration courts to increase deportations.”

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The Guardian, 6th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Attorney general joins calls for police to confirm names in ‘secret arrests’ – The Guardian

Posted June 6th, 2013 in anonymity, attorney general, media, news, police, privacy, public interest by sally

“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has intervened in the debate over so-called secret arrests and said police should confirm the name of a suspect if they have been correctly identified by the media.”

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The Guardian, 4th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

West Midlands Police pay out to bereaved mum Abby Podmore – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2013 in compensation, homicide, news, police, wrongful arrest by sally

“A mother arrested on suspicion of murder after her son died of natural causes has accepted an undisclosed settlement from the police.”

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BBC News, 6th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Stop and search reduction has led to fairer policing, says equality group – The Guardian

Posted June 6th, 2013 in equality, news, police, racism, stop and search by sally

“Police use of stop and search has been cut by up to 50% in five forces, including London and the West Midlands, without slowing the fall in the crime rate, according to an official report.”

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The Guardian, 6th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hillsborough inquests to be heard by jury – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2013 in coroners, inquests, juries, news, police, sport by sally

“Fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims will be held before a jury, a coroner has confirmed.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Met police officer jailed for selling celebrity tip-offs to the Sun – The Guardian

Posted June 5th, 2013 in Crown Prosecution Service, informers, media, misfeasance in public office, news, police, public interest, sentencing by sally

“A former Metropolitan police officer who had access to private information about wealthy Chelsea residents including the Duchess of Cambridge and Tetra Pak heir Hans Rausing has been jailed for two years for selling stories about them to the Sun.”

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The Guardian, 5th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Inspectors call for streamlined criminal justice process – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 4th, 2013 in criminal justice, Crown Prosecution Service, news, police, reports by sally

“Inspectors of police service and prosecutors have called for decisive action to streamline the criminal justice process and end ‘the spectre of unnecessary bureaucracy’.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 4th June 2013

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Rebecca Leighton: Poison probe nurse to sue police – BBC News

Posted June 3rd, 2013 in internet, news, nurses, poisoning, police, privacy by sally

“A nurse who spent six weeks in prison accused of poisoning patients at Stockport’s Stepping Hill Hospital is to sue Greater Manchester Police (GMP).”

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BBC News, 3rd June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police force pays £8,000 compensation to staff member who tripped over pile of paper – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 3rd, 2013 in compensation, health & safety, news, personal injuries, police, statistics by sally

“A police force paid out £8,000 in compensation to a member of staff who was hurt tripping over a pile of paper in a corridor, it has emerged.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Majority of public are against naming of suspects at arrest, survey reveals – The Independent

Posted June 3rd, 2013 in anonymity, news, police, privacy, statistics by sally

“Controversial police plans to protect the identity of criminal suspects before they are charged are backed by a large majority of the public, a survey for The Independent has found.”

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The Independent, 31st May 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Met police in talks over law change to allow positive discrimination – The Guardian

Posted June 3rd, 2013 in equality, minorities, news, police, recruitment by sally

“Scotland Yard has discussed with the government a radical change in race relations law to allow positive discrimination in recruitment, as the growth of London’s ethnic minority populations makes the gap between the police ranks and those they serve wider than ever.”

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The Guardian, 2nd June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Surveillance: RIPA and the Communications Data Bill – Panopticon

Posted May 30th, 2013 in admissibility, bills, evidence, intelligence services, internet, investigatory powers, news, police, telecommunications by sally

“The Communications Data Bill, shelved amid political heavy weather, is back on the agenda in the wake of last week’s Woolwich murder. Today for example, Conservative MP and former policing minister Nick Herbert wrote an article in The Times in support of the Bill and responding to those who have called it a ‘snooper’s charter’.”

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Panopticon, 29th May 2013

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

BSB decision to stop former chief constable self-funding pupillage upheld – Legal Futures

Posted May 28th, 2013 in barristers, equality, news, police, pupillage by sally

“A barristers’ chambers which offered an unfunded pupillage to a former police chief constable has lost its appeal against a Bar Standards Board decision that the move ran foul of equality rules designed to stop ‘rich kids’ from self-funding.”

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Legal Futures, 28th May 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Sun faces first civil claim as model sues over ‘police bribes’ – The Guardian

Posted May 28th, 2013 in corruption, damages, media, news, police, privacy by sally

“A model is suing the Sun and Scotland Yard in the first civil claim linked to alleged corrupt payments to police officers and public officials.”

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The Guardian, 27th May 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk