The Hunt for Britain’s Sex Gangs – Channel 4 Dispatches
“In 2010 Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what was to become one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK.”
Channel 4 Dispatches, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.channel4.com
Category: police
Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth – Panorama
“A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain’s worst football disaster.
Never-before-broadcast footage of the FA Cup semi-final in which 96 Liverpool fans died reveals a catastrophic failure by the emergency services, how lives might have been saved and how subsequent inquiries were misled.
And a former home secretary and former police chiefs are put on the spot about why a succession of official investigations left the truth hidden for a generation.”
BBC Panorama, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disarray as DPP contradicts new guidance on naming of suspects – The Independent
“Controversial plans to protect the identity of suspects arrested by police were in disarray last night after the Director of Public Prosecutions called for more ‘wriggle room’ to name suspects before they were charged.”
The Independent, 21st May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Female police officer offered ‘pink gun’ wins £20K in compensation – Daily Telegraph
A female police firearms officer tricked into opening a filing cabinet full of porn and offered a “pink gun” as a weapon has been awarded £20,000 in compensation.
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police swabbing of child DNA excessive, says charity – BBC News
“Police in England and Wales have taken DNA samples from children every 10 minutes, figures obtained using freedom of information requests suggest.”
BBC News, 20th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Arrested suspects should retain anonymity, police told – BBC News
“Police in England and Wales should not name arrested people until they are charged except in ‘clearly identified circumstances’ such as when there is a threat to life, new guidance says.”
BBC News, 20th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stop and Tase? – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Last month saw the launch of the judicial review of the ‘Taser Roll-out Programme’. The landmark challenge comes after the Metropolitan Police Service and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) began the roll-out of Tasers across all 32 boroughs of London without holding a public consultation or providing the public with information about the Programme. Forty officers in each borough will be trained to use the Taser; eight officers per shift and two Emergency Response Teams will have Tasers with them at any one time. The judicial review also raises the issue that there was a legitimate expectation that the ‘Taser Policy’ across London would remain in force and that there is an arguable breach of art.2 and 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights in continuing with the implementation of the Programme.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 18th May 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
New Asbo laws could infringe freedom, think tank warns – Daily Telegraph
“New laws to curb anti-social behaviour could be used by councils to interfere with law abiding citizens, a think tank has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police watchdog criticised for errors in investigation into death in custody – The Guardian
“The official police watchdog made a series of errors in an investigation which cleared officers over the death of a man in custody, an independent report has found.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
We should have anonymity for people who have been arrested but not charged, says Theresa May – The Independent
“Criminal suspects who have been arrested should not normally be named until they are charged, the Home Secretary has said.”
The Independent, 16th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Theresa May: murderers of police to receive whole-life jail sentences – The Guardian
“Murderers of police officers are to be given whole-life sentences and be left to die in prison, the home secretary, Theresa May, is to reveal at the Police Federation conference.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Taylor v Chief Constable of Hampshire Police – WLR Daily
Taylor v Chief Constable of Hampshire Police [2013] EWCA Civ 496; [2013] WLR (D) 171
“The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 were engaged with respect to risks from sharp edges in a claim for damages for personal injury once such a risk was shown to be more than de minimis, and the employer had to provide suitable equipment to protect against that risk unless working methods could provide equal or more effective protection.”
WLR Daily, 9th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Metropolitan police issue cautions for crimes including rape, figures reveal – The Guardian
“Nearly 29,000 cautions were handed to criminals by the Metropolitan police in the year to March for offences including robbery, drug-trafficking and rape.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
WPc’s cut thumb will cost force £100,000 – Daily Telegraph
“Taxpayers were last night facing a legal bill of at least £100,000 after a long-standing compensation row involving a female police officer who cut her thumb while on duty.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Solicitor James Watson attacks police ‘vendetta’ – The Independent
“A defence solicitor who secured more than £500,000 in damages from a police force after he was wrongly arrested says officers mounted a ‘vendetta’ against him.”
The Independent, 11th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former judge to examine role of police corruption in murder investigation – The Guardian
“The home secretary has ordered a review by a former senior judge into the role police corruption had in shielding the murderers of a private detective found with an axe embedded in his head.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Antisocial behaviour, policing and crime measures unveiled – Home Office
“The government has introduced new legislation to tackle antisocial behaviour, criminalise forced marriage and reform the police.”
Home Office, 9th May 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘It doesn’t add up’: Jimmy Savile’s victims condemn report by West Yorkshire Police – The Independent
“Report examined the history of Savile’s relationship with the force and concluded there is no evidence he was protected by police officers.”
The Independent, 10th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police sergeant who sold story to Sun jailed – BBC News
“A former Brighton-based police sergeant who sold a story to the Sun newspaper
has been jailed for 10 months.”
BBC News, 9th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
