“Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green today welcomed the launch of the College of Policing. The College will help raise the standards of policing across England and Wales creating a force fit for the 21st Century.”
Home Office, 4th February 2013
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Essex Police is to be sued over its investigation into the death of a man found
with multiple injuries in a cement mixer.”
BBC News, 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Undercover officers created aliases based on details found in birth and death records, Guardian investigation reveals.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims of fraud across the UK will be told to contact the Home Office agency Action Fraud rather than their local force from 1 April. The government says this will create a central record which can then be used to combat the most serious criminals.The police will only respond to fraud directly if an immediate response is needed via a 999 call.Critics of the new system say this means only major fraud cases will now be investigated.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The first person to be prosecuted as part of the investigation into payments by journalists to officials has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.”
BBC News, 1st February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Decision by the Metropolitan police not to investigate claims that officers supplied information to the blacklist faces appeal by workers’ lawyers.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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
“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.”
BBC News, 29th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judicial officials are considering plans to stream the inquest into the police shooting of Mark Duggan live over the internet.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scores of Britain’s most dangerous criminals have walked out of open prisons over the past year, official statistics disclosed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One in four violent criminals are avoiding court as magistrates warned the excessive use of cautions by police has ‘got out of hand’.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“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.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have exaggerated the fall in crime by downgrading hundreds of thousands of offences to meet targets, the Office for National Statistics has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Five police forces are to be taken to an employment tribunal accused of age discrimination.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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
“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.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Women who say they were tricked into sexual relationships with undercover police
officers will have their cases heard in secret, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 17th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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.”
The Guardian, 17th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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