“The police watchdog has announced a review into mounting complaints about racism in the Metropolitan police, warning that they probably suggest a ‘much wider disaffection and dissatisfaction’ with the force.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Asian former police officer who was racially abused by colleagues at Cleveland police then set up and jailed for a crime he did not commit has accepted compensation from the force of more than £800,000.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John Yates helped secure a job for News International executive Neil Wallis’s daughter telling his staff he had been a ‘great friend’ of the force, a report has revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police have been criticised for their role in withholding crucial surveillance recordings made by undercover policeman Mark Kennedy. The tapes were kept from activists who were being prosecuted for planning to occupy one of Britain’s largest power stations. The contents contained vital evidence for the activists’ defence.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police watchdog is investigating why a black man who used his mobile phone to record an officer racially insulting him was arrested for a crime he said he did not commit, less than six hours after complaining about his treatment.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The identities of more than 160 child sex offenders have been exposed during the first year of the ‘Sarah’s Law’ scheme, which allows worried parents to check on anyone who has regular access to their children.”
The Independent, 4th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Grand Chamber of the ECtHR recently tackled the question of whether the police tactic of ‘kettling’ (verb, UK, of the police – to contain demonstrators in a confined area) amounted to a deprivation of the liberty of four applicants within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the ECHR.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Ministers are to introduce a new law allowing police and security services to extend their monitoring of the public’s email and social media communications, the Home Office has confirmed.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Evidence from a police phone tap in the runup to the operation against Mark Duggan that led to his fatal shooting is at the centre of the growing dispute over his inquest. Senior Metropolitan police officers have supported calls for changes to the law to allow the Independent Police Complaints Commission to reveal sensitive surveillance information unearthed during its investigation into Duggan’s death at a public inquest.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Changes to the law are needed to ensure fuller details can be revealed in cases where people have died at the hands of officers, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said.”
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BBC News, 29th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The head of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said it made a ‘serious error’ in its handling of the Mark Duggan shooting.”
BBC News, 28th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) was long awaited; it took nearly two decades for the Law Commission’s proposals for codification of the common law on mental capacity to make their way onto the statute books. The MCA is generally considered to be quite progressive and I often hear it described as ‘empowering’ and granting people ‘rights to autonomy’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A pre-inquest hearing into the death of Mark Duggan has been told that there may not be an inquest at all.”
BBC News, 26th March 2012
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“A philosophy student who claimed he suffered head injuries from a police baton during the anti-fees protest in London faces trial on Monday for violent disorder at the demonstration.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have ceased using anti-terrorism stop and search powers, figures from the Home Office show. Between April and September 2011 the powers, which enable police to search anyone for terrorist material in designated areas, were not used once.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The supreme court’s unanimous decision in Flood v Times Newspapers, handed down on Wednesday, gives some comfort to the media in what are otherwise gloomy times for journalists when the reputation of the news gathering and reporting trade, mid-Leveson inquiry, is hanging by a thread and the threat of statutory regulation looms large.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Italian student has won an out-of-court settlement with police after she was stopped under anti-terrorist legislation while filming buildings in London, and later arrested, held in a cell for five hours and then fined.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police are prosecuting growing numbers of criminals who help motorists dodge speeding penalty points.”
BBC News, 18th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The European court of human rights had a chance to strengthen the right to protest. Instead, it set a dangerous precedent.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“‘Kettling’ tactics used by the Metropolitan police to contain crowds in 2001 were lawful, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.”
BBC News, 15th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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