Public will have to report crime at police stations and libraries – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 5th, 2012 in budgets, libraries, news, police by sally

“The public face having to go to supermarkets and libraries to report crimes to the police as more stations are shut down to save money, MPs have heard.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2012

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Phone-hacking investigations and prosecutions ‘could take three years’ – The Guardian

Posted September 4th, 2012 in interception, media, news, police, telecommunications, trials by sally

“Senior Scotland Yard officer Stephen Kavanagh is to take over Sue Akers’s role overseeing the investigations into phone hacking and other alleged illegal activities by journalists, with the police budgeting for the process to last another three years and cost about £40m.”

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The Guardian, 4th September 2012

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Law criminalising squatting to be challenged in court by cottage dweller – The Guardian

Posted September 3rd, 2012 in Crown Prosecution Service, homelessness, news, police, squatting by sally

“Irene Gardiner bringing case against Crown Prosecution Service and police over law change that could make her homeless.”

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The Guardian, 31st August 2012

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Inquiry into 2005 police shooting of ‘unarmed’ man – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 3rd, 2012 in coroners, evidence, homicide, inquests, inquiries, news, police by sally

“An inquiry into the death of a 24-year-old who was shot six times by a police officer is due to begin today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2012

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Justice can’t be treated as a business enterprise – The Guardian

“The Freddy Patel case shows how market forces inevitably lead to creeping deregulation if applied to the legal system.”

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The Guardian, 29th August 2012

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Cleveland Police review 90 cases after officer arrested – BBC News

Posted August 29th, 2012 in miscarriage of justice, news, police by sally

“Investigators are reviewing 90 cases in the Cleveland Police force area after the arrest of a former scenes of crime officer.”

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BBC News, 28th August 2012

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Essex police failed woman murdered by her ex-partner, watchdog says – The Guardian

Posted August 22nd, 2012 in domestic violence, murder, news, police by sally

“The police watchdog has found there was a ‘failure of systems’ in Essex police’s handling of a man who murdered his former partner and their two-year-old daughter, criticising a lack of adequate training, insufficient resources for domestic violence cases and ‘poor oversight’, in a report released on Wednesday.”

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The Guardian, 22nd August 2012

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Local Government Law Update – 11 KBW

Posted August 21st, 2012 in judicial review, local government, news, police, public procurement by sally

Local Government Law Update: 17 August (PDF)

11 KBW, 17th August 2012

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Jeanette Goodwin murder: Martin Bunch jailed for life – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2012 in bail, complaints, electronic monitoring, harassment, murder, news, police, sentencing by sally

“A man who murdered his ex-partner four days after appearing in court charged with harassing her has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years.”

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BBC News, 17th August 2012

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Fall in reported rapes ‘shows victims’ lack of confidence in Met’s sex crime unit’ – The Guardian

Posted August 20th, 2012 in complaints, inquiries, news, police, professional conduct, prosecutions, rape, victims by sally

“The number of rapes being reported to Scotland Yard has fallen significantly amid claims of crumbling confidence among victims towards the Met’s specialist sex crimes operation, Sapphire.”

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The Guardian, 19th August 2012

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Can police enter an embassy? A guide – The Guardian

Posted August 17th, 2012 in asylum, embassies, extradition, international law, news, police by sally

“The Foreign Office says it can revoke an embassy’s diplomatic status but Ecuador claims this is only if there is a public threat.”

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The Guardian, 16th August 2012

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IPCC announces external review of inquiry into death of Sean Rigg – The Guardian

Posted August 15th, 2012 in death in custody, evidence, inquests, mental health, news, police, restraint by sally

“The police watchdog is facing fresh criticism after its report into the death of a black man who died in police custody found officers acted ‘reasonably’ and ‘proportionately’, while an inquest jury found unnecessary force had contributed to his demise.”

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The Guardian, 15th August 2012

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Justice Denied: The Greatest Scandal? – BBC Panorama

Posted August 14th, 2012 in news, perverting the course of justice, police, prosecutions by sally

“The case of the Cardiff Three – wrongly convicted of murder in 1992 – refuses to go away. Twenty years after a BBC Panorama investigation helped to clear the original men, the same team returns to investigate why the trial against the police officers accused of perverting the course of justice collapsed last year, and asks: is this the biggest scandal in British legal history?”

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BBC Panorama, 13th August 2012

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Dr Freddy Patel labelled ‘misleading’ over Tomlinson case – BBC News

“A disciplinary panel says the pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson is ‘dishonest’ and ‘liable to bring his profession into disrepute’.”

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BBC News, 13th August 2012

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An injustice that won’t go away – The Independent

“A 1988 murder led to the conviction of three innocent men. Now ‘Panorama’ looks again at the role of the police.”

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The Independent, 12th August 2012

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Magistrates can stand for police commissioner roles after judge’s U-turn – The Guardian

Posted August 13th, 2012 in criminal records, judges, magistrates, news, police by sally

“The senior judge who banned magistrates from standing as candidates in November’s police commissioner elections has backed down and said they need not resign as JPs unless they are elected.”

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The Guardian, 10th August 2012

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Humberside police: ex-detective sentenced for sex assault on colleague – The Guardian

Posted August 10th, 2012 in news, police, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“Former policeman given curfew and community order in force’s third sexual offences case.”

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The Guardian, 9th August 2012

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Magistrates banned from standing in police commissioner elections – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2012 in elections, judiciary, magistrates, news, police by sally

“Plans for the first police commissioner elections this autumn have been thrown into fresh disarray with the disclosure that magistrates – who make up a significant number of the candidates – have been banned from standing.”

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The Guardian, 9th August 2012

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Pit bull owner guilty over attack on Newham police officers – BBC News

Posted August 6th, 2012 in dogs, news, police by sally

“The owner of a pit bull which attacked five policemen has been found guilty of three offences of owning a dog dangerously out of control in a public place.”

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BBC News, 6th August 2012

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We don’t need new laws for Twitter trolls, say police chiefs – The Guardian

Posted August 6th, 2012 in complaints, internet, malicious communications, news, police by sally

“The body representing Britain’s chief police officers has rejected calls for new laws to govern how the police deal with the abuse of Twitter, saying that problems may eventually be resolved by the microblogging website itself.”

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The Guardian, 4th August 2012

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