“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said two officers acted properly when they dealt with a Neath Valley man who later died.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police said it is considering a number of breach of privacy allegations received since January. The new team, to be formed under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, will examine matters not covered by the force’s phone-hacking inquiry, Operation Weeting.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A policewoman who was forced out of her job after going on the TV show Total Wipeout while she was off sick, is now suing force chiefs.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s police forces are forming regional surveillance units with the power to carry out covert and intrusive investigations. Detectives believe the groups will make it easier for the authorities to bug computers, break into properties and interfere with wireless internet networks as part of countersurveillance operations, according to documents seen by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner ruled that they were in the public interest, amid claims by some victims’ families that the former Conservative prime minister tried to protect the police’s reputation.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A UK police force that published a complaint it had received which included sensitive personal data was in breach of data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three senior judges have ruled that the undercover police officer Mark Kennedy unlawfully spied on environmentalists and arguably acted as an ‘agent provocateur’.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police were ordered by a High Court judge today to disclose information which could indicate that telephone messages sent and received by celebrities Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan were intercepted by a private investigator working for a newspaper.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The full parliamentary report into phone hacking.”
Home Affairs Committee, 20th July 2011
Source: www.parliament.co.uk
“The convictions of 20 protesters for trying to shut down the UK’s second largest power station have been quashed by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Secretary has expressed her gratitude for the work of Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates.
The comments were made in an oral statement to the House of Commons about the Metropolitan Police Service.”
Home Office, 18th July 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating an allegation that John Yates ‘inappropriately’ secured a Scotland Yard job for the daughter of hacking suspect Neil Wallis.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office will give ‘full consideration’ to calls for it to launch an investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, a spokeswoman said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legal advisers have been stunned by the Metropolitan Police requesting rock-bottom hourly rates in its latest panel review, at a time when it faces an increasing chance of court action over its handling of the News International phone-hacking scandal.”
The Lawyer, 18th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Britain’s surveillance watchdog has reprimanded police forces, councils and government departments for overusing powers intended to clamp down on terrorism to snoop on members of the public.”
The Independent, 17th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police would be able to warn women if a new partner had a violent past under plans to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from domestic abuse being considered by the home secretary, Theresa May.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home Office Statistical Bulletin 11/11 presents police recorded crime statistics on the levels and trends in detections and detection rates in England & Wales for the financial year 2010/11.”
Home Office, 14th July 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has asked retired High Court judge Sir Christopher Rose to conduct the independent inquiry into issues arising out of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station protest cases.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A leading former judge has been appointed to lead an expanded inquiry into claims that prosecutors suppressed secret surveillance tapes recorded by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy.Sir Christopher Rose, a retired court of appeal judge noted for his fierce independence, will head the inquiry which was set up by the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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