“Peers and MPs have warned the home secretary, Theresa May, that extra safeguards for new random counter-terror stop-and-search powers are needed in order to prevent further human rights breaches.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of children under 16 are being held overnight in police cells every year, figures reveal.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two Gwent Police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after smashing a car window at the end of a pursuit.”
BBC News, 10th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Student Alfie Meadows had to have emergency brain surgery from head injuries he received during a tuition fees protest in December. Today the 21-year-old goes to court on charges of violent disorder at the same demonstration, and faces up to five years in prison.”
The Independent, 9th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A 31-year-old woman has died in custody in York, prompting an investigation by the police watchdog.”
BBC News, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four specialist police officers have been found not guilty of violently assaulting a British Muslim man during an early morning raid on his home.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Disciplinary panel says officer exploited position of trust to pursue girl living in care home.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police officers were justified in pulling a protester from his wheelchair and ‘inadvertently’ hitting him with a baton at the student fees demonstrations, an inquiry has found.”
The Independent, 27th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the death of a ‘vulnerable’ man in a police cell has found “staff failed” to protect him.”
BBC News, 25th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Twenty environmental activists who were convicted of conspiring to shut down one of the UK’s biggest power stations are to launch an appeal after allegations that police suppressed potentially crucial evidence from an undercover officer.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The security forces did not collude directly with loyalist paramilitaries who murdered the Northern Ireland solicitor Rosemary Nelson, a public inquiry has concluded.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Rosemary Nelson Inquiry Report, HC 947 (PDF)
“Keir Starmer QC announces that the Met police officer is to face criminal proceedings over the death of Ian Tomlinson.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“PC Simon Harwood will face criminal proceedings for striking newspaper vendor with a baton during G20 protests in 2009.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four police officers will face misconduct proceedings over failures to stop a gang terrorising a woman who killed herself and her disabled daughter, a watchdog said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Asians tell of being targeted and cajoled by officers from MI5 and special branch.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A report into police actions over a Leicestershire mother who killed herself and her disabled daughter after years of abuse is due to be published.”
BBC News, 24th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two former cabinet minsters, a police chief and a journalist are to mount a judicial review into the Metropolitan police’s handing of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior Tories have raised concerns that the party is risking its reputation for being strong on law and order as the police unveiled plans for a summer campaign of protest against coalition cuts.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been ordered to pay £5,000 each to four women for failing to investigate allegations of slavery.”
BBC News, 2oth May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An off-duty Lincolnshire police inspector who killed a man in a car crash has failed in a Court of Appeal bid to clear his name.”
BBC News, 18th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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