Category: police

Regina (GC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Liberty and another intervening); Regina (C) v Same (Same intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted May 19th, 2011 in DNA, law reports, police, Supreme Court by sally

Regina (GC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Liberty and another intervening); Regina (C) v Same (Same intervening) [2011] UKSC 21;  [2011] WLR (D)  162

“The statutory discretion for the police to retain biometric data obtained from criminal suspects who were subsequently not proceeded against or were acquitted could be exercised in a rational and proportionate manner which respected and fulfilled the statutory purpose but did not involve the indefinite retention of data taken from all suspects, regardless of their age and the nature of the alleged offence, in breach of their right to privacy.”

WLR Daily, 18th May 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Police federation speech – Speech by Theresa May

Posted May 19th, 2011 in pensions, police, remuneration, speeches by sally

“The Home Secretary delivered this speech at the Police Federation Conference 2011 on 18 May, 2011.”

Full speech

Home Office, 17th May 2011

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Avon and Somerset Police neglected cell death man – BBC News

Posted May 19th, 2011 in alcohol abuse, death in custody, duty of care, news, police by sally

“Failures by custody staff at Bath police station contributed directly to the death of a man found drunk in the street, an inquest has found.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Guidelines on DNA samples unlawful – The Independent

Posted May 18th, 2011 in DNA, fingerprints, news, police by sally

“Police guidelines allowing forces to retain the fingerprints and DNA samples of innocent people are unlawful, a panel of leading British judges ruled today. The ruling was made by the Supreme Court in London nearly three years after the European Court of Human Rights reached a similar conclusion.”

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The Independent, 18th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Police warned not to misuse anti-terror laws to round up innocent people – The Independent

Posted May 17th, 2011 in news, police, reports, terrorism by sally

“Police must avoid the ‘temptation’ to abuse anti-terrorism laws by using them as a net to round up innocent people – particularly in the run-up to next year’s Olympics, the Government’s terrorism watchdog has warned.”

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The Independent, 17th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ali Dizaei conviction quashed – The Guardian

Posted May 16th, 2011 in appeals, corruption, fraud, news, police, witnesses by sally

“The court of appeal has quashed the conviction of a former police chief who was found guilty by a jury of framing a man.”

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The Guardian, 16th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Phone hacking: Prescott seeks judicial review – BBC News

Posted May 13th, 2011 in inquiries, interception, judicial review, news, police, telecommunications by sally

“Four men who believe the News of the World hacked their phones have applied to the High Court again for a judicial review into the police inquiry.”

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BBC News, 12th May 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Government publishes draft protocol for new police and crime commissioners and chief constables – Home Office

Posted May 13th, 2011 in criminal justice, police, press releases by sally

“In the journey towards the introduction of the first Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in May 2012, the government today published a draft protocol setting out the relationship between PCCs and Chief Constables.”

Full press release

Home Office, 11th May 2011

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Madeleine McCann case to receive help from Met – The Guardian

Posted May 13th, 2011 in children, missing persons, news, police by sally

“Scotland Yard has been ordered to review the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, after the child’s mother appealed to the prime minister for help. The Guardian understands that shortly after Kate McCann published an open letter in the Sun newspaper asking David Cameron to step in, Downing Street contacted the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.”

Full story

The Guardian, 12th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police reform bill defeat for government in Lords – The Guardian

Posted May 12th, 2011 in bills, elections, news, police by sally

“The government suffered a major defeat in the Lords when a rebellion by Liberal Democrat peers helped carry an amendment that could bury the government’s central policy of elected police and crime commissioners.”

Full story

The Guardian, 11th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

On-the-spot £100 fines for dangerous drivers – The Independent

Posted May 11th, 2011 in dangerous driving, fines, news, police by sally

“Police will be able to hand out on-the-spot fines for careless driving under a new strategy being launched to to make Britain’s roads safer.”

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The Independent, 11th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ian Tomlinson death: IPCC rules Met officer ‘reckless’ in conduct – The Guardian

Posted May 10th, 2011 in complaints, disciplinary procedures, news, police, professional conduct by sally

“A senior Metropolitan police officer has been found to have ‘recklessly’ misled two pathologists over the possible cause of Ian Tomlinson’s death at the G20 protests in London.”

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The Guardian, 9th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police paid £250,000 in compensation to people arrested over G20 protests – The Guardian

Posted May 9th, 2011 in damages, demonstrations, false imprisonment, news, police by sally

“The Metropolitan police has paid out more than £250,000 in damages to people arrested in connection with the G20 protests in London in 2009, the bulk of it to 66 activists held during a controversial raid on a squatted building.”

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The Guardian, 9th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police hold closed hearings to sack 477 officers for misconduct – The Guardian

Posted May 9th, 2011 in freedom of information, misfeasance in public office, news, police, private hearings by sally

“Police forces are sacking almost 160 officers on average each year after misconduct hearings held in private, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.”

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The Guardian, 9th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Criminal suspects to be charged through the post – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 9th, 2011 in bail, news, police, prosecutions by sally

“Criminal suspects are to be charged through the post under radical changes to free up police time, Theresa May will reveal today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Controversial surveillance cameras to be removed – The Independent

Posted May 9th, 2011 in closed circuit television, news, police, terrorism by sally

“Controversial surveillance cameras set up in two predominantly Muslim neighbourhoods will start to be removed today, police said.”

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The Independent, 9th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Theresa May hands power to prosecute back to police – The Guardian

Posted May 9th, 2011 in Crown Prosecution Service, news, police, prosecutions by sally

“The power to decide whether a suspect is to be charged is to be taken from crown prosecutors and handed back to the police in more than 80% of cases, the home secretary, Theresa May, will promise.”

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The Guardian, 9th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ian Tomlinson: key evidence that police withheld from coroner, IPCC and family – The Guardian

Posted May 9th, 2011 in evidence, inquests, news, police, unlawful killing by sally

“For two years the family of Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper seller unlawfully killed by a police officer, have maintained their belief that police withheld crucial information from them in what they have repeatedly described as a cover-up. There is now solid evidence indicating they were right to suspect that they and others were misled.”

Full story

The Guardian, 9th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ian Tomlinson officer’s hearing to take place in public – The Guardian

Posted May 5th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, police, professional conduct by sally

“PC Simon Harwood, the police officer who inadvertently killed Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests, will be forced to explain his actions for the second time in public after a rare move to hold his disciplinary proceedings in the open.”

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The Guardian, 4th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police beat and kicked Muslim terror suspect during arrest, court hears – The Guardian

Posted May 5th, 2011 in assault, news, police, proscribed organisations, terrorism by sally

“A British Muslim man accused of raising funds for terrorist organisations was subjected to a ‘sustained and very violent assault’ during his arrest by four specialist officers from the Metropolitan police, a court has heard.”

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The Guardian, 4th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk