“The £100,000 compensation awarded to the family of Jean Charles de Menezes pales beside the £4m being claimed in a current sexual harrassment case. Why the huge difference?”
The Guardian, 25th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who claims he was repeatedly shot with a Taser during his arrest in Nottingham intends to sue the police, the BBC understands.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Counter-terrorism police were criticised by the independent reviewer of terrorism today for a total failure to take legal advice in advance of their operation to arrest 12 suspects in Liverpool and Manchester.”
The Guardian, 24th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police should not routinely DNA test everyone they arrest, the government’s genetic advisers have concluded.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of Jean Charles de Menezes have revealed they have agreed a compensation deal with the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“But experts warn that the impetus behind the new legislation and police training on ‘honour’ killings is in danger of slowing.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian electrician mistakenly shot dead by anti-terrorist officers at Stockwell Tube station, could receive just a third of the £300,000 they have requested for compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The head of Britain’s police chiefs has said that a scheme to monitor political campaigners may be scrapped as part of plans to make national policing more accountable.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A police worker who was sacked because he believed psychics can help solve criminal investigations is to go to court today to defend his right to legal protection from religious discrimination.”
The Independent, 12th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The police may take over responsibility for bringing charges for thousands of minor offences each year under changes to be piloted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).”
The Times, 11th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Five Metropolitan police officers could face prosecution over a ‘serious, gratuitous and prolonged’ attack on a British Muslim man that led the force to pay £60,000 in damages.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating after it emerged a rape claim made four years ago was not acted on by police.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Metropolitan police officer was found not guilty today of racially abusing two teenagers.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces in England and Wales have taken the profiles of 5.5 million people, meaning the proportion of the population on the system has passed a tenth for the first time.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The 2005 spotter card, published by the Guardian this week, contains a photograph of Martin Hogbin, who was national co-ordinator for the Campaign against the Arms Trade. He was later accused of supplying information to a company linked to BAE’s security department, but denied the allegation.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s most senior officer in charge of policing protests said today [26.10.09] that he would support a government inspectorate which has proposed a radical overhaul of public order policing.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former policeman was jailed for six and a half years after killing a grandmother during a 100mph ‘hair-raising joyride’.”
The Independent, 27th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Chief constables will be forced to justify the legality of recording thousands of law-abiding protesters on secret nationwide databases, the government’s privacy watchdog announced today (26 October).”
The Guardian, 26th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peaceful protesters are being included on a national police database of activists including animal rights activists, far-right groups and other ‘domestic extremists’, according to reports.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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