“Relations between the police and the independent watchdog set up to investigate them are at breaking point, senior sources have told The Times. ”
The Times, 3rd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Here is a full transcript of the statement made by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair in response to the IPCC report.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“People are being added to the Government’s national DNA database at the rate of more than one a minute, figures from the Liberal Democrats have revealed.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Home Office is considering giving the police the power to take a DNA sample on the street, without taking the suspect to a police station, as well as taking samples from suspects in relatively minor offences such as littering, speeding or not wearing a seat belt.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two years after police shot dead the innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, it finally appeared that some criticism would be levelled at the authorities last night, after the apparent leak of an official report into the incident.”
The Independent, 1st August 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The police are pressing to be allowed to use mobile holding cells to deal with major protests at defence bases and to set up short-term jails to deal with football hooligans at sports grounds.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Almost one in 15 senior police officers in England and Wales is being investigated over criminal or disciplinary offences, The Observer can reveal. The Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) said that 100 of its members are under investigation for claims ranging from high-level corruption to harassment.”
The Observer, 29th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three cases will ask if they have too much influence on decisions.”
The Times, 24th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The three main suspects officially cleared yesterday of any wrongdoing in the cash for honours investigation are considering retaliatory action against the police as the backlash began against Scotland Yard’s conduct of the marathon inquiry.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police officers will be able to use Taser stun guns on members of the public in a wider range of circumstances from Friday, the Home Office said.”
Reuters, 19th July 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“Prisons and police authorities will be liable for prosecution over deaths of people held in custody after a final defeat of the Government over the scope of new corporate manslaughter laws.”
The Times, 19th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Director of Public Prosecutions v. Lawrence
“The provisions of Code C of the Codes of Practice under s 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 were not directed to what a defendant was alleged to have said as part of the conduct constituting the alleged crime but to what a defendant was alleged to have said on or after arrest.”
WLR Daily, 16th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Police in London have been granted exemption from the Data Protection Act to track the city’s motorists. The Home Office has granted The Metropolitan Police full, real time access to surveillance footage from London’s congestion system cameras.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Increases in police funding over the past decade have had almost no impact on crime rates, a committee of MPs concludes today.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission deals with the fall-out from such controversial incidents as the Menezes shooting in London. Jonathan Rayner meets the head of its legal team.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Senior judges have upheld a decision to delay the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian shot dead on a London train by police who believed he was a suicide bomber.”
Reuters, 15th June 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
Monthly mass cycle rides require notice to police
Regina (Kay) v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Court of Appeal
“Because they followed no fixed route, monthly campaigning cycle rides through central London could not be considered commonly and customarily held processions and therefore the organisers were required to give the police prior notice of the names of organisers, date and start time and intended route.”
The Times, 13th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A battery of police data-sharing and electronic surveillance measures to tackle trans-national crime and immigration issues was agreed yesterday by governments in Europe, 15 of which also gave the green light to a scheme for the world’s biggest biometric system.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police are not allowed to take fingerprints or DNA samples from terrorism suspects held under control orders because of a loophole in antiterrorism laws, it emerged yesterday.”
The Times, 8th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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