‘The Emergency Coronavirus Bill will grant police, immigration officers and public health officials new powers to detain “potentially infectious persons” and put them in isolation facilities.’
Each Other, 20th March 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘At the time of this article, according to officials, the criminal justice system continues to operate “as normal”. Whilst it is to be expected that non-essential trials will likely be delayed, certain components of the justice system cannot simply be deferred – crime happens no less in times of pandemic. Police custody is one such area where the wheels will need to continue to turn regardless of COVID-19.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th March 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man shot dead by police after firing an air pistol at an officer was lawfully killed, a jury has found.’
BBC News, 17th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mandatory testing with a polygraph, or lie-detector, should be introduced to monitor convicted sex offenders undergoing police supervision, according to university research commissioned by police chiefs.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Claimants were two police officers aged 48 and 44 who were disabled under Equality Act 2010 (EqA). Because they were also unable to carry out the normal duties of a police officer, they were both awarded “H1 certificates” by the Force Medical Officer, which among other things, gave them the right to have immediate access to their pension (which would otherwise be deferred) if they left the police force before their normal retirement age.’
Old Square Chambers, 3rd March 2020
Source: www.oldsquare.co.uk
‘The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for the suspension of the use of automated facial recognition (AFR) and predictive algorithms in policing in England and Wales, “until their impact has been independently scrutinised and laws are improved”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Shop workers across the UK will be better protected from soaring levels of violence, verbal and physical abuse under proposed legislation to be put before the House of Commons.’
The Guardian, 16th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Nearly a decade after the abuse of vulnerable girls in Oxford began to be addressed, following years of negligence by police and social services, the last of the so-called Operation Bullfinch trials has ended. How did the sex offenders at the centre of the city’s depraved underworld finally come to face justice?’
BBC News, 13th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A watchdog has criticised the Met Police for being slow to learn lessons from a damning review of its probe into a Westminster paedophile ring.’
BBC News, 13th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Six officers including the former assistant chief constable of Greater Manchester police will be investigated for misconduct following an inquiry into the death of a man shot by armed police.’
The Guardian, 12th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Indecent images of children could not be used as evidence because they were in a police commissioner’s safe.’
BBC News, 12th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The chief of London’s police has been cleared over her handling of an investigation into false claims of a VIP paedophile ring.’
BBC News, 9th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have been warned about the threat from extremists inside their own forces. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) found that while officers’ work through the government’s Prevent counter-extremism programme was broadly good, few considered the possibility that their own colleagues could be radicalised.’
The Independent, 9th March 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Some police officers accused of domestic abuse are being protected from facing justice, campaigners claim.’
BBC News, 9th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police are overhauling the way they handle search warrants following the botched Operation Midland investigation into what was wrongly thought to be a Westminster paedophile ring.’
The Independent, 6th March 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The police watchdog has dropped its investigation into the Metropolitan Police’s contact with Caroline Flack before her death.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
A High Court judge has strongly criticised Slater & Gordon (S&G) for a “wholly unacceptable” failure to give him a crucial letter when applying for an urgent injunction in a police misconduct case.
Legal Futures, 4th March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The case concerns the following tragic background. A 10-year-old girl, S was found dead in her bedroom. She died of strangulation and suffered recent injuries to her genital area.’
Garden Court Chambers, 20th February 2020
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘In R (Short) v (1) Police Misconduct Tribunal (2) Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police [2020] EWHC 385 (Admin), Mr Justice Saini delivered a resounding reaffirmation that misconduct hearing panels are well able to put irrelevant and prejudicial matters out of their minds rather than having to recuse themselves and that they are able to determine their own procedures, just like civil courts and tribunals.’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th February 2020
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Police are giving back to suspected paedophiles phones and computers that possibly hold child abuse images because they do not have the time or technology to search the devices, a report says.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
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