‘Jails have emerged as a new frontline in fighting crime because advances in technology mean prison walls alone are no longer effective in stopping criminals, the justice secretary has told police chiefs.’
The Guardian, 1st November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former police inspector who targeted junior colleagues for sex committed gross misconduct, a panel has ruled.’
BBC News, 1st November 2018
Source: www.bbc.com
‘A baby-faced teenage criminal who terrorised a local community and bragged about his joyriding lifestyle by posing in a Rolls Royce has finally been sent to prison after 47 convictions for 77 crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Britain’s criminal justice system is “creaking” and unable to cope with the huge amounts of data being generated by technology, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service has warned in her final interview before stepping down.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police officer who Tasered a man shortly before his death should not have held the trigger for such a long time, the police watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police have been accused of leaving families to “fend for themselves” after new figures showed the number of theft arrests has dropped by more than a quarter.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of live terror investigations in the UK has hit a record of 700 as Islamists and the far-right “feed each other”, police have revealed.’
The Independent, 24th October 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Three PCs involved in arresting a man left paralysed and brain-damaged have been sacked after being found guilty by a misconduct panel.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An association representing 120,000 police officers has launched legal action accusing the government of “cheating officers out of the pay increase they should receive”. The Police Federation said it had lodged an application for a judicial review of the decision to ignore an independent body’s recommended 3 per cent increase amid a rise in crime, demand and the terror threat.’
The Independent, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The murder and manslaughter rate in England and Wales has risen to the highest in a decade, official figures show.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A husband and wife nicknamed Fred and Rosemary West in their south Wales town have been jailed for grooming and raping teenage girls over three decades.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The City of London police force has failed in an attempt to block disciplinary action against an officer who was accused of clubbing a student over the head and causing a life-threatening brain injury.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police are giving leaflets to people at risk of committing child sexual exploitation crimes, asking for their behaviour to stop, the BBC has found.’
BBC News, 15th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is working with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to build greater trust in solicitors among black and minority ethnic (BAME) people in custody.’
Legal Futures, 11th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed a challenge to a decision by Thames Valley Police that, regarding the conduct of Oxfordshire County Council, there was insufficient evidence to meet the Crown Prosecution Service’s threshold so as to justify criminal proceedings against anyone.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘”Shortcomings in security” outside the Houses of Parliament contributed to the death of a police officer during the Westminster attack, a coroner has concluded.’
The Independent, 3rd October 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A new super-database being built for the police represents a “grave” risk to privacy, a leading human rights group has said.’
The Guardian, 1 October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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