Taser arrest man plans legal move – BBC News
“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
Category: police
Counter-terror police ‘failed to seek legal advice before arrests’ – The Guardian
“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
New safeguards urged over routine police DNA tests – BBC News
“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
Police pay compensation to De Menezes family – The Guardian
“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
New law saves 86 victims from forced marriages – The Independent
“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
Family of Jean Charles de Menezes ‘could get just £100,000 compensation’ – Daily Telegraph
“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
Police may scrap scheme to keep tabs on activists – The Guardian
“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
Man sacked for belief in psychics backed by judge (but, of course, he knew that would happen) – The Independent
“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
Police to handle minor charges under new CPS proposals – The Times
“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
Met police may face charges over violent arrest of terror suspect – The Guardian
“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
Inquiry into rape claim handling – BBC News
“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
Met police officer cleared of racially abusing teenagers – The Guardian
“A Metropolitan police officer was found not guilty today of racially abusing two teenagers.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (L) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Secretary of State for the Home Department and another intervening) – WLR Daily
“Information about a person’s convictions which was systematically collected and stored in central records and was available for many years after the convictions had receded into the past could fall within the scope of private life for the purposes of art 8(1) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms so that disclosure of the information could amount to an interference with the art 8 right to respect for private life. When the chief officer of police was considering for the purposes of an enhanced criminal record certificate whether to disclose information held on police records about a person who had applied for a job which involved working with children or vulnerable adults, he was required to decide whether the job applicant’s right to respect for her private life outweighed the social need for protecting children and vulnerable adults. There was no presumption that disclosure should be made unless there was good reason for not doing so.”
WLR Daily, 30th October 2009
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.
More than one in 10 people on DNA database for first time – Daily Telegraph
“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
Arms protester on police spotter card was alleged infiltrator for BAE – The Guardian
“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
Met hired lawyers to contest the findings of G20 protest inquiry – The Guardian
“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
Ex-cop jailed over crash – The Independent
“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
Police forces challenged over files held on law-abiding protesters – The Guardian
“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 included on police database of ‘domestic extremists’ – Daily Telegraph
“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
Black detective claims racial discrimination against Met – Daily Telegraph
“A black detective who was racially abused by two of the former Stephen Lawrence murder suspects is claiming that Metropolitan Police discriminated against him at work.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
