‘Almost 1.5 million victims of crime in England and Wales have decided not to pursue their cases, feeding concern that public confidence in the criminal justice system has collapsed.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police are failing victims of burglary and theft, missing chances to catch thieves leading to lack of confidence in forces, the official inspectorate has found.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The strip-search of a black girl by police at school in east London was not an isolated case, England’s children’s commissioner has said.’
BBC News, 8th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An investigation into three ex-senior officers who led an inquiry into child sexual exploitation has been discontinued by the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 4th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police force has been told to improve its child protection services after inspectors found a third of cases were dealt with inadequately.’
BBC News, 5th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Bias in policing at least partly explains why minority ethnic people were more likely to receive fines for Covid breaches than their white counterparts, research says.’
The Guardian, 5th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Gross misconduct notices have been served on two police officers who used a baton, a Taser and incapacitant spray on a man in a wheelchair.’
BBC News, 4th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police should reopen an inquiry into an IRA bombing which killed five and left 11 people wrongly imprisoned, a family of one of the victims has said.’
BBC News, 4th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Every officer involved in the Daniel Morgan scandal will escape punishment, the police watchdog has announced, despite an independent inquiry finding that corruption in the Metropolitan police shielded the private detective’s killers with the force ignoring information.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Policing, border control and surveillance have become increasingly militarised in the UK and infiltrated by a “war mentality”, according to a report.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Whole-life orders should be imposed only in ‘the few exceptionally serious cases’ where a minimum term is not appropriate, the Court of Appeal ruled today in the cases of five killers – including Wayne Couzens, the former Metropolitan Police officer who murdered Sarah Everard.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched investigations into two referrals involving strip searches of children by Metropolitan Police officers.’
The Independent, 1st August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Wayne Couzens is still set to die in prison after he lost his bid to reduce his sentence at the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence has proposed an independent review of how it handled allegations that the SAS executed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan.’
BBC News, 27th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The high court has thrown out the Metropolitan police’s latest attempt to sack a decorated senior black officer, with a judge branding one of its arguments “hopeless”.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Metropolitan Police officer caught spying on a woman in the changing room of a Primark store has avoided jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A record number of reported rapes and sexual assaults in London will push the court system to “breaking point”, a victims commissioner has said.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New statutory guidance on identifying and responding to domestic abuse and its impact on victims has been published on 8 July 2022, by the Home Office.’
Family Law, 14th July 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Two Metropolitan police officers have been charged with assault by beating after allegedly using excessive force while searching a man in December 2021.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
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