‘Police will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales.’
BBC News, 6th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A trainee police officer who joked about raping a colleague has been told he would have been sacked had he not already resigned.’
BBC News, 5th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A businessman who was known to drug dealers as “Machine Guy” for supplying them with industrial pill presses has been jailed for 13 years.’
BBC News, 1st November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The man who led the investigation into the shooting of Chris Kaba has defended the decision that led to a firearms officer being unsuccessfully tried for murder.’
BBC News, 4th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This week, a teenager accused of murdering three children in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday class in Southport has been charged with a terror offence and making a biological weapon.’
The Independent, 30th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The announcement will reassure both the police and the public that the system of vetting and accountability is working.’
Home Office, 24th October 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A police officer who broke his wife’s back after kicking her down stairs has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 25th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Firearms officers facing trial over shooting suspects are to be given anonymity unless they are convicted, under reforms announced by the home secretary.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police is to carry out a new investigation into the Wimbledon school crash in order to further examine a number of lines of inquiry.’
BBC News, 24th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Proposed new data laws will free up police and NHS staff time, boost the economy and make it easier to register births and deaths or start a new job, the Government has said.’
The Independent, 24th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former police officer who attacked her neighbours with knives, a coal shovel and a metal pole will be sent to prison.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who posted sexual images of her father’s former lover on an escort site after holding a deep-seated grudge against her has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 21st October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More than 250 people are settling compensation claims over alleged historic sexual misconduct by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.’
The Independent, 22nd October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A police officer has been cleared of murdering a man he shot in the head in south London two years ago.’
BBC News, 21st October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), College of Policing and HMICFRS have published their findings in response to a police super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium in 2022.’
Family Law, 15th October 2024
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The number of people to die in police custody last year is the highest in almost two decades, new figures have revealed.’
The Independent, 17th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The “duty of candour” might be otherwise described as a duty to be transparent, open and honest. We have had a similar duty in respect of medical professionals since 2014. In the medical sphere, when there is a “notifiable safety incident” (in broad terms – when things go wrong which possibly should not have) medical professionals are under a duty to explain what they know and issue an apology as soon as reasonably practicable to the patient and/or their family, notwithstanding that an investigation might be ongoing.’
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, 7th October 2024
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘The public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died in the Salisbury Novichok poisonings, is set to open on Monday.’
The Independent, 14th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Reform UK is planning to launch a private prosecution of the men involved in the altercation with police at Manchester airport earlier this year.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2024
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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