Posts Tagged ‘Child Q’
Child Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up
Officers’ roles in schools to be redefined after notorious strip-search incident
Read MorePolice to propose new safer schools policy for Hackney in wake of Child Q review
The Met’s intervention in schools is still under the shadow of the strip-search scandal
Read MorePoliticians call on Labour to reinstate Diane Abbott at packed show of support in Hackney
Hundreds of people turned out last night following the racist abuse suffered by the long-serving MP
Read MoreHackney mayoral candidate wants to abolish ‘disruptive’ mayoralty and focus on ‘respecting residents’
Green Party’s Zoë Garbett pledges to hold Citizens’ Assemblies, extend LTNs, and make the climate emergency a priority ‘in every decision’
Read MoreLeader – Community pillars
As worries mount for people across the borough, now is the time to build a strong support network
Read MoreChild Q: Three police officers to face gross misconduct hearings over school strip-search
Child Q and her family welcome ruling but express ‘disappointment’ over speed of police watchdog’s investigation
Read MoreChild Q: School at centre of scandal has made ‘radical changes’ after listening to pupils, according to new report
Safeguarding expert says ‘work still to be done’ but there is an ‘opportunity for trust to be rebuilt’
Read MoreChild Q: Police watchdog completes investigation into officers involved in strip-search – but disciplinary action yet to be decided
The Independent Office for Police Conduct previously warned the four officers that it was considering potential gross misconduct
Read More‘Why was it me?’ Child Q still haunted by school strip-search, safeguarding expert reveals in hard-hitting report
Jim Gamble says experience is ‘still a weight on the child’s shoulders’ as he sets out raft of recommendations for tackling institutional racism
Read MoreChild strip-searches: More incidents come to light after police ‘data error’
Scotland Yard admits mistakenly underreporting its use of the tactic – prompting London politician to demand a ‘guarantee of proper transparency’
Read MoreChild Q: Laws allowing child strip-searches need ‘radical rethink’, says safeguarding expert
Jim Gamble tells councillors examining the response to the scandal that there is ‘no justification’ for the tactic
Read MoreChild Q: Special scrutiny meeting looking at what has changed since scandal broke to take place next week – with residents invited
Child safeguarding and policing in schools set to be a focus for councillors
Read More‘Wake-up call’: New report finds thousands of child strip-searches were carried out in past four years – more than half without appropriate adult
Children’s Commissioner’s review shows ‘police cannot be trusted with the devastating power’, says London politician
Read MoreCasey Review: Hackney Council ‘appalled’ by Metropolitan Police’s systemic failings
‘Policing by consent at serious risk of collapse’
Read More‘Simply not good enough’: Child safeguarding expert urges police and other bodies to back up anti-racism pledges with evidence
Jim Gamble says organisations need to ‘evidence what they have done and who they have challenged’
Read MoreChild Q scandal: Senior Hackney politicians demand ‘robust’ oversight of safeguarding reforms
Joint scrutiny commission wants to know what has changed since Black teenager was strip-searched at school
Read MoreHackney police chief quits to take up role with new Met Commissioner
Marcus Barnett to leave ‘one of the toughest jobs in London’, with his deputy set to succeed him
Read MoreChild Q: Officers who strip-searched Black teenager now being investigated for gross misconduct
The Independent Office for Police Conduct says it has ‘uplifted the level of its investigation’
Read MoreChild Q: Former Hackney superintendent says he no longer agrees with having police officers in schools
Leroy Logan MBE, who used to select officers for schools, told the Conference for the Black Child that he has changed his mind
Read MoreChild Q: Police’s decision to strip-search Black teenager at school to be examined at special council meeting
Commission set to hear updates from Scotland Yard and the Mayor of Hackney, with residents able to watch proceedings live online
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