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Posts Tagged ‘crime’

Hackney has ‘around 18 street gangs’ says anti-crime chief – and council uses Met’s controversial gang matrix

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 May 2018 at 20:24

Cllr Caroline Selman says the police matrix supports Hackney’s Integrated Gangs Unit

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Hackney youth worker says give people on police gang matrix apprenticeships

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 14 May 2018 at 18:39

Deji Adeoshun of Hackney CVS says good jobs can save young men from a life of crime

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Labour and Lib Dems clash on knife crime policy – as Caroline Selman says proposals are nothing new

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 April 2018 at 16:45

Hackney Liberal Democrats say Violence Reduction Unit would ‘treat violence like a disease’

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Hackney crime chief says cuts to blame for Tower Hamlets police merger

By Adam Barnett | Monday 12 February 2018 at 17:58
Caroline Selman

Cllr Selman said she would work to ‘minimise the impact’ on residents

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Hackney police to merge with Tower Hamlets as Met looks to save £325m

By Adam Barnett | Monday 12 February 2018 at 13:19

Basic Command Unit will share police officers, buildings and resources

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Road closures: Residents complain of ‘shocking crime rise’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 February 2018 at 12:11
Wordsworth Road and Cowper Road junction

Council says police data does not show a problem amid concern over new traffic plans

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Mangle E8 acid attack: Arthur Collins found guilty of ‘barbaric’ act

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 November 2017 at 17:19
Arthur Collins

He threw acid over a group of clubbers in London Fields last Easter

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CCTV cameras on Hackney estates are working 99 per cent of the time

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 October 2017 at 11:46

Concerns about broken cameras were raised at Mayor’s Question Time

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Armed police captured on video pointing assault rifles at two men holding their hands up

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 July 2017 at 19:19

Incident follows just a few days after 20-year-old Rashan Charles died following police chase

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‘He didn’t need to be dead’: Hackney Heroine speaks out ahead of ‘justice for Rash’ police station vigil

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 24 July 2017 at 16:26
Rashan Jermaine Charles

‘It’s not just another young man who has died, it’s a bigger problem of failing these kids in the community’

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Campaigners announce vigil for young man who died following police chase

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 24 July 2017 at 10:09
Rashan Jermaine Charles

Vigil organised by Hackney Stand Up To Racism to be held at Stoke Newington Police Station

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Finsbury Park attack: shadow home secretary Diane Abbott calls for review of mosque security

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 19 June 2017 at 07:25
Police officers at Finsbury Park following the attack

Counter-terrorism police investigating after van strikes pedestrians, killing one, in Seven Sisters Road, Islington

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Two teenagers arrested in Dalston for wielding ‘monster’ knife during fight

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 May 2017 at 13:32
"Monster": the knife involved in the Dalston row. Photograph: Met Police via Twitter

Youngsters were waving the 10-inch weapon during a fight in the early evening of Thursday

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Hundreds of Hackney police officers wear body cameras for the first time to ‘reassure community’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 20 April 2017 at 13:49

500 body worn video cameras could help fight crime, says the Met

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Manhunt launched as baby boy dies and girl critically injured in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 19 March 2017 at 11:26
Police have cordoned off the road

Tragic incident took place on Wilberforce Road near Finsbury Park

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Police cuts will risk safety of Hackney residents, warns Mayor Glanville

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 09:31
Police

Town Hall wants a fairer deal for London as crime spikes in the borough for the first time in years

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VIDEO: Palm 2 shopkeeper suffers brutal crowbar assault in attempted robbery

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 7 March 2017 at 16:09
Hooded: the two suspects. Photograph: Metropolitan Police

Police issue CCTV footage of the “savage attack” and appeal for witnesses to come forward

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Rapist got married hours after horrific attack near Victoria Park

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 6 March 2017 at 15:29
Derry McCann. Photograph: Met Police

Derry McCann was released early from prison after being convicted for a similarly brutal attack in 2006

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Vicar found guilty of abusing choirboy at Stoke Newington church between 1979 and 1981

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 February 2017 at 12:24
St Matthias Church in Stoke Newington

Victim tragically died on the same day his abuser was found guilty without hearing the verdict

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Yet another stabbing in Hackney – but police do not believe recent incidents of knife attacks are related

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 30 January 2017 at 11:20
Hackney's borough commander in his office at Stoke Newington Police Station - with a cabinet of knives taken off the streets by police

Borough commander Chief Superintendent Simon Laurence admits intelligence gathering has become harder because of cuts as he calls on public to report those who carry blades

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