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Posts Tagged ‘crime’

Councillors raise concerns over shortfall in violent crime services for young adults

By Tilly Armstrong | Wednesday 10 April 2019 at 16:54

Cllr Sharon Patrick also reveals issues with ex-gang members being placed in hostels alongside former rivals

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New Year’s Day shooting: Dalston nightclub’s licence suspended over ‘security concerns’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 4 January 2019 at 18:17

Management pledges to work closely with police and neighbours

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Town Hall ponders crime hotline for reporting suspicious activity

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 21 December 2018 at 12:12
Hackney Town Hall

Council to explore ‘route for parents and members of the community to raise concerns’

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‘Love Shouldn’t Hurt’: Hackney stands together to tackle domestic violence

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 26 November 2018 at 16:53

Town Hall event marks local launch of 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence campaign

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‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 18:32

Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime

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Dalston off-licence accused of selling smuggled tobacco – and alcohol to a minor

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 31 July 2018 at 17:56
Kingsland Wine

Illicit stash found in covert hiding place above staff toilet door

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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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