Posts Tagged ‘Metropolitan police’
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 MoreHackney councillors voice concern over potential rollout of live facial recognition
‘Any decision to deploy it would rest with the police’
Read MorePolice launch murder probe after man stabbed to death in Stoke Newington
Victim, thought to be in his fifties, was found with a knife wound on Northwold Road last night
Read MoreHackney’s Deputy Speaker charged with sexually assaulting a child – just days after handing in his resignation
Lee Laudat-Scott, 48, appeared in court today charged with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 13
Read MoreTom Dewey: Little could have been done to stop him becoming a councillor, concludes inquiry
‘Bail conditions are an agreement between the individual and the officer making bail to that person, and it’s no business of the council’s’
Read MoreWoman, 42, shot dead in Hackney as police launch murder inquiry
A 20-year-old man and a boy, 16, are in hospital with gunshot wounds following incident in Lower Clapton
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 MoreScotland Yard’s reform plan wins cross-party praise – with Mayor of London hailing it as an ‘important step’
Force to recruit 500 community support officers as it focuses on neighbourhood policing
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 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‘Not surprising’: Majority of Londoners hold negative view of the police, new polling finds
Leading thinktank says figures show ‘scale of reform needed to regain trust’
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: 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
Read More‘Concerning’: More than 500 injuries caused by e-scooter collisions in London last year
London Assembly transport spokesperson says new figures reinforce need for ‘robust regulation’
Read MoreDelivery couriers stage rousing protest against ‘excessive policing’ in Hackney
Crowds took to the streets earlier in the month when police attempted to arrest a driver in Dalston
Read More‘Violent disorder’ at Dalston protest: Met’s ‘disproportionate and inflammatory approach’ raises concerns over policing – again
Operation to clamp down on street robberies involving scooters escalated into ‘violent scenes’
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