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Posts Tagged ‘police’

Met Police may face further staffing cuts if Home Office fails to bridge funding gap say bosses

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 December 2025 at 10:14
Police car

The Met Police have suggested they could be forced to make staffing and recruitment changes if they don’t receive an expected funding uplift from the Home Office

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Woman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting – as police appeal for witnesses

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 September 2025 at 15:28

Officers confirm that the pair were ‘known to each other’ and they believe it was an ‘isolated incident’

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Greens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 4 September 2025 at 13:42
Dalston councillor Zoë Garbett

Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings

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Man who killed partner in car then confessed to brother is detained under Mental Health Act

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 1 September 2025 at 22:39
Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche

Gogoa Lois Tape was sentenced to a hospital order for the manslaughter of Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche

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Man guilty over Dalston shooting that left nine-year-old girl with bullet lodged in brain

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 August 2025 at 18:54
Javon Riley was found guilty of three charges of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent

Javon Riley, 33, had denied three charges of attempted murder, relating to three men, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl

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‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 16 August 2025 at 09:37
Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person’s unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an ‘erosion of civil liberties

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Indefinite ban for Hackney man who left dogs in crates without food or water

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 5 August 2025 at 21:52
Nipsy in crate

Matthew Berry handed lifetime ban following RSPCA investigation

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Inside a record store’s fight for survival in Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 August 2025 at 09:11

Recycle Vinyl’s owner came to Dalston with dreams of a multi-use record shop and dance space – the reality has been harsh

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Council casts doubt on ruling that race was ‘not a factor’ in Child Q incident

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 June 2025 at 15:53

Police complaints body says sacked Child Q officers guilty of ‘gross misconduct’ but teenage girl’s ‘humiliating’ strip-search was not prompted by her race

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Child Q: Two Met officers’ strip-search of 15-year-old Black girl at school was gross misconduct

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 June 2025 at 16:25

‘They failed to follow the policies that exist to ensure that children in these situations have appropriate protective measures in place’

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Police launch murder probe after stabbing and gas explosion in Stoke Newington

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 June 2025 at 20:54

Victim named as 46-year-old Annabel Rook, with man, 44, arrested following ‘domestic-related incident’

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Dalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 April 2025 at 11:46

Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace

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Police hand out doorbell cameras in hunt for mystery tree vandals

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 1 April 2025 at 12:55

Community safety lead says police’s decision not to arrest suspected arboreal wrecker is now under review

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Council rejects Shoreditch nightclub mogul’s latest bid for new venue

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 21 March 2025 at 13:59

Town Hall said it did not have confidence in owner Shmail Khan after previously revoking his licence twice

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School streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 March 2025 at 15:13

More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024

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Residents fear more ‘carnage’ as Shoreditch nightclub mogul bids for new venue

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 March 2025 at 12:58

Metropolitan police ‘cannot fathom’ why former Cargo director is asking for new licence after twice having it revoked

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Man, 68, jumped to his death from phone booth inside Hackney police station

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 13 February 2025 at 14:28

Coroner urges Scotland Yard to act after Peter Jones committed suicide in the waiting area of its Stoke Newington branch

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Tree vandals strike again in ‘relentless onslaught’ across borough

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 31 January 2025 at 19:02

Council supporting police to patrol criminal damage hotspots after more ‘shocking’ attacks on street trees

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Drug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 September 2024 at 20:37

Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett say drug use should no longer be categorised as anti-social behaviour

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Child Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 September 2024 at 20:00
The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

Officers’ roles in schools to be redefined after notorious strip-search incident

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