Posts Tagged ‘police’
Met Police may face further staffing cuts if Home Office fails to bridge funding gap say bosses
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
Read MoreWoman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting – as police appeal for witnesses
Officers confirm that the pair were ‘known to each other’ and they believe it was an ‘isolated incident’
Read MoreGreens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’
Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings
Read MoreMan who killed partner in car then confessed to brother is detained under Mental Health Act
Gogoa Lois Tape was sentenced to a hospital order for the manslaughter of Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche
Read MoreMan guilty over Dalston shooting that left nine-year-old girl with bullet lodged in brain
Javon Riley, 33, had denied three charges of attempted murder, relating to three men, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl
Read More‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology
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
Read MoreIndefinite ban for Hackney man who left dogs in crates without food or water
Matthew Berry handed lifetime ban following RSPCA investigation
Read MoreInside a record store’s fight for survival in Hackney
Recycle Vinyl’s owner came to Dalston with dreams of a multi-use record shop and dance space – the reality has been harsh
Read MoreCouncil casts doubt on ruling that race was ‘not a factor’ in Child Q incident
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
Read MoreChild Q: Two Met officers’ strip-search of 15-year-old Black girl at school was gross misconduct
‘They failed to follow the policies that exist to ensure that children in these situations have appropriate protective measures in place’
Read MorePolice launch murder probe after stabbing and gas explosion in Stoke Newington
Victim named as 46-year-old Annabel Rook, with man, 44, arrested following ‘domestic-related incident’
Read MoreDalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition
Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace
Read MorePolice hand out doorbell cameras in hunt for mystery tree vandals
Community safety lead says police’s decision not to arrest suspected arboreal wrecker is now under review
Read MoreCouncil rejects Shoreditch nightclub mogul’s latest bid for new venue
Town Hall said it did not have confidence in owner Shmail Khan after previously revoking his licence twice
Read MoreSchool streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney
More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024
Read MoreResidents fear more ‘carnage’ as Shoreditch nightclub mogul bids for new venue
Metropolitan police ‘cannot fathom’ why former Cargo director is asking for new licence after twice having it revoked
Read MoreMan, 68, jumped to his death from phone booth inside Hackney police station
Coroner urges Scotland Yard to act after Peter Jones committed suicide in the waiting area of its Stoke Newington branch
Read MoreTree vandals strike again in ‘relentless onslaught’ across borough
Council supporting police to patrol criminal damage hotspots after more ‘shocking’ attacks on street trees
Read MoreDrug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens
Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett say drug use should no longer be categorised as anti-social behaviour
Read MoreChild Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up
Officers’ roles in schools to be redefined after notorious strip-search incident
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