Posts Tagged ‘police’
London Fields residents call for vigilance after a drastic fall in anti-social behaviour at the park
Park user group concerned that the popular green space is set to have fewer patrols
Read MoreTeenager who entered Hackney home for internet ‘prank’ handed criminal behaviour order
Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, 18, also receives fine after pleading guilty in court yesterday
Read MoreTeenager arrested after video shows him entering private home in Hackney without permission
The 18-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of causing a public nuisance
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 MoreChild Q: Special scrutiny meeting looking at what has changed since scandal broke to take place next week – with residents invited
Child safeguarding and policing in schools set to be a focus for councillors
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 MoreDetails of attempted kidnapping in Hackney emerge as council sings praises of late-night security staff
Town Hall’s Samantha Mathys says there have been ‘many examples of bravery and quick thinking’ at local venues
Read More‘Sick to my stomach’: Local politicians condemn ‘hateful’ letter sent to Hackney mosque following earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Police investigating after typed letter was delivered to Turkish Cypriot mosque in Dalston
Read MoreTwo arrested on suspicion of child neglect over death of seven-year-old girl
Police took a man, 49, and a woman, 50, into custody
Read More‘Simply not good enough’: Child safeguarding expert urges police and other bodies to back up anti-racism pledges with evidence
Jim Gamble says organisations need to ‘evidence what they have done and who they have challenged’
Read MoreChild Q scandal: Senior Hackney politicians demand ‘robust’ oversight of safeguarding reforms
Joint scrutiny commission wants to know what has changed since Black teenager was strip-searched at school
Read MoreTown Hall cracks down on illegal raves at Hackney’s beauty spots – with police given power to fine rule-breakers
Council signs off public space protection order following environmental damage and noise caused by unauthorised parties
Read MoreHackney politicians welcome Metropolitan Police chief’s plans to banish racism from force
Borough leader and community safety chief agree with Sir Mark Rowley’s vision of ‘root and branch reform’
Read More‘Your life mattered’: Tributes paid to Hackney teenager stabbed to death in Highbury Fields
Police are urging anyone with information about the attack on 4 August to come forward
Read MoreHackney police chief quits to take up role with new Met Commissioner
Marcus Barnett to leave ‘one of the toughest jobs in London’, with his deputy set to succeed him
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 MorePolice investigating string of sexual assaults in Hackney Marshes make third arrest
Sixteen-year-old boy remains in custody after being taken in on Wednesday
Read MoreDe Beauvoir by-election: Liberal Democrat candidate promises ‘fresh perspective’ – with cost of living, transport and policing high up the list
Former Hackney Night Shelter volunteer Thrusie Maurseth-Cahill vows to amplify residents’ voices if elected
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: Former Hackney superintendent says he no longer agrees with having police officers in schools
Leroy Logan MBE, who used to select officers for schools, told the Conference for the Black Child that he has changed his mind
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