Posts Tagged ‘police’
Child 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 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 MoreParents call for measures to tackle speeding motor traffic outside Hackney New School
Council ‘needs to act now and create a School Street’
Read More‘It degraded me’: Election candidate opens up about ‘horrific’ strip-search following Child Q scandal
TUSC’s Victoria ward hopeful Margaret Trotter calls for police ‘overhaul’
Read MoreChild Q: Headteacher of school where Black teenage girl was strip-searched steps down due to ill health
Scandal-hit school informs parents of news – with successor already in place
Read MoreChildren as young as 10 have been strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police, figures show
Data obtained by London Assembly Member Caroline Russell in wake of Child Q scandal
Read MoreChild Q: Metropolitan Police to bring in stricter rules for intimate searches of children
Hackney Council ‘cautiously welcomes’ Met’s response to strip-search of Black teenage girl at her school
Read MoreChild Q: ‘Mortified’ Hackney police chief issues fresh apology to teenage girl and her family
Borough commander Marcus Barnett says he is ‘genuinely sorry’ for the heartache caused
Read MoreChild Q: School apologises for teenage girl’s ‘harrowing’ experience
Governing board accepts the child ‘should not have been left in the situation that she was’
Read MoreChild Q: Two officers who conducted strip-search removed from frontline duties
Police watchdog investigating three constables for their involvement
Read MoreChild Q: Hackney Mayor calls on school’s headteacher to resign
Philip Glanville says move would ‘fully recognise traumatic impact’ of police strip-search on the girl and her family
Read MoreChild Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school
People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust
Read MoreChild Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children
Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present
Read MoreMet Police apologises after black teenage girl strip-searched at Hackney school
Report finds it unjustified and says racism “likely” to have been an influencing factor
Read MorePet owners beware! Treats mixed with rat poison discovered across Hackney
Social media users report finding treats mixed with blue pellets in various places, including London Fields
Read More‘The streets are menacing’: Shoreditch club Cargo to shut ‘forever’ following complaints about violent crime and disorder
The owner of the popular venue says he will invest £1m to turn it into a cocktail bar and restaurant
Read More‘Families are living in fear’: Shomrim speaks out about group of youths in Stamford Hill after sharing video of Jewish boy being racially abused
Neighbourhood watch service says group has been involved in ‘hundreds of incidents over the last few years’
Read MoreMore police to patrol Shoreditch party spot
Top cop says police have to rebuild public trust – women and girls’ safety is priority
Read MoreExtra police to be drafted into Shoreditch to crack down on anti-social behaviour
A team of 25 officers will be patrolling day and night following concerns that the area is returning to the ‘bad old days’
Read MorePolice officer who emailed attempted robbery victim to tell her she was ‘amazingly hot’ keeps his job
Detective chief inspector James Mason, who used to work in Hackney, barred from promotion for three years for gross misconduct
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