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Posts Tagged ‘police’

De Beauvoir by-election: Liberal Democrat candidate promises ‘fresh perspective’ – with cost of living, transport and policing high up the list

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 June 2022 at 11:21

Former Hackney Night Shelter volunteer Thrusie Maurseth-Cahill vows to amplify residents’ voices if elected

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Child Q: Officers who strip-searched Black teenager now being investigated for gross misconduct

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 14 June 2022 at 09:37
The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct says it has ‘uplifted the level of its investigation’

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Child Q: Former Hackney superintendent says he no longer agrees with having police officers in schools

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 13 June 2022 at 17:32

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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Child Q: Police’s decision to strip-search Black teenager at school to be examined at special council meeting

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 7 June 2022 at 18:10

Commission set to hear updates from Scotland Yard and the Mayor of Hackney, with residents able to watch proceedings live online

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Delivery couriers stage rousing protest against ‘excessive policing’ in Hackney

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 May 2022 at 15:51

Crowds took to the streets earlier in the month when police attempted to arrest a driver in Dalston

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Parents call for measures to tackle speeding motor traffic outside Hackney New School

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 14 May 2022 at 08:08
Community Speed Watch

Council ‘needs to act now and create a School Street’

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‘It degraded me’: Election candidate opens up about ‘horrific’ strip-search following Child Q scandal

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 29 April 2022 at 14:37

TUSC’s Victoria ward hopeful Margaret Trotter calls for police ‘overhaul’

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Child Q: Headteacher of school where Black teenage girl was strip-searched steps down due to ill health

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 26 April 2022 at 11:25
Protestors listen to the speeches

Scandal-hit school informs parents of news – with successor already in place

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Children as young as 10 have been strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police, figures show

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 25 April 2022 at 11:36

Data obtained by London Assembly Member Caroline Russell in wake of Child Q scandal

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Child Q: Metropolitan Police to bring in stricter rules for intimate searches of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 April 2022 at 17:41

Hackney Council ‘cautiously welcomes’ Met’s response to strip-search of Black teenage girl at her school

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Child Q: ‘Mortified’ Hackney police chief issues fresh apology to teenage girl and her family

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 12:41
Hackney’s police commander Marcus Barnett

Borough commander Marcus Barnett says he is ‘genuinely sorry’ for the heartache caused

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Child Q: School apologises for teenage girl’s ‘harrowing’ experience

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 25 March 2022 at 17:18

Governing board accepts the child ‘should not have been left in the situation that she was’

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Child Q: Two officers who conducted strip-search removed from frontline duties

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 24 March 2022 at 14:13
Met Police HQ confirmed details of the latest attack, which took place in the early hours yesterday

Police watchdog investigating three constables for their involvement

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Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on school’s headteacher to resign

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 12:45

Philip Glanville says move would ‘fully recognise traumatic impact’ of police strip-search on the girl and her family

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Child Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 18 March 2022 at 19:50
Althea

People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust

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Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 18 March 2022 at 15:10

Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present

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Met Police apologises after black teenage girl strip-searched at Hackney school

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 March 2022 at 14:26
Statement from Detective Superintendent Dan Rutland, who is part of the local policing team in Hackney

Report finds it unjustified and says racism “likely” to have been an influencing factor

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Pet owners beware! Treats mixed with rat poison discovered across Hackney

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 8 February 2022 at 17:55

Social media users report finding treats mixed with blue pellets in various places, including London Fields

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‘The streets are menacing’: Shoreditch club Cargo to shut ‘forever’ following complaints about violent crime and disorder

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 15 December 2021 at 18:45

The owner of the popular venue says he will invest £1m to turn it into a cocktail bar and restaurant

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‘Families are living in fear’: Shomrim speaks out about group of youths in Stamford Hill after sharing video of Jewish boy being racially abused

By Tom Davidson | Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 18:12

Neighbourhood watch service says group has been involved in ‘hundreds of incidents over the last few years’

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