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Posts Tagged ‘police’

Two arrested on suspicion of child neglect over death of seven-year-old girl

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 January 2023 at 12:59
The Met sent a message to the community after the arrests

Police took a man, 49, and a woman, 50, into custody

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‘Simply not good enough’: Child safeguarding expert urges police and other bodies to back up anti-racism pledges with evidence

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 17 January 2023 at 15:14
The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

Jim Gamble says organisations need to ‘evidence what they have done and who they have challenged’

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Child Q scandal: Senior Hackney politicians demand ‘robust’ oversight of safeguarding reforms

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 2 December 2022 at 09:53
The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

Joint scrutiny commission wants to know what has changed since Black teenager was strip-searched at school

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Town Hall cracks down on illegal raves at Hackney’s beauty spots – with police given power to fine rule-breakers

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 23 November 2022 at 10:11

Council signs off public space protection order following environmental damage and noise caused by unauthorised parties

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Hackney politicians welcome Metropolitan Police chief’s plans to banish racism from force

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 October 2022 at 13:13

Borough leader and community safety chief agree with Sir Mark Rowley’s vision of ‘root and branch reform’

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‘Your life mattered’: Tributes paid to Hackney teenager stabbed to death in Highbury Fields

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 15 August 2022 at 20:00

Police are urging anyone with information about the attack on 4 August to come forward

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Hackney police chief quits to take up role with new Met Commissioner

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 23:00

Marcus Barnett to leave ‘one of the toughest jobs in London’, with his deputy set to succeed him

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‘Not surprising’: Majority of Londoners hold negative view of the police, new polling finds

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 21 July 2022 at 11:16

Leading thinktank says figures show ‘scale of reform needed to regain trust’

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Police investigating string of sexual assaults in Hackney Marshes make third arrest

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 24 June 2022 at 11:15

Sixteen-year-old boy remains in custody after being taken in on Wednesday

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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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