Reading Time: 2 minutes Agreed? For example PACE (Police And Criminal Evidence Act) is a complex piece of legislation, so there are numerous Codes of Conduct each relating to a different aspect of PACE. By virtue of these Codes both sides (Police and Public/Persons Detained) knows exactly what to expect in any given situation and (in the Police’s case) […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Mesdames, I truly hope that what I have to say is not, and will not be viewed as, a knee-jerk reaction to a single hiccup in process. It most certainly is not. Most recently there has been the case of Anthony Long, a retired Authorised Firearms Officer with the Metropolitan Police, who was recently acquitted
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Is the IOPC / IPCC Fit For Purpose ? I Think Not It may just come as a surprise to you but I am referring to the Independent Police Complaints Commission or IPCC as they are affectionately known. I’m not going to bore you and take up any more of your time going over Taser’d
Reading Time: 2 minutes Or are they? Independent I mean. Yesterday they casually released three tweets to the world which ignited a pure shitstorm on Twitter and Facebook. We have issued an apology regarding the Edric Kennedy-Macfoy case. Our full statement: https://t.co/F9zf3JQvEp — Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) (@policeconduct) July 27, 2016 Edric Kennedy-Macfoy statement: Following shortfalls being
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government gave the IPCC an EXTRA £30 million in their budget so that they could do more good works. Policing minister Mike Penning said there would be a cash reduction of £299m in the overall 2015-16 police funding budget, compared with 2014-15. But the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will get a £30m funding
Reading Time: 3 minutes Oh no it isn’t. Oh, yes it is. Last night saw a public meeting, chaired by the Metropolitan Police, to discuss and seek to explain the events leading up to the fatal shooting of a young black man, Jermaine Baker. Let me be clear, I KNOW no more than anybody else, why would I? However,
