Mar 14, 2012 | Community Policing
In the aftermath of the England riots last summer, there was a great deal of punitive action, but not necessarily a whole lot of justice. There were 24 hour courts delivering rushed justice and almost automatic remands into custody; young people who merely put...
Dec 20, 2011 | Community Policing
In what appears to be a ‘cops charter’, government measures currently going through parliament will end the automatic right of working people to see a solicitor if they are arrested. The changes will mean access to a lawyer whilst in custody can be ‘means tested’....
Dec 5, 2011 | Community Policing
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) incompetence or collusion allows corrupt cops to walk free. After five months of a trial costing ‘tens of millions of pounds’, eight police officers accused of perverting the course of justice have been able to simply walk away from...
Nov 7, 2011 | Kettling Police Powers, Protest
Protesters kettled and forced to give details at Occupy LSX Protesters attempting to set up OccupyLSX on 15 October were kettled in the area outside St Pauls ‘to prevent a breach of the peace’, despite there being a completely peaceful atmosphere. They had attempted...
Oct 7, 2011 | Kettling Police Powers
Kettling the Powers of the Police is a new campaign, aiming to take on ‘the worst of the worst’ of police powers and practices. The campaign is an initiative developed by the Network for Police Monitoring in collaboration with a range of other protest, community and...
