2009 September | HMP Britain

In Defence of Leicestershire Police

Tags: good policing, pilkington
September 30, 2009

A defense of Leicestershire Police in the wake of the Pilkington inquest. Discussion of Matt Baggott’s refusal to appologise and the honourable appology offered by Chris Eyre, Acting Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police.

Analysis: UK Taser Usage Statistics

Tags: north wales, statistics, taser
September 28, 2009

Detailed look at Taser usage by UK Police Forces. Figures published by the Home Office have been standardised to account for force size and the population served. Northumbria and North Wales on top.

Analysis: IPCC Police Complaint Statistics

Tags: complaints, IPCC
September 25, 2009

Look at IPCC statistics released into police complaints. Brief discussion with charts.

Tory Plans to end Surveillance State (sort of)

Tags: dna, mass surveillance, ripa
September 21, 2009

Dominic Grieve and Eleanor Laing for the Conservatives have published a policy paper entitled ‘Reversing the Rise of the Surveillance State’ proposing the scale back of mass databases and other tools of mass surveillance.

North Wales Police and Motorcyclist Persecution

Tags: north wales, traffic
September 13, 2009

Overview of North Wales Police’s focus on minor traffic violations and how motorcyclists have bitten back.

WPC Prostitute Victoria Thorne: New Pictures

Tags: bent cops
September 10, 2009

Today, WPC Victoria Thorne was sentenced to 15 months in jail for working as a prostitute and as a police woman. It’s unknown whether she misused her ’position’ as a police woman to further her criminal connections. She worked as ‘Kelly’ for the Notorious Girls ‘escort’ agency in the North-East. Through the joys of archive.org, [...]

MET Police Credit Cards #1

Tags: bent cops, met, met credit cards
September 8, 2009

The Metropolitan Police is having problems with its officers issued with corporate American Express cards. They’ve been misusing them and buying things they really shouldn’t have been, like sex toys and holidays for their mistresses. The Metropolitan Police Authority found 1,183 Met employees have been buying unauthorised items– about a third of all cards have [...]

Paedophile Police Officer: Questions

Tags: bent cops
September 7, 2009

Andrew Rowe, a former police officer with Staffordshire Constabulary, was convicted of offences including inciting sexual activity with a child and sexual activity with a child in court today. The family of the abused girl have said in a statement: “As an officer within the child abuse investigation unit, we regarded Andrew Rowe with the [...]