This morning, police arrested 8 men in High Wycombe for alleged sexual exploitation of a young girl over a number of years. She is still under 18. A detailed statement has been released by Thames Valley Police. Further information is available on the Thames Valley Police Facebook page. The alleged offences are utterly vile […]
Read MoreThere is to be a statement on this subject later today. It will be interesting to see what powers are transferred, to what extent British people are subjected to overseas police powers by this measure, and what democratic control is to be exercised over those powers… Update: The Home Secretary’s […]
Read MoreYesterday, I began getting to know Wycombe’s police team before speaking to Breathe Easy Buckinghamshire on the nature of society and social cooperation, from a Big Society and Cobden Centre perspective. I caught up with the constituency team before heading into London. I submitted an HS2 question to the Government, caught up with correspondence and finished the […]
Read MoreVia Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn – Telegraph: Police cannot be trusted to hand out summary justice and will act as “judge and jury” if given powers to issue more on-the-spot fines, magistrates have warned. In an extraordinary attack, the Magistrates’ Association said it is a “certainty” that […]
Read MoreVia Police close down Facebook barbecue for 15 people – Telegraph: When Andrew Poole organised his 30th birthday party and posted invitations on the social networking site Facebook, he was expecting only 17 guests including family members. He was therefore a little surprised when eight police officers, some dressed in […]
Read MoreWhile these are allegations, not facts, it is shocking that they can be seriously made in the UK: Metropolitan Police officers subjected suspects to waterboarding, according to allegations at the centre of an anti-corruption inquiry. The torture claims are part of an investigation which also includes accusations that evidence was […]
Read MoreThis is no one’s finest hour: More details from the Guardian and The Times.
Read MorePolice are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal. Photographs, names and video footage of people attending protests are routinely obtained by surveillance units and stored on an “intelligence system”. […]
Read MoreIndependent think tank Reform calls for regional police forces to be split and the Metropolitan Police to be given a mandate to run serious crime fighting across England and Wales. Without effective police reform, England and Wales will lose the fight against crime in years to come. Serious crime is […]
Read MoreToday, I listened to David Cameron introduce Chris Grayling for his first major speech as shadow home secretary. It was great stuff: heartfelt, tough and full of measures that will be welcomed. In his introduction, David Cameron explained the need for substantive solutions to serious problems. He discussed Conservative plans […]
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