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To keep politics out of policing, the police must first keep out of politics, says Philip Johnston . Police should steer clear of political rows Photo: PA The last time the Conservatives returned to office after a long period...
Victim: Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times in the head. His family will receive reduced compensation because they are so poor The family of Jean Charles de Menezes are to receive reduced compensation because they are...
Police chiefs may quit if a Tory government presses ahead with plans to put forces under the control of local commissioners, the senior officers' leader warned today. Sir Hugh Orde, President of the Association of Chief Police...
A tarnished copper On the day I called my by-election last year, I received a handwritten note from Ian Blair, who was then the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. He talked about the Met "playing out of its socks" after...
The debate over how to run the police force and whether some of its senior members should be elected is one of those arguments where each side is accusing the other of the same thing, like two tearful siblings each trying to...
By Jackie Cobham (RSC journalism bursary scheme) On 22 July 2005, 27 year-old Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by the Metropolitan Police on a stationary train in Stockwell tube station. London was...
Security guards in Darlington say they are filling a vacuum left by the police The growing number of private security companies policing UK streets is a worrying development, senior police figures say. The Police Federation of...
Little over a month to go before the judges sit down with a bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream and a box of hand-made liqueur chocolates to choose the winner of the prestigious Mind How You Go award. We are delighted to announce...
Sir Ian Blair, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has been appointed head of a local crime prevention group. The retired senior officer has become chairman of the Thames Valley Partnership. The voluntary crime...
Mayor of London encourages others to follow his example Boris Johnson today called for have-a-go heroes to be protected from prosecution as he spoke of his own experience of rescuing a woman being attacked on a north London...
