Law and Rights
Why should the Police be accountable, even to the law? Here is a suggestion from the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police that the rules should change so that is made much harder to take legal action against the Police. Given the undoubted influence that Senior Police Officers and ACPO have over government, are we now entering a time in which government will use their power to amend the law so that State Authorities are able to act against the ordinary citizen without without any fear of the consequences? I hope not. READ - The Guardian 10th October 2010. Maybe, certain senior Police Officers are getting too big for their boots? One may wonder just - (a) what the Home Secretary's immediate response will be and (b) what will happen "longer term". Will government quietly accede to the Commissioner's request?
Addendum 11th October: "Sir Paul Stephenson must not tolerate police abuse of power" - The Guardian, Fiona Murphy. "The Cost of Poor Policing" - Jules Carey, Guardian 11th October.
Addendum 15th October: Read the Solicitor's Journal regarding the story of barrister Colin Challenger who was arrested and handcuffed at the High Court.
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Law and Rights
Why should the Police be accountable --- even to the law?
Addendum 11th October: "Sir Paul Stephenson must not tolerate police abuse of power" - The Guardian, Fiona Murphy. "The Cost of Poor Policing" - Jules Carey, Guardian 11th October.
Addendum 15th October: Read the Solicitor's Journal regarding the story of barrister Colin Challenger who was arrested and handcuffed at the High Court.
- Stories For Monday Morning
Here is my selection of five stories this Monday morning. In Kent, a 19 year old man was arrested - The Guardian 12th November - after a picture of a burning poppy was posted on a social networking website. The arrest was on suspicion of "malicious...
- A New Direction For The Police ? Sir Hugh Orde On The Future Of Acpo And Comments About Protests And Undercover Officers
Sir Hugh Orde - President of the Association of Chief Police Officers - has set out a view that there is a "strong case" for looking at reconfiguring Police structures to match evolving threats and risk to the public in the 21st century - see ACPO website...
- Elected Police Commissioners. Is This A Good Move?
The previous post on this blog took an early overview of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill presented to Parliament on 1st December. Existing Police Authorities will be abolished and there will be elected Police and Crime Commissioners. ...
- Police - Shake Up Planned
The Home Office has issued a consultation paper dealing with reform of the Police - "Policing in the 21st century: reconnecting Police and People". There will be Police and Crime Commissioners (to act as poweful representatives of the public) and...
- Acpo: Police Reform: Many Questions But Few Answers
The Association of Chief Police Officers (or ACPO) is, without any doubt, a body well-placed to exercise enormous influence on government policy relating to law and order. ACPO is a "Private Company Limited by Guarantee" but it receives funding from the...