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MP Jones welcomes High Court ruling on RoboCop cameras
Human rights campaigners are to appeal yesterday’s High Court ruling that determined that the Metropolitan Police’s use of unproven Live Facial Recognition cameras did not breach people’s human rights, judges saying the force’s policy gave an “adequate indication of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon West, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Big Brother Watch, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon West, Labour, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, Metropolitan Police, North End, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Mark Rowley, Tory
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London police numbers face 2,700 cut, Commissioner warns
Sir Mark Rowley, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, today warned the London Policing Board that the force in the capital is facing significant staffing cuts in order to balance its books. Sir Mark said he could be forced to … Continue reading
Rowley’s police set out plan to become anti-racist organisation
The Metropolitan Police, repeatedly and officially criticised over the past quarter century for being institutionally racist, has today launched what it calls its “London Race Action Plan”, which it says is “the next steps in becoming an anti-racist police service”. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, London, London Race Action Plan, Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley
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Sexual assault detective is dismissed from Metropolitan Police
Disciplinary panel chair says: ‘Police officers are expected to uphold the law not to break it’, but community groups in Croydon are asking why that’s not been applied here A Metropolitan Police detective working in south London has been dismissed … Continue reading
Mayor Khan says he’s proud of Londoners for display of unity
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has said he is proud of the way Londoners, and the Metropolitan Police, responded to the threat of far-right racist mobs gathering in the capital this week. At Croydon Council, meanwhile, the £192,000 per … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ expansion, West Croydon
Tagged #FarageRiots, Anti-ULEZ, Croydon, Croydon Council, English Defence League, Katherine Kerswell, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, West Croydon
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10 arrested in Croydon as fears of far-right rioting are allayed
Norfolk House on Wellesley Road and Croydon Mosque were among possible targets for the racist rioters, as community protestors across the country took to the streets to show unity against the far right Today, August 8, marks the 13th anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, West Croydon
Tagged #FarageRiots, Brighton, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mosque, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Andy Valentine, English Defence League, Far-right, Harrow, Islamophobia, London, London Road, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Norfolk House, Race riots, Sir Mark Rowley, Tommy Robinson, Walthamstow, West Croydon
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Serving south London copper cops guilty plea to sexual assault
Croydon’s police commander accused of ‘window-dressing’ as he fails to reply to community complaint over a convicted constable who has been allowed to continue to work A serving Metropolitan Police officer has entered a guilty plea to charges of sexual … Continue reading
Community groups demand dismissal of convicted Met officer
After the Borough Commander says he will continue to use convicted constable Perry Lathwood on the streets of Croydon, more than a dozen local groups have written to the Met Commissioner and policing minister Chris Philp highlighting the officer’s questionable … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Casey Review, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chris Philp MP, Holmesdale Fanatics, Jocelyn Agyemang, London, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, McPherson Report, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, PC Perry Lathwood, Sir Mark Rowley, Stephen Lawrence
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Murdered schoolgirl named as Commissioner visits Croydon
‘The commitment of so many from the local community is inspiring’ according to Met Commissioner as he visits murder scene in Croydon The 15-year-old girl who was killed by a central Croydon bus stop when on her way to school … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Croydon schoolgril murder, Elianne Andam, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sir Mark Rowley, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon police investigated over black man’s death in custody
This latest probe by the watchdog follows the misconduct hearing announced earlier this week for two other Met officers over the arrest and hand-cuffing last year of an innocent black schoolboy Two Croydon police officers are under criminal investigation for … Continue reading
Mayor and Met in joint call for better mobile phone security
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley have today called on the mobile phone industry to play their part and “deliver bold and innovative technological solutions” to help tackle the rising number of robberies … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Crime, Croydon, London, London Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, Mobile phones, Sadiq Khan, Sir Mark Rowley
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MPs in cross-Croydon consensus over Coronation arrests
The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that Britain’s new Public Order Act is ‘incompatible with the right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association’. But that’s not a problem for at least two of the borough’s … Continue reading
