Police numbers are falling. In England and Wales between March 2015 and March 2016 (the most recent government figures), “frontline” positions shrank from 110,853 to 106,411. Recruitment was down and the number of dismissals and resignations were up, continuing a five-year trend. It has also been widely acknowledged, not least by the Prime Minister herself, […]
Posts Tagged ‘Police’
How to put right the corruption, secrecy and non-accountability rampant in Britain
Mar 26th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.The Independent Police Complaints Commission has cleared armed police officers of any wrongdoing over the killing of Mark Duggan over 3 years ago, following an inquest verdict of lawful killing a year ago. However the police officer who fired the fatal shots refused to be interviewed by the IPCC; why could he not be compelled […]
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Perfidious Albion
May 17th, 2014 by Gerry Adams.The decision by Drew Harris, the Assistant Chief Constable of the PSNI, not to investigate killings carried out by the secret British Army Military Reaction Force (MRF) of the early 1970s will surprise few within the nationalist community. The MRF was the subject of a BBC programme last year. In it members of that clandestine force […]
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The British state is rapidly alienating a whole new generation
Nov 22nd, 2013 by Conrad Landin.Seven days ago, the Guardian revealed that Cambridgeshire Constabulary had attempted to infiltrate activist and student groups through the recruitment of informers. The news prompted outcry from students, academics and campaigners alike. If you haven’t yet seen the videos secretly recorded by the Guardian’s mole, they provide a fascinating insight into the inner workings of […]
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Uncomfortable similarities to a police state
Nov 16th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.The latest revelation that the police have been trying to recruit informants about the political activities of university students produces an unpleasant and disturbing reaction that Britain is drifting into an authoritarian state where suppression of human rights and civil liberties is becoming commonplace. The Guardian reports that the police officer from a covert unit says […]
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Time for a public inquiry on the standards and ethics of policing
Jun 27th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.The secretive parts of the British state are slowly being exposed to the light, and it’s a pretty ugly vista. Today we learn that over 8,900 political activists are being monitored by a secret police organisation called the National Domestic Extremism Unit within the Met. Apparently it uses surveillance techniques, paid informers, intercepts and under-cover […]
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Who will spy on the spies, regulate the regulators and police the police?
Jun 25th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.The last few weeks have thrown up example after example how those with power have run rings round those who are supposed to call them to account. Yesterday we learnt that the police, shortly after the murder of Stephen Lawrence, tried to ‘smear’ his family, his friend who witnessed the murder, and campaigners protesting at […]
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Woolwich murder: spectacle and message
May 23rd, 2013 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Barbarism. That is the only word fit to describe the events that unfolded on a Woolwich street yesterday afternoon. According to eye witnesses a young man wearing a Hope for Heroes shirt was run over and then hacked to death by two men of “Muslim appearance” [sic]. The perpetrators then explained their motives to passers […]
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Hillsborough must break the logjam on police accountability
Sep 17th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.Hillsborough is a monument to the ruthlessness with which the Establishment – government, police and media – will readily use a black propaganda campaign to inveigle others into taking blame to deflect from their own mistakes which have led to disaster. The police and the emergency services, specifically those carrying responsibility to ensure crowd safety, […]
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Police Federation protests against cuts
May 10th, 2012 by Andy Newman.Thousands of off-duty police officers from all over England and Wales will march in London today The Police Federation of England and Wales has organised the protest to highlight concerns about the consequences of 20 percent cuts for public safety and the disproportionate attack on policing by the government. A sea of 16,000 black caps […]
