http://www.dover-express.co.uk/cops-accused-lying-CCTV-footage/story-20542997-detail/story.html
Sunday, 22 June 2014
Interviewed on South East Today -31 January 2014
Interviewed on South East Today on follow-up story on Kent police officers accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03sgc3f
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/cops-accused-lying-CCTV-footage/story-20542997-detail/story.html
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/cops-accused-lying-CCTV-footage/story-20542997-detail/story.html
Quoted in International Business Times - Police Issue Quickfire Reply to BBC Panorama Show "Shoot to Kill" 20 January 2014
Quoted in International Business Times:-
Sophie Khan, legal director at the Police Action Centre pressure group, told IBTimes UK: "The reforms that need to be considered are about hard stops and the information the police have on the person who they want to stop because when things go wrong, they go badly wrong.
Sophie Khan, legal director at the Police Action Centre pressure group, told IBTimes UK: "The reforms that need to be considered are about hard stops and the information the police have on the person who they want to stop because when things go wrong, they go badly wrong.
"The Mark Duggan case returned a verdict of lawful killing, but this could be different in another case. But there are other priorities such as the use of Tasers and stop and search. There are concerns about training here."
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Interviewed on The Clive Bull Show on LBC 97.3 - Duggan Jury Inquest Verdict - 8 January 2014
Interviewed on The Clive Bull Show commenting on the Mark Duggan jury inquest verdict.
Mark Duggan lawfully killed - 8th Jan
The jury in the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan has delivered a verdict of lawful killing.
The jury of three men and seven women delivered its verdict - by a majority of 8 to 2 - to the Coroner at the Royal Courts of Justice after seven days of deliberations.
The 29-year-old was shot dead by firearms officers in Tottenham in August 2011. His death sparked the London riots.
Police believed he planned to pick up a gun from another man, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, and then move on to Broadwater Farm and had been following him.
At the centre of the inquest was the issue of the handgun that Mark Duggan was believed to have with him.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission had to apologise in the days after his death for leading journalists to believe he had fired at police when the shooting happened.
A gun was found 10 to 20 feet from Mr Duggan's body on the other side of park railings wrapped in a sock.
The police marksman who shot Mark Duggan claimed during the Inquest that he acted in self-defence because he thought Mr Duggan was brandishing a firearm.
The Inquest jury found that Mark Duggan was carrying a gun in the mini cab he was travelling in when he was killed but it was more likely than not that he had thrown it over a fence as soon as the car was stopped, meaning he not have it in his hand.
They said that police had not done enough to gather and react to intelligence about the possibility of Mr Duggan collecting a gun from Hutchinson-Foster.
But they found that the car had been stopped in a location and in a way that "minimised to the greatest extent possible recourse to lethal force".
There were dramatic scenes in court when the conclusion was given, with Mr Duggan's brother swearing at the jurors as they left court. Other supporters shouted "murderers". Some smashed a door and security staff were called to contain the situation.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is still investigating the incident.
In an interim statement in August, it said it had so far found no evidence of criminality by police officers.
Mark Duggan Inquest: The Key Moments>>
http://www.lbc.co.uk/duggan-inquest-conclusion-to-be-announced-84011
Mark Duggan lawfully killed - 8th Jan
Clive Bull | The Whole Show
| 1h 36m 27s | 08.01.14
| 1h 36m 27s | 08.01.14 Duggan Was Lawfully Killed By Police, Jury Finds
Wednesday 8th January 2014The jury in the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan has delivered a verdict of lawful killing.
The jury of three men and seven women delivered its verdict - by a majority of 8 to 2 - to the Coroner at the Royal Courts of Justice after seven days of deliberations.
The 29-year-old was shot dead by firearms officers in Tottenham in August 2011. His death sparked the London riots.
Police believed he planned to pick up a gun from another man, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, and then move on to Broadwater Farm and had been following him.
At the centre of the inquest was the issue of the handgun that Mark Duggan was believed to have with him.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission had to apologise in the days after his death for leading journalists to believe he had fired at police when the shooting happened.
A gun was found 10 to 20 feet from Mr Duggan's body on the other side of park railings wrapped in a sock.
The police marksman who shot Mark Duggan claimed during the Inquest that he acted in self-defence because he thought Mr Duggan was brandishing a firearm.
The Inquest jury found that Mark Duggan was carrying a gun in the mini cab he was travelling in when he was killed but it was more likely than not that he had thrown it over a fence as soon as the car was stopped, meaning he not have it in his hand.
They said that police had not done enough to gather and react to intelligence about the possibility of Mr Duggan collecting a gun from Hutchinson-Foster.
But they found that the car had been stopped in a location and in a way that "minimised to the greatest extent possible recourse to lethal force".
There were dramatic scenes in court when the conclusion was given, with Mr Duggan's brother swearing at the jurors as they left court. Other supporters shouted "murderers". Some smashed a door and security staff were called to contain the situation.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is still investigating the incident.
In an interim statement in August, it said it had so far found no evidence of criminality by police officers.
Mark Duggan Inquest: The Key Moments>>
http://www.lbc.co.uk/duggan-inquest-conclusion-to-be-announced-84011
Interviewed on The JVS Show - Police and the police - 8 January 2014
Interviewed on The JVS Show on stop and search on 8 January 2014
BBC Three Counties Radio - The JVS Show, Race and the police, sober companion scheme and your consumer problems http://bbc.in/1cZPUpI
BBC Three Counties Radio - The JVS Show, Race and the police, sober companion scheme and your consumer problems http://bbc.in/1cZPUpI
Sunday, 5 January 2014
Interviewed on Nick Ferrari's Show LBC 97.3 on 20 December 2013
Interveiwed on Nick Ferrari's Show, LBC 97.3 on armed policing.
76 injured at west end theatre - 20 Dec 13
76 injured at west end theatre - 20 Dec 13
Nick Ferrari | The Whole Show | 1h 58m 29s | 20.12.13
| 1h 58m 29s | 20.12.13 Interveiwed on BBC Hereford & Worcester - Howard and Toni at Breakfast, 10/12/2013
Interviewed on BBC Hereford & Worcester - Howard and Toni at Breakfast, 10/12/2013 follow-up on the case of the man who made a complaint against West Mercia Police.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01lpf6p
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01lpf6p
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Interviewed on Clive Bull's Show on LBC 97.3 - 24 November 2013
Would you feel safer seeing a bobby on the beat? - 24 Nov 13
Lord Stevens will unveil the Independent Police Commission report later today and set out a raft of recommendations to transform policing in England and Wales.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Lord Stevens, who introduced neighbourhood policing to the Metropolitan Police 10 years ago, said a community approach was needed.
Police are "sadly deteriorated" in the public's eye, he said, and fewer crimes are being solved.
The commission believes the Government should have a Local Policing Commitment, giving every neighbourhood a guaranteed level of policing.
It says there should be guaranteed response times and that every crime should be investigated - or an explanation given as to why not.
Lord Stevens said: "This is the level of service that the public has a right to expect but that has deteriorated in front of its eyes."
Police are returning to a "discredited" style of policing, reacting to incidents rather than responding to the root causes of crime, he said.
Among the 37 recommendations by Lord Stevens' commission are that the social purpose of the police should be enshrined in law, bringing "much-needed consensus" to what the public expect of the police.
Lord Stevens, who was commissioned to carry out the report by the Labour party, said the current programme for reform was "confused" and "fragmented".
He said: "With fewer crimes being solved, a return to merely reactive policing that the public do not favour, Plebgate, Hillsborough and the identity crisis of Police and Crime Commissioners, it is no secret that policing in England and Wales faces challenges."
At the Labour-commissioned report's launch, Labour leader Ed Miliband will say the threat to neighbourhood policing highlighted in Lord Stevens' report is of "profound concern".
He is expected to say: "This review is the first step in setting a new direction for policing in the 21st century.
"Neighbourhood policing was pioneered by Labour. It wasn't just a slogan, it was a different philosophy of policing: policing rooted in local communities, doing more than reacting to crimes by also preventing them, and working in partnership with local authorities, schools and the NHS.
"So it is of profound concern to me that the independent commission concludes that neighbourhood policing is under threat. We don't want to see services retreating back to their silos, becoming more remote from communities."
http://www.lbc.co.uk/policing-more-bobbies-on-the-beat-needed-81859
Clive Bull | The Whole Show | 2h 11m 17s | 24.11.13
Putting more police officers on the beat should be at the
forefront of efforts to restore public confidence, according to a
blueprint for reform by a former Scotland Yard commissioner. | 2h 11m 17s | 24.11.13Lord Stevens will unveil the Independent Police Commission report later today and set out a raft of recommendations to transform policing in England and Wales.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Lord Stevens, who introduced neighbourhood policing to the Metropolitan Police 10 years ago, said a community approach was needed.
Police are "sadly deteriorated" in the public's eye, he said, and fewer crimes are being solved.
The commission believes the Government should have a Local Policing Commitment, giving every neighbourhood a guaranteed level of policing.
It says there should be guaranteed response times and that every crime should be investigated - or an explanation given as to why not.
Lord Stevens said: "This is the level of service that the public has a right to expect but that has deteriorated in front of its eyes."
Police are returning to a "discredited" style of policing, reacting to incidents rather than responding to the root causes of crime, he said.
Among the 37 recommendations by Lord Stevens' commission are that the social purpose of the police should be enshrined in law, bringing "much-needed consensus" to what the public expect of the police.
Lord Stevens, who was commissioned to carry out the report by the Labour party, said the current programme for reform was "confused" and "fragmented".
He said: "With fewer crimes being solved, a return to merely reactive policing that the public do not favour, Plebgate, Hillsborough and the identity crisis of Police and Crime Commissioners, it is no secret that policing in England and Wales faces challenges."
At the Labour-commissioned report's launch, Labour leader Ed Miliband will say the threat to neighbourhood policing highlighted in Lord Stevens' report is of "profound concern".
He is expected to say: "This review is the first step in setting a new direction for policing in the 21st century.
"Neighbourhood policing was pioneered by Labour. It wasn't just a slogan, it was a different philosophy of policing: policing rooted in local communities, doing more than reacting to crimes by also preventing them, and working in partnership with local authorities, schools and the NHS.
"So it is of profound concern to me that the independent commission concludes that neighbourhood policing is under threat. We don't want to see services retreating back to their silos, becoming more remote from communities."
http://www.lbc.co.uk/policing-more-bobbies-on-the-beat-needed-81859
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