Sophie Khan. Media (Archive)

Friday, 27 June 2014

Interviewed on Iain Lee Shows - BBC Three Counties Radio on 6 May 2014

Interviewed on Iain Lee Shows on BBC Three Counties Radio on the use of body worn cameras by police in Luton. Cameras on cops, Iain Lee - BBC Three Counties Radio http://bbc.in/1ss9xNr

Quoted in The Leader - Alarm at increase in police use of strip-searches - 22 April 2014

Quoted:-

Sophie Khan, a legal director of Police Action Centre, a charity that advises people on their rights if they wish to pursue an action against the police, said she was especially concerned about the powers being used against children.

The solicitor-advocate, specialising in actions against the police, said: “The police need to look at this issue very carefully.

“There needs to be some linked-in thinking about whether it’s necessary to be strip searching children. There must be another reasonable method to try to restrain or detain them without having to go as far as strip searching them.

“The number of people being released without charge seem to show it’s being used too freely.”

http://www.newsnorthwales.co.uk/news/133024/alarm-at-increase-in-police-use-of-strip-searches.aspx

Interviewed on The Breakfast Show -BBC London Radio on the legal challenge against water cannon.

The Budget, a GP pilot and dog poisoning, The Breakfast Show with Penny Smith and Paul Ross - BBC London 94.9 http://bbc.in/1eaW35U

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26650782

Quoted in Evening Standard - Water cannon plan to be contested on 19 March 2014

Quoted:-

Solicitor Sophie Khan from the Police Action Centre said: "MOPAC had a statutory duty to carry out a public engagement process and to consider Londoner's views before taking any final decision.

"There are questions as to whether the 'engagement process' met the statutory requirements."

http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/water-cannon-plan-to-be-contested-9203472.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-mayor-boris-johnson-backs-water-cannon-use-in-the-capital-9203592.html