Police
Kingsley Brown, just another name…
November 22nd 2001, Ricky Bishop. August 21st 2008, Sean Rigg. April 1st 2009, Ian Tomlinson. March 15th 2011, David Emmanuel a.k.a. Smiley Culture. March 31st 2011, Kingsley Brown. Just another name.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook | Tuesday, 5 April 2011 at 10:41 am
Should we really only care about ‘bobbies on the beat’?
A leak from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) today provided the latest (and best) estimates of how cuts in police funding would affect the workforce. In total, 28,000 jobs will go over the next four years, with police officer numbers falling by 12,000 (eight percent) over four years and police staff numbers falling [...]
Who are the current Mark Kennedys?
I wish I could have expressed an ounce of surprise when I heard the story of Mark Kennedy, the police officer who infiltrated environmental activist groups for seven years. Since then, the stories of three more undercover police spies have been exposed. But this is not a surprise, the police have a history of infiltrating political movements in order to crush them.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook | Friday, 21 January 2011 at 4:10 pm
World Cup: South Africa’s public transport not so taxing
Before heading over to South Africa I thought it pertinent to do a little research on the country. The first thing I came across was R3ndi3r’s Soccer World Cup Survival Guide on YouTube.
The first piece of advice the lad imparted was ‘don’t come to South Africa’ before assuring me that if I did come I [...]
By Tim Sturtridge | Sport | Wednesday, 9 June 2010 at 8:00 am
Stephenson and the playground cop
I am pleased to see that Sir Paul Stephenson, the new head of the Metropolitan Police, does not want to be a celebrity but does want to be his own man. I hope that means he will avoid the current obsession with statistics and targets.
Last night, I met the policeman who is assigned to visit [...]
By Andy McSmith | Eagle Eye, McSmith | Thursday, 29 January 2009 at 11:07 am
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