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The most frequently stolen car models – and some of the UK’s riskiest streets for vehicle theft
Some of the most frequently stolen car models in the UK have been revealed.
The Sun 		22/5/2019
Analysis
‘Breakdancer’ hired as part of investigation into officers
A breakdancer was hired by a review body during an 11-year investigation into five Metropolitan Police Officers over a 2008 custody death. The former police watchdog also enlisted a body mechanics expert at a cost of £8,400 to the taxpayer to determine whether musician Sean Rigg 'spun in the back of the police van' on his way to Brixton police station after being arrested or 'whether his injuries could have been caused in some other way'.
Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 		22/5/2019
News
Independent review of the Modern Slavery Act: final report
In July 2018, the government commissioned Frank Field MP, Maria Miller MP and Baroness Butler-Sloss to undertake an independent review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Home Office 		22/5/2019
Report
Victims in London let down by ‘wholly unsatisfactory probation service
One in five victims of serious crimes are not being offered access to a statutory scheme to keep them updated about the offender, a watchdog report reveals.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		22/5/2019
News
Signing up to police learning programme that ‘professionalises the professionals’
New police recruits are heading back to the classroom to gain landmark qualifications as educational institutions bid to “further professionalise” the service.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		22/5/2019
News
Police has ‘no statutory power’ for wholesale processing of people’s data
Facial recognition technology is allowing the police to violate people’s human rights in a way they have “never been able to do before,” a court has heard.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		22/5/2019
News
Met inquiry into cover-up claims at Police Scotland
Claims that undercover Scottish officers burnt documents as part of a cover-up are to be investigated by an outside force.
The Times - Subscription at source 		22/5/2019
News
Police claimed ‘not proven’ verdict implied guilt
In a letter to Dundee city council objecting to an application for a taxi licence, police cited the driver’s three minor criminal convictions dating back more than seven years and a charge against him that was found not proven by a jury in 2017.
The Times - Subscription at source 		22/5/2019
News
Tenfold surge in number of child slavery probes as police warn there are ‘just too many predators out there’
Police say that one in three probes into modern slavery now concern children. About a third exploited by gangs had been reported missing to police before. Experts say the rise has been fuelled by the growth of the county lines menace.
Mail Online 		22/5/2019
News
Comment: We need to know switch in police resources is making a difference
Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan is quite clear. He says that Hampshire police and crime commissioner Michael Lane assured him that a £24-a-year per person council tax increase would result in 200 new police officers out on our streets fighting crime.
The News (Portsmouth) 		22/5/2019
Opinion
‘Dismay’ as £24-a-year tax rise sees just ‘80 extra’ police officers in Hampshire – but a big cut in PCSOs
Council taxpayers have been asked to fork out more money and in publicity leaflets were promised there would be: ‘200 new officers, 65 police staff investigators, and training for PCSOs’. The message was that the ‘extra officers will tackle local crime’.
The News (Portsmouth) 		22/5/2019
News
Almost half of millennials in UK exposed to domestic abuse during childhood, poll finds
In total, 47 per cent of the 2,004 UK 18-34-year-olds reported witnessing a parent being a victim of domestic abuse as a child, compared with 28 per cent of 35-54-year-olds and 17 per cent of those who are over 55.
The Independent 		22/5/2019
News
University joins forces with the police to deliver new study programme
The University of South Wales (USW) has signed contracts to provide specialist education to new police officers across four forces in England and one in Wales.
Wales 24/7 		22/5/2019
News
More West Midlands cops are now armed – despite fall in police numbers
The latest Home Office figures reveal there were 241 armed officers in West Midlands Police as of March 2018
Birmingham Live 		22/5/2019
News
Government to pick up bill for Police and Crime Commissioner election
The government has confirmed it will pick up the bill for the upcoming Police and Crime Commissioner election, following the resignation of Dame Vera Baird, after the Liberal Democrats raised a question in Parliament
Chronicle Live (North East) 		22/5/2019
News
Amazon set for facial recognition revolt
Opposition to Amazon's sale of its facial recognition technology to US police forces is set to come to a head at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.
BBC 		22/5/2019
News
Legal test of police right to scan faces in a crowd
A man is challenging police use of facial recognition technology after being scanned while he was Christmas shopping, saying it was a breach of his right to privacy.
The Times - Subscription at source 		22/5/2019
News
Policing the rise of the right
To read the accounts of events in Oldham on Saturday from those on the Tommy Robinson side, the reader could be forgiven for thinking that the police provided an ‘escort’ to Muslim Defence League youths opposing Robinson with the sole intention of facilitating an attack on his meeting.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		21/5/2019
Opinion
Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: overarching documents (update May 2019)
Documents relating to the draft Domestic Abuse Bill.
Home Office 		21/5/2019
Report
National force review after ‘unprofessional’ conduct claims
A chief is prioritising public confidence of covert policing after asking an external force to probe “unsatisfactory and unprofessional” conduct by a now defunct undercover policing unit.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		21/5/2019
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