Search results for ‘IPCC’
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Pleb row: Calls for inquiry into Andrew Mitchell case
The allegation that a serving police officer fabricated evidence relating to the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” row prompts calls for a full and independent investigation into the case.
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Army discipline often equivalent to ‘kangaroo courts’
Exclusive: A damning report written by a serving officer has found that the army is “rarely transparent or accountable, and frequently unlawful” in the way it handles complaints and discipline.
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Hillsborough police chief Bettison resigns
West Yorkshire Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison, who investigated the Hillsborough disaster for South Yorkshire police, has resigned amid claims he provided misleading information.
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Officer ‘boasted’ about Hillsborough cover-up
A middle-ranking officer who is now the chief constable of West Yorkshire police “boasted” about smearing Liverpool fans in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster, a senior Labour MP has claimed.
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A legacy to stand on? Tormented for being disabled
As Channel 4 News begins a week of special reports into disability, one victim tells of having his mobility scooter set on fire and of youths trying to tip him out of his wheelchair.
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Call for inquiry into miners’ strike ‘Battle of Orgreave’
The police complaints watchdog is under pressure to look into claims South Yorkshire police fabricated evidence and tried to “frame” miners following clashes at the Orgreave coking plant in 1984.
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Hillsborough: UK’s ‘largest ever’ police inquiry launched
Serving and retired police officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster are to be investigated by the IPCC in what will be the UK’s largest investigation into police conduct.
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Chief constable sacked for gross misconduct
Cleveland’s chief constable becomes the first to be sacked for gross misconduct in 37 years, after a panel finds he lied about his role in hiring the daughter of a former police authority chairman.
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Scotland Yard’s disciplinary system opens its doors
PC Simon Harwood faces a misconduct panel over the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests.
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Detective guilty of misconduct in public office
Former detective Ryan Coleman-Farrow admits deliberately failing to properly investigate a string of rapes while working in Scotland Yard’s sexual crime unit.
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Mark Duggan’s mother seeks justice
A year after police shot Mark Duggan his mother still has many unanswered questions about his death, writes Channel 4 News Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel.
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Police use ‘excessive force’ in death in custody case
Police used an “unsuitable level of force” when they handled a fit 40-year-old man who later died of a cardiac arrest, an inquest jury finds.
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Why police misconduct judgements should be public
Even if we cannot have access to the hearings, we should be able to see a police tribunal’s detailed reasons for its verdict, argues Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel.
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Police witnesses in firearms trial get anonymity
Seven officers have been granted anonymity as witnesses in the trial of a man accused of passing an illegal firearm to Mark Duggan before he was shot dead by police in Tottenham almost a year ago.
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Met officer sacked for black-on-black racism
A black female Metropolitan police officer has been dismissed for making racist comments about and to her black colleagues, following a gross misconduct hearing three days ago.