Search results for ‘IPCC’
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Forces warned over restraining belts on detainees’ heads
The police watchdog issues a warning to officers to stop using restraining belts on detainees’ heads following a man’s death. His family wants to see CCTV footage from the police station.
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Lynette White: no further action for police
As the police watchdog gives the all-clear to the South Wales force’s investigation of corruption claims over the Lynette White murder case, Simon Israel looks back at the history.
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Can we beat climate change with geoengineering?
Some of them sound like the stuff of science fiction, but can ideas from the brave new world of geoengineering slow or reverse global warming?
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No Lynette White inquiry into South Wales police
The Home Secretary has turned down requests for a public inquiry into the handling by South Wales police of the Lynette White murder case.
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Climate countdown: how vulnerable millions will suffer
Flooding, famine, drought and disease – the impact of climate change predicted in the IPCC scientists’ report could have a negative impact for millions of people in the poorest parts of the world.
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Hillsborough: witness statements ‘were amended’
Fans’ witness accounts of the Hillsborough stadium disaster and the statements of 74 police officers involved may have been changed, the police watchdog claims.
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Spotlight on police training as Taser use doubles
As new figures reveal police use of Tasers more than doubled between 2009 and 2011, Simon Israel describes how Met officers are trained, and talks to a mother whose son died after being Tasered.
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‘Shock’ over smear claims in Stephen Lawrence inquiry
An anti-racism campaigner tells Channel 4 News he’s shocked by alleged attempts to discredit him before he gave evidence to the Macpherson Inquiry into police handling of Stephen Lawrence’s murder.
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Police watchdog: name Taser death probe cops
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to challenge an anonymity order protecting the identities of police officers involved in a Taser incident where a 23-year-old factory worker died.
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Watchdog investigates man’s death in police cell
James Herbert died lying naked on a police cell floor after being detained under the Mental Health Act. Now the IPCC is opening an investigation into how he was treated before his death.
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Woman accuses Thames Valley police of harassment
A 24-year-old forensic science graduate says she was wrongly stopped in her car on numerous occasions for suspected driving offences after breaking up with a police officer.
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Azelle Rodney unlawfully killed by police
There was “no legal justification” for a police marksman shooting dead 24-year-old robbery suspect Azelle Rodney, according to the findings of an official inquiry.
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Stephen Lawrence family ‘targeted in police smear campaign’
David Cameron calls for an investigation into claims from an undercover officer that he was part of an operation to “smear” the family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.
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Essex police must try harder on domestic abuse cases
Essex police, heavily criticised two years ago for failing four women murdered by abusive partners, still has more to do in responding to domestic violence, finds the police watchdog.
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Met police chief under fire from MPs over ‘plebgate’ inquiry
MPs hit out at the police investigation into the Plebgate row, with one saying Andrew Mitchell was a victim of media spin “at the highest level” of the Met, and another suggesting Channel 4 take over.