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By Graham Smith Filed Under: All posts Posted:
The reputation of the British police service is hanging in the balance and the on-going Undercover Policing Inquiry and the recent conclusion of the Hillsborough inquests has added more fuel to the fire. Graham Smith examines the evidence and calls for a broad coalition to reform a police service he says has become toxic. Triggered by […]
From Easter to autumn, there are loyalist order and Irish Republican parades across Scotland. Stephen Ashe explores the policing of these processions, focusing on racism and sectarianism. In 2013, I was part of a research team commissioned by the Scottish Government to carry out research into the impact of public processions. In 2012, 34% of […]
By Michael Dawson Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted:
Last month Metropolitan Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe called for fewer police forces in the UK as cuts in public spending change the way that out services have to operate . Here Michael Dawson, of devolution campaign group Campaign for the North says the region should have a single police force; There are many merits to Bernard Hogan-Howe’s recent […]
By Juanjo Medina Filed Under: Featured Posted:
Most police forces don’t understand how to use their powers of stop and search, writes Dr Juan Medina-Ariza. Black people are seven times as likely to be stopped and searched than whites in modern, multi-ethnic Britain – and this risks undermining the public’s faith in the police. The publication of HMIC’s report on the use […]