Daily News Summary
Monday, 22 June 2009
Main Stories
`Caught on film: campaigner who asked for police identification'
According to the Guardian, footage and an official complaint, two female protestors at the G20 protests, who challenged police officers for not displaying their badge numbers were bundled to the ground, arrested and held in prison for four days. Gdn1-2, 5, DExp9, DMail6
`New ACPO chief wants human rights to be put at the core of policing'
Sir Hugh Orde who is taking over as president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in a interview with the Guardian has called for human rights to be put at the heart of British policing and says he wants to see a shake up in policing. Gdn2
`Lawyers claim bidding system for defence work may be illegal'
Lawyers have said that Government proposals to introduce competitive tendering for criminal defence work will reduce the number of firms and may be unlawful on the impact on minority lawyers. The plans, part of a pilot would lead to firms bidding for contracts in `blocks' with unsuccessful firms unable to provide criminal defence services. Some have said it would also drive standards down. Gdn10
`Taser policy rejected'
The Metropolitan and Sussex police forces have rejected a Home Office policy to allow non specialist officers to be given tasers, because of fears that they may make the police seem oppressive. Times6, DTel2, DMail22
`The dollar drain on world's poor'
According to World Bank figures on how the recession is hitting developing nations, the world's poorest countries will see a $1tn (£600bn) loss from their economies. Gdn1
`Whips are accused of fixing vote for speaker'
The race to become the next speaker in the House of Commons is being undermined by Labour party whips who are trying to install Margaret Beckett as their anti reform candidate according to the papers. The Times has also learnt that Labour whips are trying to limit reforms that would give MPs more power over government. Times 1,4-5, DTel1, All Papers
Other Stories
`Blair under pressure to give his Iraq evidence in public'
FT2, Times7, DTel2
`We must step up fight against yobs, says Johnson'
Alan Johnson in an interview with The Times has said that he will revive the government crusade against antisocial behaviour after admitting that the Government has been `coasting' on the issue. Times11
`Prince meets gang members'
Prince William has met a group of former gang members in an attempt to gain an insight into violent street culture. The meetings were arranged by Centrepoint and the St Giles Trust. Times11, Mirror21
`The lost politicians and cronies who make chaos out of a crisis'
The Times discusses what Scotland Yard's former anti-terror chief Andy Hayman's book says about Cobra and policing. Times18-19
`Fraud investigators poised to step up covert surveillance'
Keith McCarthy, a senior investigator at the serious fraud squad has warned that business people suspected of fraud face dramatically increased surveillance, in an effort to counter criticism that Britain is soft on financial crime. FT4
`Police plan 30 minute response to head off Mumbai-style siege'
Police and hotel staff are being trained to deal with Mumbai style terrorist attacks as concerns grow that terrorists are targeting London. The Daily Telegraph says that Police are being trained to head off a siege in the first thirty minutes. DTel1
`Parents' ignorance over car seats puts children's lives at risk'
DTel10
Comments
`Trial by jury? Not in these two cases'
Marcel Berlins discuses two cases where trial by jury wasn't used. Gdn10
`All I want is a judge'
Letter in The Times25
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