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Police force twice erased video footage before watchdog inquiries

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Crime

Police force twice erased video footage before watchdog inquiries
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A police force is facing questions over its treatment of disabled people, after two reports by the independent watchdog into the way its officers dealt with young autistic men. In both reports, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation was impeded […]

Police force faces two watchdog probes over treatment of autistic people

By John Pring on 23rd June 2016 Category: Crime

Police force faces two watchdog probes over treatment of autistic people
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A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer two separate incidents involving young autistic men to the police watchdog. One case referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) […]

Disabled people ‘still not safe in Luton’ after second ‘assault’ in three years

By John Pring on 14th April 2016 Category: Crime

Disabled people ‘still not safe in Luton’ after second ‘assault’ in three years
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The family of an autistic man say they believe disabled people are still not safe from their local police force, after two officers were finally sacked for gross misconduct for “shocking” behaviour during an incident in 2014. Despite the sackings, Bedfordshire […]

Police misconduct convictions ‘show need for hate crime action’

By John Pring on 23rd December 2015 Category: Crime

Police misconduct convictions ‘show need for hate crime action’
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The conviction of two police employees for misconduct in the lead-up to the murder of a disabled man who had begged officers for protection from his killer proves the need to take disability hate crime more seriously, say campaigners. Avon and […]

Campaigners dismiss ‘yet another’ mental health deaths review

By John Pring on 24th July 2015 Category: Human Rights

Campaigners dismiss ‘yet another’ mental health deaths review
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Human rights campaigners have criticised plans for an inquiry that will examine lessons from the deaths of people in mental distress in police custody, because they say the government already knows what action it needs to take. The call came from […]

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