Police Action Centre: Taser roll-out did not follow Home Office guidance
Sophie Khan, Lawyer and Director of Legal & Policy of the Police Action Centre says that the Taser Working Group was able to highlight key issues of concern in the
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Police Juror – Special Police Action Project (launched on 27.05.2023)
The Police Action Project today, 27.05.2023 launches a special project on former or serving police officers (and police staff) sitting as jury members following the report of a former police constable juror jailed for causing trial’s collapse. A former police … Continue reading
Public Meeting in Hackney on Tasers
Police in Hackney to be armed with Tasers in city-wide roll-out of electroshock weapons Concern over introduction of new patrols Glenn McMahon Thursday 9 May 2013 Taser public library Panel at the public meeting where fears were aired over Taser … Continue reading
Campaigners raise concerns over increased police Taser use- Guardian 21 October 2012
Campaigners raise concerns over increased police Taser use Mistaken deployment of Taser on Chorley blind man and other incidents spark calls for more police control and restraint Helen Carter guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 October 2012 17.44 BST Concern is growing among … Continue reading
Legal Action Group Magazine September 2012 -Police Action Centre launched
Sophie Khan, a solicitor-advocate and director of the Police Action Centre (PAC), who is also head of an Action Against the Police department at a leading law firm based in Surrey and London, writes: PAC was launched last month and … Continue reading
With Little Reduction in the Met’s Use of Stop-and-Search Campaign Groups are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands -The Huffington Post 19/09/2012
With Little Reduction in the Met’s Use of Stop-and-Search Campaign Groups are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands Posted: 19/09/2012 00:00 The Huffington Post Despite the Metropolitan Police Commissioner announcing a new approach to stop-and-search in January after a report … Continue reading
Sister Of Man Killed In Custody Calls for Charges
Friday 17th May 2013 LBC 97.3FM The sister of a man who died in custody in Brixton wants Met officers involved in his arrest to face criminal charges. “We want to see the officers charged and to go on a … Continue reading
‘Excited delirium’ finding in custody death angers parents- Guardian 1 Feb 2012
Pathologist concludes Jacob Michael died of ‘excited delirium’, a term not recognised by Department of Health. The parents of a 25-year-old man who died in police custody have been angered by a Home Office pathologist’s finding that their son died … Continue reading
Abuse of stop and search powers is a crime – Guardian 7 January 2012
Officers who abuse their powers of stop-and-search to further a racist agenda should be prosecuted for wasting police time, according to a member of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry panel. Dr Richard Stone, a leading adviser to the judge who produced … Continue reading
Amnesty criticises Met police’s Taser expansion plans -Guardian 22 November 2011
Met chief Bernard Hogan-Howe said force was thinking of having a Taser in every police car to facilitate rapid deployment Amnesty International has criticised plans being considered by Britain’s biggest police force for an increase in the number of Tasers … Continue reading
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Police Juror – Special Police Action Project (launched on 27.05.2023)
The Police Action Project today, 27.05.2023 launches a special project on former or serving police officers (and police staff) sitting as jury members...
Public Meeting in Hackney on Tasers
Police in Hackney to be armed with Tasers in city-wide roll-out of electroshock weapons Concern over introduction of new patrols Glenn McMahon ...
Campaigners raise concerns over increased police Taser use- Guardian 21 October 2012
Campaigners raise concerns over increased police Taser use Mistaken deployment of Taser on Chorley blind man and other incidents spark calls for more...
News Articles
Legal Action Group Magazine September 2012 -Police Action Centre launched
Sophie Khan, a solicitor-advocate and director of the Police Action Centre (PAC), who is also head of an Action Against the Police department at a l...
With Little Reduction in the Met’s Use of Stop-and-Search Campaign Groups are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands -The Huffington Post 19/09/2012
With Little Reduction in the Met's Use of Stop-and-Search Campaign Groups are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands Posted: 19/09/2012 00:00 The Huffing...
Sister Of Man Killed In Custody Calls for Charges
Friday 17th May 2013 LBC 97.3FM The sister of a man who died in custody in Brixton wants Met officers involved in his arrest to face criminal char...