14 April 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Cops pledge CCTV in police vans after campaign

by: The Socialist Worker
published: 13th April 2012

London’s Metropolitan Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has announced his intention to install CCTV cameras in all police cars and vans.

This has been a demand of the families of those who have died in police custody for many years. Hogan-Howe told the LBC radio station, “If we misbehave it will capture it, but, equally, for the people who misbehave or make false allegations, it will capture it.”

But he added, “We have got to have a conversation with our staff because they may feel threatened by that.”

28 March 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Investigation commences after man shot five times by police

originally by: The Voice
published: 23rd March 2012

Following a number of complaints being made over the police shooting a man, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced that an investigation is underway. The 25-year-old man was shot and tasered multiple times by Met police officers in Forest Hill, south London on February 19 after officers responded to an emergency call.

Firearms officers discharged five bullets and several taser rounds into the man, who sustained abdominal, groin, hand and leg injuries.

16 March 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Daniel Morgan: Memorial stone marks 25th anniversary

originally by: BBC News
published: 10th March 2012

A memorial to the murdered private detective Daniel Morgan has been placed in a Powys church yard to mark the 25th anniversary of his death.

Mr Morgan, 37, originally from Llanfrechfa, near Cwmbran, was found with an axe in his head in a south London pub car park in 1987. His grave is in London, but his elderly mother wanted a memorial closer to her home in Hay-on-Wye.

The murder has been investigated five times, but no-one has been convicted.