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01 December 1996

Cardiac arrest Raju Bhatt. Red Pepper (June) 1996 pp18-20. This piece examines some recent deaths in police custody and argues that the issue of CS gas sprays and the long-handled baton have exacerbated an alarming lack of police accountability.

The boy they couldn't hang Bob Woffinden. Guardian weekend 8.6.96. pp34-39. Article on Philip English that throws doubt on his conviction for the murder of a police sergeant in March 1993. English is the youngest person to be convicted of the murder of a British police officer and his case has been compared to that of Derek Bentley who was executed in 1953.

Hand-held computers look set to replace police radios. Police Science & Technology Issue 5 July 1995 p5. Hand-held computers by the police officer on the beat able to transmit voice and images and access the Police National Computer are on the horizon.

Beating the JR trap Alan Beckley. Policing Today vol 2 issue 2 July 1996 pp14-18. On how senior police officers can cope with judicial review.

East meets West Bill Tupman. Policing Today vol 2 issue 2 July 1996. pp30-36. Looks at west European Union aid to police forces in central and eastern Europe. The starting point was "an informal division of labour in the EU - the Germans concentrated on Poland the Dutch on Hungary the French on Romania and the Italians took their anti-Mafia expertise to Russia. The British, however were everywhere. ACPO apparently divided Eastern Europe up among the constabularies - Devon and Cornwall for example, received Romania and Strathclyde Estonia."

Bugs in the system Nick Taylor and Clive Walker. Journal of Civil Liberties vol 1 no 2 July 1996 pp105-124. The police use of surveillance equipment and the lack of controls are examined.