Policing - new material (43)
01 September 1998
A crisis in confidence, Mike Richards. Police Review 24.7.98. pp20-21. This article, by a former deputy assistant commissioner with the Metropolitan police, considers the decentralisation of the Flying Squad (part of the Criminal Investigation Department) 20 years ago and blames it for the "bad habits" that have "developed at the divisional level [and] have been taken into, and tainted in the process, a specialist crime fighting squad at the centre."
From the Dockyards to the Disney Store: Surveillance, Risk and Security in Liverpool City Centre, Ray Coleman & Joe Sim. International Review of Law Computers & Technology Volume 12, no. 1 1998, pp27-45. This paper critically examines security provision and policing in Liverpool through analysing the development of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the city centre. It raises questions regarding "the operationalisation of power, the definitions of security, risk and order that underpin the camera network, [and] the new sites of regulation and surveillance that are emerging as a result of the consolidation of the cameras..."
Video Nation, Peter French. Police Review 3.7.98. pp22-24. This piece, by an Inspector with Essex police, on CCTV ("the largest growth area within the security industry") warns that the "bubble is likely to burst unless extra revenue can be found to maintain public systems".
Police use of lethal force: a different test? Phil Palmer. Police Journal Vol. LXXI, no. 1 (January-March) 1998, pp35-46. The aim of this article is "to examine the nature and the limits of the permissable use of lethal force" in relation to Home Office guidelines and the European Convention of Human Rights.
Managing community and race relations: an approach within police management training, Dr Robin Oakley & Superintendent Alan Radford. Police Journal Vol. LXXI, no. 2 (April-June) 1998, pp109-116. This piece examines a training initiative at the Police Staff College, which is designed "to help police managers ensure that the local police services meet the needs of a multi-ethnic community."
The most dangerous tribe in London, Robert Chesshyre. New Statesman 17.7.98., pp28-29. This article compares police graft and corruption in the 1970s with the situation now, discovering "instinctive" attempts to "justify the unjustifiable" are as strong as ever. The highlight of the piece is Chesshyre's citing of West Midland chief constable, Edward Crew's, memorable remark that: "There are people working in this force who wouldn't be employed by Sainsbury's."
Race conscious, Phil Palmer. Police Review 4.9.98. pp22-23. Report on Council for Racial Equality proposed changes to the Race Relations Act and the "implications for the [police] service which go beyond the policing of ethnic minority groups."
Under surveillance: Covert policing and human rights standards. Justice, ?15. Very useful report reviewing the current practice with recommendations for reform on: Surveillance by technical devices, informers and undercover policing, fair trial issues (anonymous witnesses and entrapment), and criminal intelligence information (domestic computer databases, data protection controls, and at the European level). From: Justice, 59 Carter Lane, London EC4V 5AQ.
Boyz in the 'hood and Lodging complaints, Peter Panatone. Squall 16 (Summer) 1998, pp30-32 and 33-36. The first of these articles examines the Home Office recommendation that all members of the criminal justice system should declare their masonic affiliations; the second looks at what happened when the Exodus Collective attempted to "challenge the clandestine power of the Freemasons in public..."
Decision time for PSRCP, Patrick Hook. Police August 1998, pp26-27. Article about the proposed "multi-million pound Public Safety Radio Communications Project".
On the Road to Justice Newsletter. M25 Three Campaign Issue 9 (August) 1998. Latest news from the M25 Three Campaign. Available from: M25 Campaign, 28 Grimsel P