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Met To Train More Riot Police

‘Front foot’ policing from Metropolitan Police commissioner.

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Tell The Met What Your Policing Priorities Are

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Anarchists To Target Royal Wedding?

Police fear that the vandals who hijacked the anti-cuts march are prepping for Will and Kate’s big day.

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Protest Policing: There’s An App For That

Are police ready to cope with protests organised on Twitter?

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Concerns Raised Over Police “Ghettoes”

Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse has warned of a “divide” between the Old Bill and the public, after speaking about “ghettoes” of cops living out in the Home Counties. Police officers, it seems, like to live together, and are setting up home in the leafy vales …

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The London Blogger Interviews #34 Gizmonaut

This week’s blog, Gizmonaut, reports on London’s policing and human rights, watching a variety of sources and cases, contributing to debate and openness on this issue in our capital. Describe your blog in less than 15 words Reporting about being calm, almost too calm, on …

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Did He Jump Or Was He dePushed?

The last Metropolitan police commissioner to resign, James Munro, did so in 1890 after failing to apprehend Jack the Ripper. Sir Ian Blair’s departure may not be the result of so egregious an oversight, yet the reasons behind it have inspired much debate on Fleet …