#hmic — Public Fediverse posts

#Police watchdog refuses to back use of #StopAndSearch without suspicion

#HMIC finds forces fail to follow safeguards and leaders cannot explain disproportional stops of black people
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/dec/15/police-watchdog-refuses-to-back-use-of-stop-and-search-without-suspicion
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Racism

Serial killers could go free because of Met Police failure to link deaths, Stephen Port report finds | The Independent
#MET
#SerialKillers
#StephenPort
#Police
#Grindr
#HMIC
#MattParr
#Homophobia
#SarahEverard
#Racism
#Sexism
#Rowley
#GHB
#AnthonyWalgate
#GabrielKovari
#DanielWhitworth
#JackTaylor
#Rolfe
#Murder
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/met-police-serial-killers-stephen-port-b2328192.html

David Carrick: Thousands of police officers not properly vetted ‘putting women’s safety at risk’ | The Independent
#Police
#Vetting
#WomensSafety
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
#HMIC
#PoliceVetting
#CollegeOfPolicing

Exclusive: Gaps are ‘jeopardising safety and undermining trust’, former victims’ commissioner says

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-vetting-rapist-carrick-women-b2266198.html