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Hackney Green mayoral candidate calls to 'break up the Met' following report into 'systemic' racism

Green councillor Zoë Garbett called for the Met’s directorates to be separated and for London residents to “rethink how we keep each other safe.”

Author: Hackney Citizen

Zoë Garbett

Greens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers - but others brand it 'most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe'

Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett

Child Q: Two Met officers’ strip-search of 15-year-old Black girl at school was gross misconduct

'They failed to follow the policies that exist to ensure that children in these situations have appropriate protective measures in place'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Child Q: Two Met officers’ strip-search of 15-year-old Black girl at school was gross misconduct

Man, 47, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following two crossbow attacks in Shoreditch

The suspect is in custody in east London after a woman was shot in the head and a man was hit in the neck in separate assaults

Author: Hackney Citizen

Man, 47, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following two crossbow attacks in Shoreditch

Boy arrested on suspicion of murder after woman shot dead

Lianne Gordon, 42, died at the scene

Author: Hackney Citizen

Lianne Gordon

Teenager jailed for four years for string of sex attacks around Hackney Marshes

Zyroam Allen pleaded guilty to one count of rape, one count of indecent exposure, and seven counts of sexual assault

Author: Hackney Citizen

Teenager jailed for four years for string of sex attacks around Hackney Marshes

Child Q: Special scrutiny meeting looking at what has changed since scandal broke to take place next week – with residents invited

Child safeguarding and policing in schools set to be a focus for councillors

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Child Q: Special scrutiny meeting looking at what has changed since scandal broke to take place next week – with residents invited

Two teenagers arrested in Dalston for wielding ‘monster’ knife during fight

Youngsters were waving the 10-inch weapon during a fight in the early evening of Thursday

Author: Hackney Citizen

"Monster": the knife involved in the Dalston row. Photograph: Met Police via Twitter

Toddler burnt after ‘idiots’ hurl fireworks on Clarence Place

‘We will catch you’, Hackney police warn suspects as they appeal for witnesses to come forward

Author: Hackney Citizen

Police tape

Complaints relating to prostitution in Hackney up 70 per cent

Police report a significant rise in residents’ complaints about anti-social behaviour linked to sex work

Author: Hackney Citizen

Exclusive: Squatters take over former Hackney Central police station

Homelessness not politics is motivation, claim occupiers

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney hit and run casualties among highest in London

Over 200 people injured in 2012 with cyclists making up one in five casualties across London

Author: Hackney Citizen