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Posts Tagged ‘police’

Dalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 April 2025 at 11:46

Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace

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Police hand out doorbell cameras in hunt for mystery tree vandals

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 1 April 2025 at 12:55

Community safety lead says police’s decision not to arrest suspected arboreal wrecker is now under review

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Council rejects Shoreditch nightclub mogul’s latest bid for new venue

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 21 March 2025 at 13:59

Town Hall said it did not have confidence in owner Shmail Khan after previously revoking his licence twice

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School streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 March 2025 at 15:13

More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024

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Residents fear more ‘carnage’ as Shoreditch nightclub mogul bids for new venue

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 March 2025 at 12:58

Metropolitan police ‘cannot fathom’ why former Cargo director is asking for new licence after twice having it revoked

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Man, 68, jumped to his death from phone booth inside Hackney police station

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 13 February 2025 at 14:28

Coroner urges Scotland Yard to act after Peter Jones committed suicide in the waiting area of its Stoke Newington branch

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Tree vandals strike again in ‘relentless onslaught’ across borough

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 31 January 2025 at 19:02

Council supporting police to patrol criminal damage hotspots after more ‘shocking’ attacks on street trees

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Drug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 September 2024 at 20:37

Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett say drug use should no longer be categorised as anti-social behaviour

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Child Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 September 2024 at 20:00
The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

Officers’ roles in schools to be redefined after notorious strip-search incident

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Fire expert criticises ‘lazy’ risk assessment for Dalston block – carried out a year before the roof went up in flames

By Kris Jalowiecki | Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 15:43

Around 50 residents were forced into temporary accommodation by the blaze earlier this summer

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Hackney man jailed for life after antisemitic arson attack

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 11:06
Ian Pitkin

‘Offence was motivated by a hostility towards people of Jewish faith,’ judge rules

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Police to propose new safer schools policy for Hackney in wake of Child Q review

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 9 September 2024 at 19:33
Protestors listen to the speeches

The Met’s intervention in schools is still under the shadow of the strip-search scandal

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Fear and frustration over rising anti-social behaviour in Hackney Downs

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 5 September 2024 at 13:43

Police have requested ongoing assistance from council enforcement officers to patrol park

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Two arrests made after ‘man on mobility scooter’ fatally stabbed in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 29 August 2024 at 10:18

Two men, aged 21 and 28, in custody after victim in his 30s died on Rushmore Road in Clapton yesterday

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Hackney councillors voice concern over potential rollout of live facial recognition

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 12 August 2024 at 13:06
Zoë Garbett

‘Any decision to deploy it would rest with the police’

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Homeless man left psychologically ‘wounded’ after losing everything at Town Hall protest camp

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 2 August 2024 at 18:02

Daemeon, 38, says he has had to ‘start again from the ground up’

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Police launch murder probe after man stabbed to death in Stoke Newington

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 July 2024 at 12:52

Victim, thought to be in his fifties, was found with a knife wound on Northwold Road last night

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Murder investigation launched after boy, 15, stabbed to death in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 24 July 2024 at 10:10
Police tape

Officers appeal for witnesses following stabbing near Hackney Downs yesterday afternoon

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Hackney’s Deputy Speaker charged with sexually assaulting a child – just days after handing in his resignation

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 July 2024 at 20:31

Lee Laudat-Scott, 48, appeared in court today charged with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 13

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Palestine supporters condemn ‘shocking’ placards as pro-Israeli group gatecrashes Town Hall rally

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 10 July 2024 at 19:00

Police made three arrests as protesters gathered for tense pensions committee meeting

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