Policing

Articles

Policing the police by Kevin Blowe (August 2009)

The police are no more our servants than corporations or the media. Kevin Blowe examines how the government’s increasingly authoritarian approach to crime and security has enabled the police to emerge from a series of scandals and controversies with their powers enhanced. He argues that campaigners need to radically rethink their approach to policing in Britain

From Orgreave to the City by Rhian Jones (June 2009)

Police brutality during public disturbances is nothing new. Neither is the tendency of the mainstream media to repeat police claims of provocation by demonstrators uncritically. Rhian Jones sketches the recent history, highlighting what is distinctive about the situation today

Off the ball by  (June 2009)

Ordinary football fans are often the victims of the sort of policing that hit the headlines in the G20 protests. Steve Powell from the Football Supporters’ Federation calls foul on the abuse of police powers

Stop and search under the Terrorism Act by David Mery (June 2009)

The Terrorism Act of 2000 dramatically increased police powers to stop and search. David Mery gives the lowdown

FIT for purpose? by SchNEWS (December 2008)

SchNEWS swings a long lens towards state surveillance