Tag: criminal

Child protection database ‘will be used to prosecute young people’

A flagship database intended to protect every child in the country will be used by police to hunt for evidence of crime in a “shocking” extension of its original purpose

ContactPoint will include the names, ages and addresses of all 11 million under-18s in England as well as information on their parents, GPs, schools and support services such as social workers.

The £224 million computer system was announced in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié, who was abused and then murdered after a string of missed opportunities to intervene by the authorities, as a way to connect the different services dealing with children.

It has always been portrayed as a way for professionals to find out which other agencies are working with a particular child, to make their work easier and provide a better service for young people.

However, it has now emerged that police officers, council staff, head teachers, doctors and care workers will use the records to search for evidence of criminality and wrongdoing to help them launch prosecutions against those on the database – even long after they have reached adulthood.

It comes amid growing concern about the increasing criminalisation of Britain’s youth and the extent of the country’s surveillance society.

August 29, 2008 | 0 Comments More

The Police working with the Community

I used to be a big supporter of the police and believed they were there to look out for and to serve decent ordinary people.

Now though they have become like stormtroopers who think they are above the law and treat people with contempt.

These politicised and politically correct drones are daily losing the respect of ordinary people and the time will come when their sole duty will be to supress the populace at the behest of their political masters.

May 12, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Police too rough on noisy son, parents insist

The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police cruiser for being too noisy intend to file a complaint against Ottawa police today, alleging that at least one officer went too far in the way he treated their son.

Thomasz and Santana Gurzynski say police drew their firearms before entering their Norberry Crescent apartment and scratched the back of their son, Lucasz, while forcing him to sit down for questioning without an adult present.

canada.com

April 19, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Germany to Allow Video Surveillance of Private Homes

Changes proposed to the law governing Germany’s federal criminal police operations would allow investigators to use wire taps and surveillance cameras in homes of innocent citizens to keep tabs on terror suspects.

Under the government proposals, federal police would be permitted to install “hidden technical equipment, that is to say bugs or cameras inside or outside apartments … if there is a pressing danger for state security,” interior ministry spokesman Stefan Paris said at a news conference on Friday, April 18.

dw-world.de

April 18, 2008 | 0 Comments More

Jack Straw told he cannot block release of most dangerous criminals because it infringes their human rights

A human rights ruling yesterday stripped away the Government’s power to block the release of some of the most dangerous armed robbers, rapists and paedophiles.

The landmark court judgement leaves the Justice Secretary with no remaining say over when any criminal can be released from jail.

dailymail.co.uk

April 16, 2008 | 0 Comments More