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Friday, 5 December 2014

Intelligent Humanity Shines Through


More Progress - Excellent

CC Simon Bailey @CCNorfolkPolice https://twitter.com/CCNorfolkPolice

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5 December 2014 at 5:36am 

Police chief: 'Non-contact' paedophiles [sic] should be treated, not prosecuted

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-12-05/police-chief-non-contact-paedophiles-should-be-treated-not-prosecuted/

Dec 05, 2014 07:48

Perverts [offensive and inflammatory] who view child sex images [sic] online 'should be HELPED not prosecuted' says top policeman 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/perverts-who-view-child-sex-4751197?ICID=FB_mirror_main 

Friday 5 December 2014

Top police officer: many viewing child abuse images [sic] should be treated on NHS

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/05/top-police-officer-many-viewing-child-abuse-images-treated-nhs

December 05, 2014 5:46PM

UK cop wants child porn viewers counselled

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/uk-cop-wants-child-porn-viewers-counselled/story-fn3dxix6-1227146337261 

Published: 18 minutes ago (5/12/14; 12:13)

Top cop: Help paedos [sic] who only look at pics

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6154736/Top-cop-Help-paedos-who-only-look-at-pics.html?CMP=spklr-119078164-Editorial-TWITTER-TheSunNewspaper-20141205-News

1 hour 43 minutes ago (5/12/14; 13:16)

Child sex image [sic] viewers 'need help' 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/help-paedos-just-look-top-cop-052050043.html#boGyfMO

Published: 05:43 EST, 5 December 2014 | Updated: 08:52 EST, 6 December 2014 

Paedophiles [sic] who look at child porn but don't abuse victims should be treated by the NHS not punished in court, says Britain's top child protection officer 
 
">Chief constable Simon Bailey has suggested alternative to punishment,
>Claims at least half of those looking at images pose no threat to children,
>He says mental health services should work with those offenders instead,
>NSPCC say people who view child abuse images are a threat to children,
>Police have database of 50,000 people who have viewed child sex images."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2861958/Officer-says-view-child-porn-dont-abuse-helped.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2861765/Help-paedos-just-look--cop.html

1:45PM GMT 05 Dec 2014

Half of paedophiles [sic] 'need medical help' and not jail, says chief constable

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11275577/Half-of-paedophiles-need-medical-help-and-not-jail-says-chief-constable.html

6 December 2014 Last updated at 08:01

Child abuse viewers [sic] need medical help - police chief

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30358284

Friday, December 5, 2014

Some people viewing online child sex images [sic] should receive treatment rather than face court - Norfolk police chief

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/some_people_viewing_online_child_sex_images_should_receive_treatment_rather_than
_face_court_norfolk_police_chief_1_3876264

Published time: December 05, 2014 14:58; Edited time: December 05, 2014 21:20

Child porn possessors to be medically treated [sic], not punished – UK police overwhelmed

http://rt.com/uk/211803-radical-reform-child-abuse

 22:22 05.12.2014 (updated 22:32 05.12.2014)

Not Everyone Who Looks At Child Porn Should Face Prison: British Policeman

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20141205/1015551129.html

5th December 2014, 08:15

Norfolk: Chief Constable Calls For Health Care For Paedophiles [sic]

http://www.heart.co.uk/eastanglia/news/local/norfolk-chief-constable-health-care-paedophiles

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Now the logically-disabled zealots and ignorant, lie, smear and disinform ...


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December 5, 2014

Viewing images of child sexual abuse is child sexual abuse.

"We were horrified by the comments of Simon Bailey, Chief Constable of Norfolk police & the Association of Chief Police Officers’ lead on child protection and abuse investigations in the Guardian this morning suggesting that men who look at images of children being sexually abused, raped and tortured were “not all were an immediate threat”.

Men who look at these images or videos online PAY to do so fueling an industry which is based on the sexual exploitation and torture of children. No one “accidentally stumbles” on images of child sexual abuse, rape and torture. They have to search for these images and, then, they pay for them. This is without getting into the issue of “pay-per-view” child sexual abuse where men pay to watch another man torture a child live.

Images of children being sexually abused, tortured and raped are a growth industry because men PAY to see these images and videos. They look at the images knowing the children are being abused. They look at them because they don’t care. They believe they are entitled to watch these images of children being tortured – some as young as a day old.

These men need to be held criminally liable for participating in the sexual exploitation, rape and torture of children.

It’s incredibly frighting that the ACPO lead on child protection and abuse investigations doesn’t get this – that he confuses paedophilia, a psychological condition which very few have, with the vast majority of perpetrators who CHOOSE to sexually abuse children. And, that Bailey doesn’t understand that those who are clinically diagnosed as paedophiles are still making a choice.

We suggest that ACPO sign up Bailey and all of their members for some proper training on child sexual exploitation from an organisation who understand that viewing images of children being sexually abused, raped and tortured is a crime. That these men are financially supporting an industry which is based entirely on the rape, sexual abuse and torture of children."

http://everydayvictimblaming.com/evb-analysis/viewing-images-of-child-sexual-abuse-is-child-sexual-abuse

So much emotive, incorrect, BS ... we will just let it lie, for now. 



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2861958/Officer-says-view-child-porn-dont-abuse-helped.html

Why are you all, so blatantly, lying?

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Have You Learned Nothing? - Causality and Correlation of Owning Images

http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/have-you-learned-nothing.html

Greater Than 30% Of IIOC Viewers Are 'Hands-On Paedos' - How Did This Mythology Arise?

http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/greater-than-30-of-iioc-viewers-are.html

When Judges Talk Rubbish - Voodoo Obiter Dicta

http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/when-judges-talk-rubbish-time-to-start.html

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"Jim Gamble: questioned the message being put out by police."

https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/541316143706013698 

Eh? ...


Even Then

Friday 1 June 2007 06.28 EDT 

Paedophiles [sic] 'need treatment, not prison' Jim Gamble says not all offenders should go to jail. 

""Viewing" paedophiles should be treated in the community rather than be sent to jail, the head of the national police child protection unit said today."

"Jim Gamble, head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), said too many people were being convicted of child sex offences to be dealt with in the criminal justice system.

He proposed that lower risk offenders, such as those convicted of downloading abusive images of children, should receive a police caution and then be managed in the community.

"We shouldn't be sending everyone that ever commits an offence - particularly of the viewing kind - to prison," Mr Gamble told BBC Radio 4's Today programme."

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/01/prisonsandprobation.ukcrime

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05/12/2014

The World Tonight 

"The UK's leading policeman on child abuse - Simon Bailey - suggests that at least 50% of people who view images of children online should not go to prison - and need to be dealt with by the NHS."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04t6t96

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/5lnews

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live/5lnews/5lnews_20141207-1604a.mp3

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October 2014

Sex Offenders - time to step outside the anger?

http://issuu.com/thepsychologist/docs/psy10_14issu/12

https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-28/january-2015/tackling-child-sexual-abuse-lesson-germany

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19/12/14

Virtuous Pedophiles Exist 

"It is a commonly held belief that individuals with a sexual interest in children (that is, pedophiles) are at an extremely high risk of committing (or to have already committed) a sexual offence against a child. When people hear ‘pedophiles’, most immediately think ‘child molester’, ‘predator’, or ‘sex offender’.

Most overlook an important distinction: pedophiles are those who hold a sexual interest in children whereas sex offenders against children are those who have committed a sexual offence against a child.

These terms are not synonymous. Indeed, a large body of research has found that not all pedophiles are sex offenders, and not all sex offenders are pedophiles (Seto, 2008). Some pedophiles only have a sexual interest in children (exclusive pedophiles), whereas other pedophiles have a sexual interest in both children and adults (nonexclusive pedophiles)."

http://nextgenforensic.wordpress.com/2014/12/19/virtuous-pedophiles-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-119

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Wednesday, 9 October 2013

We Told You, First They Came For The 'Sex Offenders'

October 9th, 2013

New Powers for Tighter Restrictions on Sex Offenders

"Measures to give greater powers for the police to protect the vulnerable from sexual predators [sic] were announced today by Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green.

The proposals, tabled in the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill, will strengthen existing powers by making it easier to restrict the movement and activities of anyone who poses a risk of sexual harm to children and adults – not just people who have been convicted of sexual offences. They also build on Nicola Blackwood MP’s amendment to the Bill.

The two new orders will replace existing powers and the threshold for risk will be lowered to cover any case of sexual harm [sic], not just cases of serious sexual harm.

The new orders are:

Sexual Harm Prevention Orders can be applied to anyone convicted or cautioned for a sexual [sic] or violent offence, including where offences are committed overseas. They will replace Sexual Offences Prevention Orders and Foreign Travel Orders;

and

Sexual Risk Orders can be applied to any individual who poses a risk of sexual harm in the UK or abroad, even if they have never been convicted. They will replace the Risk of Sexual Harm Order.

Both powers can place a range of restrictions on individuals depending on the nature of the case, such as limiting their internet use, preventing them from being alone with a child under 16, or preventing travel abroad.

The new Sexual Harm Prevention Order can be made by a court on conviction, or if the police or National Crime Agency (NCA) apply to a Magistrates’ Court. The order lasts a minimum of five years and has no maximum duration. The new Sexual Risk Order can be made if the police or NCA apply to a Magistrates’ Court regarding a person who poses a risk of sexual harm [sic]. It lasts a minimum of two years and has no maximum duration.

The government’s measures take into account the findings of an Association of Chief Police Officers-commissioned report into the use and effectiveness of civil orders, and following consultation with front-line professionals including the police, the courts, and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre [defunct].

Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green said:

“The UK has some [sic] of the toughest powers [most draconian] in the world to deal with sex offenders [sic].

“Today, we are going even further by giving police and National Crime Agency officers the power to place greater restrictions on any person they judge to be a risk. Our proposals support the Childhood Lost campaign to tighten the law on sex offenders [sic] and make it easier for police to monitor them.

“This is part of ongoing work by the Home Office led National Group to look at how the police and other agencies can better identify and deal with sexual offending [sic], ensuring victims are at the heart of the criminal justice system.”

Other measures in the Bill include provisions on anti-social behaviour, extradition, forced marriage, firearms and dangerous dogs."

http://www.economicvoice.com/new-powers-for-tighter-restrictions-on-sex-offenders 

Published 9 October 2013

New powers for tighter restrictions on sex offenders [sic]

"Organisation: Home Office
Page history: Published 9 October 2013
Policy: Helping the police fight crime more effectively
Topic: Crime and policing
Minister: The Rt Hon Damian Green MP"

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-powers-for-tighter-restrictions-on-sex-offenders

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Lyndon Harris 

https://twitter.com/Lyndon_Harris

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9 October 2013 Last updated at 18:15

New powers to restrict potential [i.e. not] sex offenders

"'Very worrying'

Richard Atkinson, who chairs the criminal law committee of the Law Society, told BBC Radio 4's PM programme he was concerned about the move.

"Of course, a great deal of stigma is attached to anyone who has such an order made and if the process of obtaining these orders is less than that is needed for a conviction then that's a very worrying departure from our normal standards," he said."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24461921

9 Oct 2013 22:55

Sex ASBOs [sic] will ban suspected paedophiles [sic] from the internet BEFORE they are even convicted

"Police will be granted a Sexual Risk Order if they can convince a magistrate that action is needed to prevent possible “sexual harm”

Suspected paedophiles [sic] could be monitored even if they have never been convicted, under powers announced yesterday.

Police will be granted a Sexual Risk Order if they can convince a magistrate that action is needed to prevent possible “sexual harm”."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sex-asbos-bid-tackle-suspected-2355789

Potential sex offenders will be banned from the internet and being left alone with under-16s BEFORE being convicted

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2451311/Potential-sex-offenders-banned-internet-left-16s-BEFORE-convicted.html

 New powers will help police fight against sexual predators

http://www.theinformationdaily.com/2013/10/09/new-powers-will-help-police-fight-against-sexual-predators

New Home Office rules give police sweeping powers to curb sex offenders

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/new-home-office-rules-give-police-sweeping-powers-to-curb-sex-offenders-8869778.html

Tougher measures for sex offenders

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10367989/Tougher-measures-for-sex-offenders.html

 Orders restrict potential offenders

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/435552/Orders-restrict-potential-offenders

Fast-track justice for child sex predators

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3891116.ece

Tougher powers to restrict sex offenders' freedom

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/344225/Tougher-powers-to-restrict-sex-offenders-freedom 

'Sex ASBOs' Proposed For Paedophile Suspects

http://news.sky.com/story/1152595/sex-asbos-proposed-for-paedophile-suspects

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10 Oct 2013

New Sexual Harm Prevention Orders have the potential to be a very powerful tool in protecting children

"Media Centre Home > Press Releases

The new two orders will replace existing powers and the threshold for risk will be lowered to cover any case of sexual harm, not just cases of serious sexual harm

National policing lead on child protection [dead CEOP] Peter Davies [how's the bullying situation going, Peter?] said:

“ACPO commissioned an independent [hahahaha] report into Civil Prevention Orders under the Sex Offences Act 2003, which reported in May 2013. The report [from your stooge, another Davies] found that the orders were too complex and ineffective in protecting children.

“The new Sexual Harm Prevention Orders proposed by the Policing Minister Damien Green MP build upon the findings of this report and amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill tabled by Nicola Blackwood MP [stooge].

“These new orders are potentially a very powerful [yup, for the Stasi], very useful new tool in the hands of law enforcement to prevent harm to children at the earliest opportunity.”"

Civil Prevention Orders report - http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_davies_review.pdf

http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/New-Sexual-Harm-Prevention-Orders-have-the-potential-to-be-a-very-powerful-tool-in-protecting-childr-26b.aspx

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On 9 October 2013

Home Office annoucement on new powers protect vulnerable from sexual predators 

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/2013/10/10/home-office-annoucement-on-new-powers-protect-vulnerable-from-sexual-predators/comment-page-1/#comment-6070

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Sunday 13 October 2013 

New asbos 'will punish children for being children'

"Injunctions to Prevent Nuisance and Annoyance (Ipnas) could prevent ball games, skateboarding and hanging around, says children's commissioner"

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/13/asbo-ipna-punish-children-unnecessarily?CMP=twt_gu

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Mon 14th October 2013 - 12:21 pm

Sexual Risk orders: something liberals should be worried about?

"I am not persuaded that these orders protect any more children, but I do worry that they could pose a risk to the liberty of innocent people. The debate on this is supposed to run until 7 pm tonight. You can watch on BBC Parliament or via Parliament TV online."

http://www.libdemvoice.org/sexual-risk-orders-something-liberals-should-be-worried-about-36699.html

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Monday 14 October 2013

Government moves to prevent sexual abuse of children in the UK and abroad

"ECPAT UK today expressed delight with new Government proposals to restrict the activities of anyone who poses a risk of sexual harm to children and adults, under new measures in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill."

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/media/government-moves-prevent-sexual-abuse-children-uk-and-abroad

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14 October 2013 Last updated at 20:28

MPs approve measures to prevent child sexual abuse

"The government has lent its support to a campaign led by backbenchers to introduce new powers to prevent the sexual abuse of children.

Before the main debate on the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill got underway, several objections were raised to the timetabling of the bill. Labour forced a division on the programme motion, but lost the vote 227 to 294 .

An amendment was tabled at report stage of the bill on 14 October 2013 to enable courts to issue a "child sexual abuse prevention order"."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/house-of-commons-24526092 

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14 Oct 2013 : Column 455

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill (Programme) (No. 2)  

14 Oct 2013 : Column 468

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

"New Clauses and new Schedules relating to the protection of persons from harm of a sexual nature or relating to violent offender orders."

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131014/debtext/131014-0001.htm#13101430000024.31 pm

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Partial quid pro quo payback, for this, of course, as usual ...

UPDATED: 12:14, 3 September 2013

Rules on paedophiles [sic] seeing their children relaxed after judges decide their human rights are more important

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028539/Rules-paedophiles-seeing-children-relaxed-Human-rights-important.html

If the Establishment is breaking the laws, change the laws, so as to suit the Establishment
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Tuesday, 27 August 2013

We Did Not Really Believe It, When We Were First Informed, But, Here It Is ...


 Nicola Blackwood MP

 Nicola (and Peter Davies - CEOP) wants innocent people to be punished

Nicola likes to play the 'Paedocard' - she is ripe for promotion and holds a small majority

 Nicola is the one, who also wants Cosy Courts For Complainants

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27 August 2013 Last updated at 02:02

Tougher sex offender restrictions sought by campaigners

"Charities and an MP are campaigning for tougher restrictions on sex offenders, saying the system is failing to stop grooming and exploitation of children.

The "Childhood Lost" campaign says police also need powers to restrict suspects who have not been convicted.

Nicola Blackwood MP is tabling an amendment to a bill to create Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Orders, similar to anti-social behaviour orders.

The Home Office said that it would consider the campaign's proposals.

The UK has a range of powers designed to control sex offenders, including a general requirement that they inform the authorities of their whereabouts.

'Failing victims' [sic]

The main restrictive power, the Sexual Offences Prevention Order (Sopo), can curtail a convicted offender's movements, such as by banning them from parks or from near schools.

But critics say it is hard to impose conditions if they are not immediately sought during sentencing [BS], and impossible for the police to seek to restrict the behaviour of a suspect who hasn't been convicted. [well, knock us down]"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23844385

MP calls to amend laws on sex abusers [innocent people] travelling abroad

http://www.channel4.com/news/sex-offenders-children-rape-overseas-abuse

Nice effort, Shami, but, must try harder !!!

Paedophiles [sic] are given 'free rein' to abuse abroad: Just 50 orders ban offenders from travelling overseas

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2402365/Paedophiles-given-free-rein-abuse-abroad-Just-50-orders-ban-offenders-travelling-overseas.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Meet Nicola Blackwood, the MP vowing to tighten sex offenders law 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/10267496/Child-sex-abuse-Meet-Nicola-Blackwood-the-MP-vowing-to-tighten-sex-offenders-law.html

MP launches campaign to provide better protection for children [i.e get votes]

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10635060.MP_launches_campaign_to_provide_better_protection_for_children

Nicola Blackwood: Sex offender controls 'too rigid' [damn civil and human rights, and law, eh, Nicola?] - Please listen to this, from Nicola, The Human Rights guru.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23848010

Childhood Lost campaign calls for ASBO-style restrictions to protect children

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed116084

Charities want tougher powers to police sex offenders

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-08-27/campaigners-want-tougher-powers-to-police-sex-offenders/

MP’s call for curbs on paedo [sic] suspects

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/5098061/MPs-call-for-curbs-on-paedo-suspects.html

Oxford MP Calls For Tougher Grooming Laws

http://www.heart.co.uk/thamesvalley/news/local/oxford-mp-calls-tougher-grooming-laws

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Nicola Blackwood MP

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24842/nicola_blackwood/oxford_west_and_abingdon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Blackwood

http://nicolablackwood.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/nicola-blackwood-mp

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/nicola-blackwood/4019

https://twitter.com/nicolablackwood
  
God in the Life Of Nicola Blackwood

http://www.oxford.anglican.org/god-in-the-life-of-nicola-blackwood

Nicola Blackwood MP votes against equal marriage

http://oxfordstudent.com/2013/05/23/nicola-blackwood-mp-votes-against-equal-marriage

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CHILDHOOD LOST:

"Petition the prime minister here

Hidden in plain view within their communities, thousands [sic] of vulnerable children across the UK are being cynically targeted, groomed and subjected to appalling sexual abuse [sic]. These children have irrevocably lost their childhood. [sic]

As an Oxford MP, I saw for myself [no you did not] the appalling devastation [sic] caused by child sexual exploitation [sic] when it emerged that a violent gang had been grooming and sexually abusing children in Oxford for at least eight years. The victims spoke [indeed] of being plied [sic] with hard drugs, beaten and repeatedly raped by strangers.

Unbelievably though this case is not unique. This year there were 18,915 sexual crimes against children. At least 16,500 children are at risk of sexual exploitation. We have to get better at protecting the victims and prosecuting the perpetrators [because, of course, we do not, eh, Nicola?].

That it why, with the support of the NSPCC, Barnardos, The Children’s Society, PACE, ECPAT, Save the Children, Oxcat and others [keeercchinngg], I am launching the CHILDHOOD LOST [sic] campaign calling for better protection [sic], support and justice [sic] for the victims. [sic]"

http://www.childhoodlost.co.uk

http://www.childhoodlost.co.uk/sign-up-to-fight-child-sexual-exploitation

http://www.change.org/childhoodlost 

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'The Davies Report'

"Civil Prevention Orders Sexual Offences Act 2003

ACPO [well, of course] COMMISSIONED REVIEW OF THE EXISTING STATUTORY SCHEME AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM

V0.7 15 MAY 2013

Hugh Davies OBE QC"

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_davies_review.pdf

Weak UK laws [sic] put children at risk of sexual abuse, warns ACPO report

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/media/weak-uk-laws-put-children-risk-sexual-abuse-warns-acpo-report

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UK - Tougher sex offender restrictions sought by campaigners

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/uk-tougher-sex-offender-restrictions.html#.UhzlA3-RA1I

 Guilty until proved innocent

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/analysis/comment-and-opinion/guilty-until-proved-innocent/5037154.article
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Monday, 15 July 2013

You Started The Fire

PUBLISHED: 22:13, 13 July 2013 | UPDATED: 22:14, 13 July 2013

">New human rights farce [sic] as police are afraid to release crooks' mugshots despite national guidelines.
>More than half forces in England and Wales refuse to publish mugshots unless the person has been jailed.
>Forces are urged to release pictures and details of more detained suspects.
>Widely acknowledged that publicity can link offenders to other crimes.

Some forces insist on sentences of more than three years before they release a custody photo to the press.

A new secret justice row broke out last night after The Mail on Sunday discovered that hundreds of thousands of convicted criminals are having their identities protected by police.

More than half of forces in England and Wales refuse to publish mugshots of offenders unless they have been jailed – in defiance of national guidelines.

Some insist on sentences of more than three years before they release a custody photo to the press, citing concerns about data protection and the criminals’ human rights.

This means just a tiny handful of the 1.2 million people sentenced in criminal courts each year have their pictures published or put online, even though it is widely acknowledged that publicity can link offenders to other crimes and prevent more from being committed.

It comes after The Mail on Sunday revealed ‘secret arrest’ plans by police chiefs, backed by Lord Justice Leveson and now put in place across the country, to prevent forces revealing the names of suspects they have detained."

Following this newspaper’s investigation, the Association of Chief Police Officers’ senior officer in charge of media policy wrote to all 43 chief constables in England and Wales urging them to release more photos of sentenced offenders."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2362640/New-human-rights-farce-police-afraid-release-crooks-mugshots-despite-national-guidelines.html
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Thursday, 23 May 2013

Watching Your Face

20 May, 2013

Facewatch chosen as standard equipment in winning Police car

"Vauxhall cars wins ACPO future technology challenge.

A crime-busting Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer, installed with Facewatch and other leading edge technology, has won a challenge from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to find a way of incorporating future technology into a Police car.

The British-built Astra Sports Tourer featuring three computers is armed with Facewatch, forensics and facial-recognition software plus several high-quality cameras able to record activity around the vehicle. This CCTV footage can be streamed on-the-move and uploaded to Facewatch, the online crime database. Facewatch also provides instant feeds of crimes reported through the system as they happen, including moving CCTV footage and images of suspects.

This special Astra Sports Tourer is the Police car for the iPhone generation with witness of crime photography collected via 3G connectivity. The vehicle is also equipped with software that predicts future crime hotspots."

http://www.bapcojournal.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/2325/Facewatch_chosen_as_standard_equipment_in_winning_Police_car_.html
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Monday, 20 May 2013

Heck, ACPO Talking Sense - Then See Why

PUBLISHED: 22:21, 18 May 2013 | UPDATED: 03:07, 19 May 2013

Suspects are 'left dangling' on bail for too long, says top police chief as he calls for a six month limit

">Chief Constable Andy Trotter has joined calls to limit police bail
>There is currently no limit on how long suspects can be kept on bail
"Chief Constable Andy Trotter

Calling for reform: Chief Constable Andy Trotter

Suspects are being ‘left dangling’ on police bail for too long, according to one of Britain’s most senior police officers.

Andy Trotter, Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, has joined calls for limits on the length of time people are left on bail before they are charged or released.

The move follows a spate of high-profile cases in which suspects have had their lives disrupted for up to two years during criminal investigations."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326701/Suspects-left-dangling-bail-long-says-police-chief-calls-month-limit.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

28 May 2013 Last updated at 12:12

Law Society calls for 28-day limit on police bail

"More than 57,000 people are on police bail in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, according to figures obtained by the BBC.

In one case a person arrested three-and-a-half years ago remains on bail.

The Law Society told BBC Radio 5 live it wanted a review of police bail practices and said there should be a statutory time limit on police bail."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22624648
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

What Do You Call A Hired-Hand Barrister, At The Bottom Of The Sea ...?

14th May 2013

Weak [sic] UK laws put children at risk of sexual abuse, warns ACPO report

"The United Kingdom’s law and extra-jurisdictional policing arrangements are putting vulnerable children at high risk [sic] of sexual abuse, by their failure [sic] either to prevent British sex offenders from travelling or to prosecute them when they commit offences abroad, according to a new report commissioned by the Association of Chief Police Officers released today."

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/media/weak-uk-laws-put-children-risk-sexual-abuse-warns-acpo-report

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Civil Prevention Orders: Sexual Offences Act 2003

 ACPO COMMISSIONED REVIEW OF THE EXISTING STATUTORY SCHEME AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM

V0.6 MAY 2013

ACPO Lead: Peter Davies [CEOP]
Lead author: Hugh Davies OBE QC [Anyone in the CPI/Police who will pay]
Co-authors: Christine Beddoe [ECPAT]; Stephanie McCourt [CEOP]; Janet McIntrye [CEOP/BFNI]; DCI John Geden [CEOP]; DC Alan Morgan [MPS PPU]

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_davies_review.pdf

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HUGH DAVIES OBE QC

"Criminal law; police regulation; inquests; associated public law

Extensive experience of serious crime, including leading multi-handed prosecutions involving serious organized crime on behalf of the National Crime Squad (now SOCA/NCA); the National Hi Tech Crime Unit; and so-called “cybercrime” cases investigated by the Police Central eCrime Unit (PCeU). Particular expertise in prosecuting offences involving child exploitation, either involving the internet, or by way of extra-jurisdictional contact offending against children."

"Co-author CBA submission to Home Office consultation in relation to criminalising possession of extreme pornography [2006]

Legal advisor to the Children’s Charities Coalition for Internet Safety (CHIS) [2005 - ]

Chair of ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) inter-agency legal advisory panel on internet and international crimes against children [2008 - ]

Member of the ACPO Combating Child Abuse on the Internet (CCAI) committee and travelling sex offenders working group [2007 - ]

Member of the new ACPO child protection executive board and plenary boards (multi-disciplinary expert boards directed at all aspects of the policing of crimes against children, nationally and extra-territorially)

Head of the Bar Human Rights Committee Child Rights Unit [2009 - ] (directed at initiatives to address international child exploitation, and involving projects with local jurisdiction NGOs, police forces, Government, and prosecutors."

http://3rblaw.com/barristers/hugh-davies

Hugh Davies, OBE QC

"An independent [sic] member of the national ACPO child-protection working group, with a documented interest in preventing the international exploitation of children, he was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to children and young people."

http://litvinenkoinquest.org/inquest-team

 Hugh Davies OBE QC

"1990 Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn. Tenant at 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London.

27 March 2013 Queen’s Counsel

Hugh Davies has extensive experience of conducting proceedings involving allegations of serious and organized crime, including leading prosecutions on behalf of the National Crime Squad and the National Hi Tech Crime Unit (now SOCA). This has included prosecuting offences involving child exploitation, either involving the internet, or by way of extra-jurisdictional contact offending against children. He is head of the Bar Human Rights Committee Child Rights Unit and an independent member of the ACPO child protection executive board. He delivers training to judges and other professionals in relation to crimes involving indecent photographs of children. He was made an OBE in 2011 for services to children and young people.

Additionally, he specialises in proceedings relating to the actions and accountability of police forces and police officers, including defending charges of manslaughter, corruption, attempts to pervert the course of justice, and misconduct in public office. He also has extensive associated experience advising and representing police officers at public inquiries; inquests; IPCC supervised investigations; internal disciplinary proceedings and associated judicial review proceedings. He is Counsel to the Inquest in relation to the death of Alexander Litvinenko, and coauthor of Police Misconduct, Complaints, and Public Regulation, OUP, 2009."

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_davies_review.pdf

10 January 2012

Hugh Davies recognised in New Year Honours List

"We offer our warm congratulations to Hugh Davies who, in his capacity as Legal Adviser to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), has been awarded an OBE for services to Children and Young People."

http://3rblaw.com/news/14446/hugh-davies-recognised-in-new-year-honours-list
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"Ensure That The Highest Ethical Standards Are Maintained" - You Mean, Such As, Calling A Complaint A Crime?

14 May 2013

ACPO comment on crime data recording

"A long-term reduction in police recorded crime is closely aligned to a downward trend in the independently compiled British Crime Survey.

ACPO lead on crime statistics, Deputy Chief Constable Jeff Farrar said:

“The UK is regarded as having one of the most rigorous crime recording regimes in the world. The Service works hard to ensure that our data is as robust as it can be - we have to remain vigilant on the issue as anything less may impact on public confidence in police."

“There are clear standards in place for recording crime data both from ACPO and the Home Office which forces must comply with, and dedicated crime recording officers in each force oversee this process to ensure that the highest ethical standards are maintained.""

http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/ACPO-comment-on-crime-data-recording-21d.aspx
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013

One Of The Biggest And Most Dangerous Scaremongers Of Them All - ECPAT

8th May 2013

Sex offender ruling must not put children at risk, ECPAT UK warns

"A decision that may allow child sex offenders [sic] to have their names removed from the Sex Offenders’ Register [sic] will put children in the UK and overseas at risk, ECPAT UK is warning.

Following a ruling in 2012, child sex offenders [sic] may request to have their names removed from the register on the grounds that they ‘no longer pose a threat’ to children.

However, ECPAT UK has concerns over the methodology used by police to decide which convicted offenders no longer pose a threat to children, and whether these decisions take into account the risk of offenders going abroad to abuse children, such as in the case of Paul Gadd aka Gary Glitter.

We fear that removing convicted child sex offenders from the Sex Offenders’ Register [sic] will put children at risk, both in the UK and overseas. We are calling on the Government to strengthen its commitment to more effectively manage British sex offenders and the risks they pose to children in the UK and abroad.

Bharti Patel, CEO of ECPAT UK said, “This is a serious setback for child protection [sic]. We cannot live in a society where the rights of convicted sex offenders are prioritised over the need to protect children [no, we require one of equality]. The UK has mechanisms in place to protect children in the UK and overseas from sex offenders. Removing offenders from the Sex Offenders’ Register is a dangerous step, as it removes the main method of monitoring to prevent reoffending. [sic]”

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/media/sex-offender-ruling-must-not-put-children-risk-ecpat-uk-warns

Tuesday May 28 2013 13:43

ECPAT: No punishment is enough for child sex offenders

"ECPAT Child Alert director, Alan Bell, says the move will definitely help.

"You wonder really whether there is a punishment strong enough when you're aware of what actually [sic] happens to children who are sexually abused and they have to suffer a lifetime of trauma. [good job is is so very rare, then]""

http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbcri/538113662-ecpat--no-punishment-is-enough-for-child-sex-offenders
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Thursday, 9 May 2013

How The Continued Destruction Of Our Freedoms and Rights Are Rationalised And Contructed

April-29-13

ACPO responds to Tom Winsor's speech on police and prevention of crime

"ACPO lead on crime prevention Deputy Chief Constable David Zinzan said:

"The response to Tom Winsor's speech today has demonstrated a consensus across the police family that crime prevention is at the core of the British policing model.

"Given the choice the public want crime to be prevented, rather than seeing offenders convicted for carrying out that crime.

"I am working with colleagues up and down the country to ensure a greater emphasis on crime and anti-social behaviour prevention delivered with our strategic partners.

"Preventing crime involves using intelligence and technology to target criminals and crime hotspots, having neighbourhood officers on the streets getting to know communities and resolving problems, and working with planners to design out crime.

"The police service will continue to use tried and test strategies and look for new evidence based initiatives to prevent crime.""

http://www.lccsa.org.uk/news.asp?ItemID=48556

PFEW response to Tom Winsor speech and comments on preventative policing

http://www.polfed.org/newsroom/1292.aspx 

Policing in the new dynamic environment – Tom Winsor speech 

http://www.hmic.gov.uk/news/news-feed/policing-in-the-new-dynamic-environment-tom-winsor-speech/

Tom Winsor

"On 7 June 2012, the Home Office announced that Winsor had been selected by the Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, as her preferred candidate to replace Sir Denis O'Connor as HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England & Wales."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Winsor
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Friday, 3 May 2013

What A Tangled Web

8:45PM BST 01 May 2013

Warwickshire Police 'open justice' row after charged officer not named

"A police force appeared to abandon the concept of open justice tonight when it refused to name a suspect charged with theft after quietly changing its policy.

Warwickshire Police said the policy was “recently” introduced in the wake of the Leveson inquiry into press standards.

Warwickshire Police declined to name a retired officer who was charged with stealing £113,000 from the constabulary's former headquarters in Leek Wooton.

Critics attacked the development, understood to be the first such move by any police force in the country, arguing it undermined the UK's principle of open justice."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10031971/Warwickshire-Police-open-justice-row-after-charged-officer-not-named.html

02 May 2013

Warwickshire Police revise controversial decision

"Warwickshire Police has revised its position on naming people who have been charged and are due to stand trial and apologised for not naming a former officer accused of theft."

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=16218

02 May 2013

ACPO position on naming people who have been charged

"We advise forces, working with the CPS, to name those who have been charged

ACPO lead on communications, Chief Constable Andy Trotter, said: “We advise forces, working with the CPS, to name those who have been charged and that position will not change.

“When an individual has been arrested our current guidance is not to name them and we will only release the name for the prevention or detection of crime, or if there is a serious public interest.

“ACPO is working on new guidance to provide clear direction to avoid inconsistencies where some police forces confirm details of an arrested individual if journalists have gathered the information from other sources. “This does not affect what media themselves choose to publish.”"

http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/ACPO-position-on-naming-people-who-have-been-charged-219.aspx

 Stuart Hall - editors point to need for arrested suspects to be named

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/may/02/ukcrime-editors

Why keeping suspects' identities secret is against the public interest 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/may/03/police-national-newspapers 

Warwickshire police blames cuts for naming policy U-turn

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10035321/Warwickshire-police-blames-cuts-for-naming-policy-U-turn.html

 Police are in a quandary over the naming of suspects 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/media-blog/2013/may/03/police-name-suspects-privacy

Leveson adviser attacks 'chilling' secret arrests: Liberties campaigner says police must not withhold names of suspects

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319162/Leveson-adviser-attacks-chilling-secret-arrests-Liberties-campaigner-says-police-withhold-names-suspects.html

If sex offenders are named [they are], victims [complainants] will come forward [they do]


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/05/rape-accused-dont-need-anonymity

Police are urged to abandon ‘sinister’ secret arrests plan

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3756241.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_05_03

Politicians' blueprint for Press regulation on hold to give more time for consideration of industry alternative

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319193/Politicians-blueprint-Press-regulation-hold-time-consideration-industry-alternative.html

Naming suspects

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article3756863.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_05_05

Arrested suspects MUST be named says ex-Met chief: Secrecy in the wake of Leveson is not in interest of justice, says Lord Blair

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319978/Arrested-suspects-MUST-named-says-ex-Met-chief-Secrecy-wake-Leveson-justice-says-Lord-Blair.html

Suspects will be named when charged after review

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Suspects-will-be-named-when-charged-after-review-20130506110927.htm

Cuts blamed for police secrecy

http://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/regional/cuts-blamed-for-police-secrecy-1-5058044

 Police should still name charged suspects 

http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=22872

Roy Greenslade: Treading a fine line between privacy and the right to know

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/media/roy-greenslade-treading-a-fine-line-between-privacy-and-the-right-to-know-8607574.html

Arrests - is it possible to publish names without mud sticking?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/may/08/jimmy-savile-police

Anonymity for sex offence suspects?

http://www.u.tv/Entertainment/Should-sex-offenders-have-anonymity/5862f808-13d1-4347-9414-079f8f3b82db

 News: “Secret Arrests” Opinion Poll: Public agrees with Leveson, ACPO and the Judges

http://inforrm.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/news-secret-arrests-opinion-poll-public-agrees-with-leveson-acpo-and-the-judges/

Law column: Secret Justice……again

http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/news/law-column-secret-justice-again/

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Suspects should have right to anonymity at arrest - Theresa May

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22548065

 Arrest anonymity not simple, says PM David Cameron

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22549866

'Arrests anonymity' - is it really a denial of press freedom?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/may/16/police-press-freedom

Police chiefs prepare to defy Cameron and May by imposing ban on naming suspects

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325828/Police-chiefs-prepare-defy-Cameron-May-imposing-ban-naming-suspects.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 Secret arrest plans in disarray

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10064781/Secret-arrest-plans-in-disarray.html

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New plans for secret arrests introduced

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10069699/New-plans-for-secret-arrests-introduced.html

The police should not be shielded from scrutiny

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/10070899/The-police-should-not-be-shielded-from-scrutiny.html

Arrested suspects ''should get anonymity''

http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=22986

UK arrest guidelines are a shift towards secrecy

http://www.indexoncensorship.org/tag/acpo/

DPP sides with campaign groups over suspect anonymity

http://www.theopinionsite.org/dpp-sides-with-campaign-groups-over-suspect-anonymity/

Innocent until proven guilty

http://www.crimeline.info/news/innocent-until-proven-guilty

In defence of the innocent

http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/opinion/in-defence-of-the-innocent/3005066.article
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Saturday, 13 April 2013

The Original Evidence Of Victims [Complainants] Who Came Forward

April 13, 2013

Trawling the Shallows

"The Internet has correctly been concerned at what has been perceived as the loss of a ‘right’. The proposals by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) to refuse to release the names of people they arrest in the course of criminal investigations. The proposal has been condemned as secret justice and produced angry responses from all who claim to support ‘freedom of speech’. The ‘Leveson effect’ has duly shouldered the mantle of blame.

It seems to have escaped their notice that the ‘right’ to know the name of those arrested has never existed. 20 odd years ago, the Queen’s Bench Divisional Court in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex p Westminster Press Ltd [1991] [The Times, 18 December 1991] ruled that the media has no automatic right to be informed by the police of the name of a person who is under investigation or who has been charged by a criminal offence.

It has, of course, been the case for many years that the Police choose to ignore the fact that they don’t have to give names to the media – it can be useful to them to do so for many reasons. It is noticeable that in the current furore, the Sun, from atop their high moral horse, have listed a series of sexual crimes against children which came to light after arrests were made public. It quotes one of 80 victims to call the police after “Black Cab” rapist Jon Worboys (pictured above) was arrested. He was jailed in 2009.

The 24-year-old student said: “This will lead to guilty men walking free. I only knew about Worboy’s arrest because I saw his name in the paper. How am I and hundreds of others supposed to know police are looking into an individual if it is not publicised?”[eh, when he is jailed?]

Other cases cited by The Sun include a swimming coach jailed in 2006 for sexually abusing children as young as five. It notes that four victims came forward after reading of arrests in their local papers. [ditto]

This is appealing to the current paedo-panic where ‘trawling’, as it is known, can have a dramatic effect on a subsequent charge – using the ‘similar allegations’ method of corroborating evidence. Advertising the name of an arrestee, particularly if well known or in a previously pivotal position in a child’s life, can bring forward other ‘children’, even when now middle aged, to give evidence. Or, as Peter Watt of the NSPCC told The Sun: ‘When a suspect in a child abuse case is named it gives more victims the confidence to speak out and helps ensure that justice is done.’" [or, opportunity for a little attention-seeking and a quick buck]

http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/trawling-the-shallows/
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Friday, 12 April 2013

NWO - Eurodivision, Continues Its Work

Undated (2013)

ACPO urges government to rejoin 29 criminal justice and policing measures following planned withdrawal in 2014

"Intelligence sharing with EU member states regarding potentially dangerous criminals will be undermined if the government does not opt back in to 13 “vital” European crime fighting measures, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has said.

The government is to opt out of 130 criminal justice and policing measures from the European Union in 2014 – most of which are deemed to be flawed or operationally irrelevant to the UK.

Due to the way the process works, the government can only opt out of all the measures en-mass and then try to rejoin those it still believes to be important at a later date.

But one of the measures encompasses a multi-million pound intelligence-sharing system that will provide real time alerts to UK police forces for the first time.

The latest version of the Schengen Information System, known as SIS II, is set to be implemented across member states and also allows forces to post their own alerts about wanted people, vehicles, missing persons, or objects that may require immediate attention. It includes warning markers if suspects, who may have fled abroad, are potentially armed, violent or dangerous.

Information provided by SIS II will be available via the Police National Computer (PNC) – and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) said it was “vital we opt back into it”. Previously UK forces had been working towards a 2014 deadline to connect to SIS II.

In its evidence to the House of Lords’ EU Sub-Committee on Justice, ACPO said: “Millions of pounds have been spent preparing for the implementation of SIS in terms of staff committed and the IT infrastructure to support it.

“The benefits for UK policing and public safety are clear.”

http://touch.policeoracle.com/news/article.html?id=63362
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Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Seems A Rather Fundamental Starting Point - Compulsory Polygraphs, For All Complainants, Please

6 March 2013 Last updated at 07:47

Child sex abuse: New policy for police and prosecutors

"An overhaul of how police and prosecutors in England and Wales deal with alleged sexual offences against children is expected to be announced in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal [sic].

Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer told the BBC there was an "overcautious" approach [sic] with victims [complainants].

He said the focus was too much on whether the victim [complainant] was telling the truth and not enough on the suspect.

"I am not advocating the test for prosecution should change," he said.

New guidelines for police and prosecutors will be drawn up, and a panel will review cases where alleged perpetrators were not charged.

Mr Starmer is keen the Savile case should serve as a watershed [sic] for the criminal justice system, BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21673703

 Child sex abuse victims [complainants] treated 'overcautiously' [indeed, we should be much tougher with them] 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21673703 

Prosecutors ordered to crack down on sex abuse

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article3706457.ece

The criminal justice response to child sexual abuse: time for a national consensus 

http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/articles/the_criminal_justice_response_to_child_sexual_abuse_-_time_for_a_national_consensus/

CPS and ACPO call for national consensus on tackling child sexual abuse 

http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/press_statements/cps_and_acpo_call_for_national_consensus_on_tackling_child_sexual_abuse/ 

March 6, 2013

Yewtree Unplugged

"Whoever named the Police trawling operation in the wake of the Savile allegations ’Operation Yewtree’ had a sense of humour. The Yewtree is famous for its slow growth and longevity, and its raucously attractive fruit which appeals to little birdies – but contains a deadly poisonous seed. Operation Yewtree has certainly lived up to that.

That seed was spawned yesterday. The private company ACPO – The Association of Chief Police Officers - are expected to approve a ‘National Scoping Panel’ to review complaints of sex abuse not pursued by Police or Prosecutors. ‘Not pursued by Police or Prosecutors’ could merely mean those cases which were reported to Police but not proceeded with because of lack of evidence, the unwillingness of alleged victims to give evidence in court; a nationwide ‘cold case’ review to see whether the guidelines for prosecution of today can be retrospectively applied to historic cases."

"The Home Affairs Committee in 2002 said that: ”A new genre of miscarriages of justice has arisen from the over-enthusiastic pursuit of these allegations”. That was in response to the last ‘moral outrage’ in the late 1990s when many were wrongfully convicted following allegations of historical child abuse in children’s homes and other institutions. There is a sense that the Police have become over cautious as a result, and a new approach is required.

Let that approach be uncontrovertibly professional and discrete; no more TV parading of victims half disguised in the shadows, no more media scoops; no more self appointed experts."

http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/yewtree-unplugged/ 

06 Mar 2013

‘The criminal justice response to child sexual abuse; time for a national consensus’

"Mr Starmer added: “If the criteria for testing their credibility match the characteristics that make them vulnerable [sic] in the first place, we have a fundamental flaw in the approach to credibility.

“This has to change. But to over steer and remove any meaningful filter in these cases would be a great injustice to innocent suspects. My own view is that by changing the focus from one that is solely victim [complainant]-specific to one that more critically tests the suspect as well, while at the same time working harder to explore patterns of behaviour and, where appropriate, links to other cases, we could find an answer."

http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/-The-criminal-justice-response-to-child-sexual-abuse-time-for-a-national-consensus-1fc.aspx

Wednesday, 6 March, 2013

If cardinal sinners and lordly lotharios float your boat… 

"What does it all mean? One obvious and grim interpretation is that victim feminism is more virulent than ever, driving zero tolerance of male transgressions (if that’s what they are) to ever more demented extremes. The good news, perhaps, is that the Lib Dems survived the crisis. Maybe the electorate as a whole doesn’t really give a damn about precisely where His Lordship’s hand was placed, or whether he “inappropriately” suggested going back to his place for a bit of hanky panky, or rumpy pumpy, or whatever words lordly lotharios use for these things. Not that I am advocating “sexual harassment” here. Just a sane sense of proportion. The thought that many voters out there have not abandoned such a sense of proportion is perhaps worth hanging onto. Or is that a case of a drowning man clutching at straws in the midst of all the tsunamis!"

http://tomocarroll.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/if-cardinal-sinners-and-lordly-lotharios-float-your-boat/

Published: 9 hrs ago

Abuse cases review to stop Savile No2 [sic]

"Ex-cop Mark Williams-Thomas, who exposed the DJ, said a new approach is needed and that authorities failed [at what, Mark?] with Savile. He added: “We need to change how police view victims [complainants, Mark] when they come forward.” [a rare moment of honest lucidity, from you, Mark]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4828417/Hundreds-of-dropped-child-abuse-cases-may-be-reopened-to-stop-more-paedos-like-Jimmy-Savile-escaping-justice.html

Specialist Met unit in London to tackle gang-led child sex abuse [another?]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/06/specialist-met-gang-child-abuse

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 "We've asked too much of victims", says England's top prosecutor

http://www.trust.org/item/20130729153930-rsmvk/?source=gep&google_editors_picks=true
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