The Brief: notable decisions Part III

Headlines

IOPC confirms gross misconduct hearing bid against officer W80 - IOPC pushes for another force to hold the misconduct hearing in light of 'recent comments about the case'.

Wanted burglar's death after police pursuit ruled as misadventure - The jury accepted that the decision to pursue him and to continue the operation was correct, and was motivated to protect the public.

Buildings to be sold and overtime cut as force bids to balance books - Force management is also 'rigorously managing' overtime spending and reviewing senior officer command structures.

GMP Specials given Level 2 public order training to provide back up - Deployment is partly designed to reduce the number of rest days that need to be cancelled.

The Brief: notable decisions Part III

In the third part of a focus on recent cases of interest our resident specialist police barristers examine the thorny issue of officers conferring in death in custody cases and the use of force to remove suspects from vehicles.

Date - 29th May 2020
By - Kevin Baumber

This third update of recent judgments of importance considers Goodenough v. Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2020] EWHC 695 (QB). The interest of many lawyers and some in the police family concerned with deaths in custody will rest...

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