Custody murder: spotlight on Croydon

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IOPC criticises mental health services over custody deaths - Mental health service providers have been heavily criticised for failures that lead to vulnerable people dying in police custody.

Officers really are getting younger as recruitment age lowered to 17 - Officer recruitment age has been cut to 17-years-old to allow recruits to apply for the apprenticeship scheme.

Inspector exam results and re-sit dates confirmed by College - Results from the halted Inspectors' exams are being issued along with reassurances from the College of Policing to Sergeants' candidates.

Crime case backlog in magistrates' courts almost doubled in lockdown - The backlog in criminal cases in magistrates court almost doubled during four months of lockdown, according to CPS figures.

Custody murder: spotlight on Croydon

Croydon is one of the country's toughest beats due to complex factors.

An officer outside the Croydon Custody Centre

Date - 25th September 2020
By - Chris Smith

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Open spaces, multi-million pound housing developments and a good location. Croydon should be thriving. So what's going wrong? Although one of the biggest boroughs in London, most of the major employers of ‘white collar’ jobs have...

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