Police media guidelines set out new wide-ranging controls on contact between officers and journalists
Draft media guidelines published by the College of Policing impose a number of new controls on police contact with journalists.…
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Crime reporters speak out: ‘Police who communicate by press release are not doing public and the service justice’
Crime reporters have spoken out about the sea-change in their relations with the police since the Leveson report was published.…
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Do they mean us? Police chiefs condemn ‘burdensome’ FoI requests made by ‘journalistic community’
Police have condemned some "unreasonable and burdensome" Freedom of Information requests made by the "journalistic community". Appearing before the Independent…
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Police Scotland officer who signed off RIPA source applications ‘misinterpreted’ Save Our Sources law change
Officer who signed off RIPA applications 'misinterpreted' law Force warned 'these kind of applications, potentially, could breach the code' Justice…
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Force refuses to let officers be quizzed by Scottish Parliament over RIPA abuse to find journalistic sources
Police Scotland has refused to let serving officers answer questions from the Scottish Parliament (pictured, Shutterstock) on why they unlawfully…
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‘Look, I don’t know what you’re going on about’: Police force mistakenly redirected Christmas press calls to member of the public
An Aberdeen man dealt with more than a dozen calls from the media over the festive period after a police…
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Has Police Scotland accessed journalists’ records, yes or no? ‘Well, as ever, it’s never quite as simple as that’
Police Scotland’s deputy chief constable today refused to tell Holyrood MSPs whether his force has accessed the phone records of…
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Inspector sacked over non-criminal leaks to journalists – but force refuses to confirm use of RIPA to expose contact
A Sussex Police inspector has been dismissed over uncontested allegations that he provided stories to journalists. There is no suggestion…
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