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Tory-led knife crime crackdown fell short after no weapons found during searches, damning report says

Exclusive: Calls for transparency over Tory pilot to crack down on knife crime with Serious Violence Reduction Orders amid fears over 1970s-style policing

The Independent UK

Millions loved the Notting Hill carnival but we need less crime. As an ex-cop, I have ideas to make it better

There are new calls to ban the event, but with fresh thinking and official recognition of its true value, we can silence the critics, says former Met superintendent Leroy Logan

The Guardian - UK

Manchester Airport: Ex-police chief warns of ‘summer of discontent’ over race failings

Exclusive: ‘I cannot discount the possibility that people are going to get more frustrated and take matters into their own hands,’ says former Met Police chief Leroy Logan

The Independent UK

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Is London failing its youth as gang warfare spreads across the capital?

Gang warfare is spreading and infecting more of London.

Evening Standard

Boy rammed off bike by London police still suffers nightmares, says counsellor

Thirteen-year-old black boy carrying blue-and-white water pistol was confronted by armed officers who pointed guns at him in July

The Guardian - UK

Met police firearms officers are right to pick up their guns and return to work. They can’t have prestige without risks

The protest over the charging of a marksman in the Chris Kaba case was damaging to British policing, says writer and former senior police officer Leroy Logan

The Guardian - UK

Met crackdown on rogue cops will NOT focus on officers accused of racism

The Metropolitan police will not be looking at racism in its plans to root out rogue officers despite the Casey report labelling the force institutionally racist

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OPINION - As a former policeman, this Public Order Bill spells trouble

I am no stranger to the realities of racism within the police force – I served in it for thirty years. So, although disappointed, I wasn’t surprised to see the latest stats showing that Black people are six times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people. Stops…

Evening Standard

We can stop the police brutality that killed Dalian Atkinson, but let’s first admit there is a problem

The debate over this case has been delayed but must happen, says former Metropolitan police officer Leroy Logan

The Guardian - UK

Mark Rowley’s Met Police will offer ‘more of the same’ on race, campaigners fear

New Met Commissioner ‘has never shown himself as being out to understand racism’, former police superintendent says.

The Independent UK

Next Met commissioner ‘must learn from history and acknowledge force’s failures’

Leroy Logan has tipped Neil Basu for the top job, saying his ‘cultural competence’ may put him ‘head and shoulders’ above other candidates.

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