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First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Neighbourhood police to patrol Dubai streets

Initiative aimed at ensuring a safe community and resolving social issues Dubai: Neighbourhood police will soon be on the streets in the first phase of a scheme which aims to solve problems in the community.The first areas to benefit from around-the-clock ... [Published Gulf News - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Police, Dubai, Lieutenant General

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

Arbitrary interpretations

Some apply the law according to what is most pragmatic or expedient.ON May 30, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar was stopped at an immigration checkpoint in Sabah and told she was not allowed to enter the state. A furore immediately flared up, with many ... [Published thestar.com.my - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Nurul Izzah, Malaysia, Datuk Seri, Sedition, Pakatan Rakyat

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

UK Home Office

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill – Second Reading

The LGA welcomes the added flexibility to tackle anti-social behaviour that this Bill provides and notes that the Government has listened to feedback received during pre-legislative scrutiny. For example, proposals on injunctions (Part 1) now include ... [Published Local Government Association - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: UK Home Office, Crime, Injunction, Power of Arrest

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Vexed issue of sex in the city

All forms of prostitution were decriminalised in 2003. But while the Prostitution Reform Act gave local authorities power to regulate where brothels operated, for reasons such as nuisance and serious affront, there are no such controls on those selling ... [Published New Zealand Herald - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Prostitution, Manukau, Sex

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Amway

Criminal injustice

The recent arrest of top officials of Amway India, including its American CEO, on allegations that the direct-selling firm is operating an illegal ?money circulation scheme?, smacks of arbitrariness and by the police. Even assuming the company?s sales ... [Published Hindu Business Line - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Criminal, Amway, India, Power of Arrest

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Opinion: 'Are we spoon-feeding a dependency culture?'

Irwell Valley chief executive Tom Manion says the legal system is taking social landlords for mugs when it comes to dealing with anti-social tenants.I was asked recently by one of our residents 'How are customers encouraged to use the bins provided by ... [Published 24dash.com - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Injunction, Litter, Nicholas van Hoogstraten, Peter Rachman, Power of Arrest

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 2 reports

Women 'conspired to force marriage'

Two women have been remanded in custody after it was alleged they breached a court order banning any arranged wedding.The order imposed by Judge Sir Gavyn Arthur at Luton County Court on 27 November 2012 included power of arrest.He was told on Tuesday ... [Published BBC - May 29 2013]

Entities: County Court, James Weston, Court Order, Power of Arrest, Forced Marriage

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

Download LGA briefing: (PDF, 322KB, 12 pages)IntroductionThe Government published the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill on 9 May 2013. It contains provisions around anti-social behaviour, dangerous dogs, forced marriage and a range of other ... [Published Local Government Association - May 24 2013]

Entities: Injunction, Power of Arrest, Crime, Transport for London, Personal Property

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Gang injunctions, ASBOs and the closest fit

The Court of Appeal handed down an important ruling recently on applications for gang injunctions. Jonathan Manning and Sarah Salmon explain the judgment.In Birmingham City Council v James [2013] EWCA Civ 552 the Court of Appeal has held that, on an application ... [Published Local Government Lawyer - May 23 2013]

Entities: Injunction, Appellant, Court of Appeal

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

County passes new gun-firing law

Newton County has new laws on where people are allowed to fire guns recreationally.The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve a revised version of the county’s “discharge of firearms” ordinance, which makes multiple changes ... [Published Covington News - May 22 2013]

Entities: John Douglas, Jenny Carter, prison, Probation, Power of Arrest

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Arrest to be argued in ConCourt

The Constitutional Court will hear argument on Tuesday on the arrest of a motorist who did not stop at a roadblock because he feared the officers were impostors.The issue before the court is whether the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was correct in overturning ... [Published The New Age Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Arrests, Constitutional Court, Power of Arrest, Pretoria High Court, SAPS South African Police Service

Quotes

...a young man whose jaw was broken in an alcohol-fuelled scuffle outside the ANZ stadium,'' Dr Fergus Davidson, from Russell Lea, wrote on Thursday. "Is this what Laurie Daley and his colleagues mean by another great Origin moment?" Maybe the biff should be left behind

Politicians, keep mitts out of the honeypot [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 07 2013]

I was asked recently by one of our residents "How are customers encouraged to use the bins provided by Irwell Valley?"

Opinion: 'Are we spoon-feeding a dependency culture?' [Published 24dash.com - Jun 03 2013]

Gemma Lindfield, counsel for the second defendant, said her client "was aware of the orders but not the terms of those orders" and also denied any breach

Women 'conspired to force marriage' [Published BBC - May 29 2013]

...She also claimed she was told that if she refused she would be "taken to Pakistan and shot, and everybody back home would be told it was suicide" . As a result, she was made the subject of a forced marriage protection order

16-year-old 'forced to marry" despite protection order [Published Telegraph - May 28 2013]

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Neighbourhood police to patrol Dubai streets [Published Gulf News - Jun 13 2013]
Awaiting the Revolution in Criminal Justice System [Published This Day Online - Jun 09 2013]
Arbitrary interpretations [Published thestar.com.my - Jun 09 2013]
Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill ... [Published Local Government Association - Jun 07 2013]
Vexed issue of sex in the city [Published New Zealand Herald - Jun 07 2013]
Politicians, keep mitts out of the honeypot [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 07 2013]
Criminal injustice [Published Hindu Business Line - Jun 04 2013]
Opinion: 'Are we spoon-feeding a dependency cul... [Published 24dash.com - Jun 03 2013]
Women 'conspired to force marriage' [Published BBC - May 29 2013]
16-year-old 'forced to marry" despite protectio... [Published Telegraph - May 28 2013]
Officials to discuss arresting prostitutes and ... [Published New Zealand Herald - May 28 2013]
Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill [Published Local Government Association - May 24 2013]
Gang injunctions, ASBOs and the closest fit [Published Local Government Lawyer - May 23 2013]
Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights... [Published Brookings Institution - May 22 2013]
Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights... [Published Brookings: Latest From Brookings - May 22 2013]
County passes new gun-firing law [Published Covington News - May 22 2013]
Arrest to be argued in ConCourt [Published The New Age Online - May 20 2013]
Army gets power of arrest during referendum [Published Irish Examiner - Dec 11 2012]
TSA: Leave Your Weird, Fancy, Arty, Utterly Un-... [Published REASON Online - Nov 21 2012]
Commissioner candidates' vision for Cumbria's p... [Published Westmorland Gazette - Nov 12 2012]
Crack-down on violent crime [Published Rye and Battle Observer - Nov 08 2012]
Protection from vendetta at home [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Nov 07 2012]

Blogs

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Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights... [Published Brookings: Latest From Brookings - May 22 2013] Editor’s Note: On Wednesday, May 22, Robert Chesney and Benjamin Wittes testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary on the subject “Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights During the War on Terror.” Thank you, Chairman Goodlatte, ...