Sentences with phrase «senior police figures»

Boris Johnson and senior police figures faced questions from the Commons» home affairs committee over their decisions in response to rioting across the capital.

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The Independent Police Complaint Commission (IPCC) report found senior figures in the Met «appear to have been oblivious» to the perception of conflict of interest when they recruited a former editor at the News of the World as a PR consultant.

Senior figures in the British police force broke ranks last night, as they dismissed government efforts to end the rioting as «irrelevant».

It has been alleged that the Met deliberately chose not to inform MPs, celebrities and public figures, including senior police officers, that their phones may have been hacked.

The Liberal Democrats are leading calls for a police inquiry, arguing «at first sight» it appears senior figures in the Labour party have broken the law by accepting laundered funds from millionaire David Abrahams.

The former chief whip, who was forced out of the Cabinet after a storm over his alleged foul - mouthed rant against police officers on duty outside Downing Street, has questioned the impartiality of Scotland Yard's senior figures.

Then there is corruption — from the police officer demanding cash to ignore a minor driving offence, to the massive sums mentioned in investigations into allegations of graft involving senior public figures.

One senior coalition figure told the newspaper: «It is manifestly the case that we need police numbers and effective deployment of officers that generates public confidence.

The calls — from senior figures including Sir Hugh Orde, former chief constable of the police service of Northern Ireland and former head of Europol Max - Peter Ratzel — were reinforced on Saturday night by Dominic Grieve, the Tory chair of the Commons intelligence and security committee.