Tag: Police stations

Just for Kids Law has launched the #nochildincells campaign to ensure children are not kept in police cells overnight.

Raduvha v Minister of Safety and Security and Another [2016] ZACC 24 The Constitutional Court of South Africa has confirmed that the ‘best interest' principle, enshrined in Article 3 of the UNCRC and incorporated into South African domestic legislation, is to be paramount when police are considering arresting and detaining a child.

Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) has launched a Forum on Children and Policing in London. Details The Forum will bring together voluntary organisations to collaborate in improving the police’s treatment of children and young people in London (and nationally) with the aim of ensuring the police treatment of children meets the standards set out […]

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has published a research study into the use of force by the police. The study brings together evidence from complaints and investigations over a five-year period from 2009 to 2014, as well as examining public perception. The report details the disproportionate use of force against children.

A report setting out progress made in improving relationships between children and the police since the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) inquiry in 2013-14. It sets out a final set of recommendations for government, policing leaders, and youth justice bodies.

Revised version of NAAN framework for transfers of children from police stations to local authority accommodation.

The definition of arrested juvenile has been amended to include all children under the age of 18. Prior to the change, the definition of ‘arrested juvenile’ was anyone under the age of 17.

The Ministry of Justice reveal their final terms of reference for the 2015/16 review into the youth justice system

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) have published a National Strategy for the Policing of Children and Young People. This new strategy sets out the "key principles" when policing children and young people.

Home Affairs Select Committee Report on Out of Court Disposals (3 March 2015) This report highlights the lack of consistency in administering out of court disposals (OOCDs). The report recommends simplifying the guidance to police officers, placing the guidance on a statutory footing and introducing scrutiny panels to avoid a postcode lottery.

PD v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2015] EWCA Civ 114 Children are entitled to an appropriate adult when strip-searched.

R (on the application of BG) v The Chief Constable of the West Midlands Constabulary, Birmingham City Council [2014] EWHC 4374 (Admin) Permission was refused in this application for judicial review relating to the issue of whether the police and local authority were in breach of section 38(1) PACE 1984, section 11 of the Children Act 2004 and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by failing to transfer BG to secure accommodation whilst detained in police custody.