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New injustice in Christopher Alder case as no cops will face inquiry for using his body for training

Christopher Aldersource: Socialist Worker
published: 29 July 2014

Police have admitted they may have used the body of Christopher Alder for “training purposes” for years after his family believed they had buried him.

And now the cops’ watchdog has said it will not investigate the revelations.

Christopher died in custody at Hull’s Queen’s Gardens Police Station in April 1998. In 2011 it was revealed that his body had gone unburied for over a decade and was lying in the mortuary of Hull Royal Infirmary.

An exhumation revealed that the body of 77 year old Grace Kamara had been given to the Alder family instead. During a police investigation into the scandal one officer said she had seen the body of Christopher after his supposed funeral.

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Secret Met unit held information on 18 campaigns for justice

Undercover Hackersource: The Guardian 
published: 24 July 2014

Information on 18 justice campaigns for murder victims and those who died following police contact was held by a secret Scotland Yard unit, a report has found.

The Derbyshire chief constable, Mick Creedon, said the campaigns dated between 1970 and 2005 and officers were in the process of telling the families concerned.

In his latest report on the conduct of undercover officers from Scotland Yard’s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), Operation Herne, he said: “Operation Herne has identified emerging evidence that in addition to the Stephen Lawrence campaign, a number of other justice campaigns have been mentioned within SDS records. Seventeen such justice campaigns have been identified so far.

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‘Community Monitors’ to keep watch on policing of Birmingham’s Simmer Down Festival

police-watchprovided by: Netpol
published: 9 July 2014

On 20 July 2014, a team of trained independent ‘Community Monitors’ will observe and record the actions of police officers and security staff during Birmingham’s popular Simmer Down Reggae Festival.

Community scrutiny of the policing operation in and around Handsworth Park, where the festival takes place, is part of Netpol’s Community Monitoring Project and has been organised alongside 4WardEver UK, Birmingham Ethnic Minorities Association (BEMA) and BirminghamStrong Justice 4 All.

Funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation enables Netpol to pilot three community monitoring projects in different parts of the country, which aim to increase police accountability over the treatment of individuals and the process of local decision-making in each of the three pilot areas.

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