Police crime records 'inadequate'
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Most police forces in England and Wales are still not recording crime properly, a National Audit Office report says.
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Many shopkeepers believe not enough is being done to combat criminals who target their businesses, a survey suggests.
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Response to Soham murders canned The Police National Database has been scaled back because of budget over-runs and technical problems.â¦
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Hundreds of thousands of poor people  are denied access to public housing in the United States  because they have criminal records, sometimes for crimes as  petty as shoplifting, Human Rights Watch said in a report  released on Monday.
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The Home Office suffered a "collective failure" over the records of Britons convicted abroad, a report says.
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Police must be barred from storing profiles of innocent people on national DNA database, experts say.
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The city has over 10,000 publicly funded CCTV cameras in public areas, but only one in five crimes are solved.
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Campaigners say Whitehall wants even litter-droppers on crime database.
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Police should only be allowed to keep the DNA of people convicted of a crime, a UK bioethics group says.
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Review concerned only 'stakeholders' A Police proposal to introduce a CCTV law will be published about three months late while the Home Office considers the concerns of social and civil liberties groups.â¦
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8% 'not fit for purpose' The National Audit Office wants improvements in the data systems used to measure performance across Whitehallâ¦
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Critics say system for detecting "dirty bombs" in urban areas may be unnecessary and unfeasible.
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A police chief from Greater Manchester claims Anti Social Behaviour Orders could create crime rather than reduce it.
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There are "significant flaws" in the principles behind the government's crime reduction strategy, a think-tank says.
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An investigation into a fire which claimed the lives of four firefighters finds officers were not given enough information.
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A teacher's tape recording of Prince Harry allegedly admitting he cheated on an art exam was insufficient to warrant a renewed investigation into the incident, an examination board said Friday.
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Criminal record checks are not carried out on tens of thousands of NHS staff, the BBC learns.