Danny Shaw
Follow the evidence...
Here is the text of a speech I delivered at the CrimeStoppers annual dinner on November 17 2021. I have been reflecting on my career in...
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Violent crime: get with the programme?
What can we do about violent crime? The shocking killing of Sir David Amess is a terrible reminder of how precarious and precious life is...
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The pain and suffering caused by Wayne Couzens must be a turning point
Today, Lord Justice Fulford will sentence Wayne Couzens for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. As he imposes the mandatory...
Danny Shaw
The story behind Cressida's new contract
"There comes a time in any organisation when it becomes clear that it would benefit from new leadership and new clarity of purpose. I...
Danny Shaw
From Scotland Yard - a significant admission
In June, the Metropolitan Police was declared to be “institutionally corrupt” by an independent Panel examining the murder in 1987 of the...
Danny Shaw
Working on reception...
David Blunkett tried to do it; now Priti Patel is having a go. The current Home Secretary is revisiting an idea first developed 20 years...
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Why the Met Police is determined to have its day in court...
The extraordinary case of Metropolitan police officer Robyn Williams is heading back to court, I've discovered. Scotland Yard has begun...
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Asylum madness
The headline screamed from the Times: “Priti Patel plans for migrants to be held in offshore hub”. Just 24 hours later, it was the...
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Worth the wait
When Theresa May announced that an independent panel would be set up to examine the case of Daniel Morgan I was sceptical about the value...
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Risking it all
It all felt sadly, appallingly familiar. When the inquest jury concluded that failings by the police, probation and MI5 had contributed...
Danny Shaw
Crossing the Line
Did you guess it then? The revelation in the final, underwhelming, episode of season six of Line of Duty that “H” was DCI Ian Buckells...
Danny Shaw
Reputation matters
Several years ago I began looking into a disturbing and complex case involving a school-teacher who’d been accused of extremely serious...
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Four blogs in March...
1. Vacancy at the Met? Dame Cressida Dick is unlikely to be offered an extension as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, according to a...
Danny Shaw
Sentence nonsense
Is Priti Patel listening to her Ministers? It’s a serious question because the Under Secretary of State at her department, Chris Philp,...
Danny Shaw
The troubling case of Robyn Williams
It took just 90 minutes for the Court of Appeal to slam the door shut on Robyn Williams’s chance of clearing her name. The former...
Danny Shaw
The road from Midland
Graham from Bushey started it. He was the caller whose question on a radio phone-in about the Metropolitan Police Commissioner set...
Danny Shaw
Covid and crime
My reflections on the latest crime figures and statistics on charging rates, first published on the Crest Advisory website,...
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A wing and a prayer
Lights, camera, action. It’s time for another photo opportunity with the Home Secretary and frontline police officers. Last week, Priti...
Danny Shaw
Home truths
This is a story about secrecy, obfuscation and political embarrassment at the heart of government. It revolves around an attempt by the...
Danny Shaw
The gaping hole in the UK-EU Security Deal
“Calamitous” is not a word that appears often in official reports. But in July 2018 it was the word that an influential Parliamentary...