Sir Paul Stephenson considered resigning on his first day as chief of the Met because of the Damian Green arrest furore, former assistant commissioner Bob Quick revealed... more
Top Scotland Yard officer warns that police risk losing public support by abusing anti-terrorism stop-and-search powers over people taking photos outside public buildings... more
Police officer who led the investigation into allegations that government secrets were being passed to a Tory MP claims details of the case have been covered up... more
Gordon Brown is facing embarrassment after the final two men held in the anti-terror raids that followed Bob Quick’s photographed files blunder were released without charge... more
Ministers are facing an embarrassing deportation battle as nine Pakistani students held in the anti-terror raids that followed Bob Quick's photographed files blunder were released without charge... more
Emergency! Another outbreak of foot -in-mouth at the Metropolitan Police. Never mind the terror threat, how to keep the crime figures down or our fears of "low level" (in reality, highly discomfiting) anti-social behaviour on the streets. Senior management in New Scotland Yard are once again preoccupied by the behaviour of one of their own top officers.... more
The best definition of a bully is of a man who "can give it but can't take it". Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick of the Met can certainly give it - taking it is another matter, however... more
Bob Quick's appointment to head Britain's counter terrorism operations was generally considered a safe move following the departure of his predecessor Andy Hayman.... more
Manchester's overwhelming rejection this month of a congestion charge hammers home what we already knew: by making road pricing its main transport policy, the Government has wasted five years up a blind alley... more
Police believe the civil servant at the centre of the Damian Green inquiry is responsible for only half of the Home Office leaks they are investigating... more
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