The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating Nottinghamshire Police over a media briefing held in February regarding the Nottingham attacks. The families of the victims claim the briefing was an attempt to hide information, alleging that killer Calocane had been reported for stalking twice before the attacks.
Nottinghamshire Police is being probed by the policing watchdog over a decision that the victims of the Nottingham attacks families claim was an "attempt to hide information". The press watchdog recently upheld Nottinghamshire Live's right to report that we were asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement before a briefing that revealed killer Calocane had been reported for stalking twice before the Nottingham attacks.
"Our inquiries include assessing the content of the briefing, the communication of that briefing to the families, and whether it was conducted in line with relevant policies and procedures. We will be considering the IPSO report to establish if it contains any information of relevance to our investigation.”
"It serves to reveal just how poorly they are led by their Chief Constable and how they have continually tried to curtail open and honest reporting. They have been thwarted in their attempts to shackle the freedom and important and accurate reporting of the Nottingham Post. “We are conducting thorough investigations into the families' complaints concerning Nottinghamshire Police and Leicestershire Police and we will continue to update the families on the progress of our work”.
“We remain fully committed to the IOPC investigation and it would not be appropriate to comment any further until this has been completed.” "In advance of the meeting, the complainant had repeatedly referred to the briefing as a 'non-disclosure briefing' and following the briefing as a 'non-disclosable briefing'. In circumstances where the publication was required to commit in writing not to report the information which was disclosed at the briefing as a condition of attendance, the Committee did not consider that it was significantly inaccurate to describe the arrangement in the terms used by the newspaper.
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