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why international rapper and boyfriend of pop star rihanna plus donald trump's former lawyer could be in line to buy tranmere rovers. and, lebronjames and his son bronny make history in the nba. the inquest into the death of chris kaba has been opened and adjourned... kaba has been opened and adjourned. . ._ kaba has been opened and ad'ourned... , , �* �* , ~ adjourned... this is bbc news. we are auoin adjourned... this is bbc news. we are going live _ adjourned... this is bbc news. we are going live to — adjourned... this is bbc news. we are going live to the _ adjourned... this is bbc news. we are going live to the house - adjourned... this is bbc news. we are going live to the house of - are going live to the house of commons where the home secretary yvette cooper is making a statement about how police officers who shoot people dead in the line of duty are held to account. the firearms officer martyn blake was killed ——

killed chris kaba in south london and was recently cleared of murder. the accountability review into police use of force and confidence into policing. chris kaba was killed into policing. chris kaba was killed in stratum two years ago. his parents and family, of course, continue to experience deep grief and stress. a year ago, sergeant martyn blake was charged with murder, and on monday thejury returned their verdict and sergeant blake was acquitted. it is imperative that the jury �*s verdict is respected, and that sergeant blake and his family are given the time and space that they will need to recover from what will have been immensely difficult experiences for them during both the investigation and the trial. for an armed police officer to be prosecuted for actions taken in the course of their duties is rare, so this case has raised considerable concerns for the public and the police. the decisions made

on any individual case, be it by the police, the independent office of police, the independent office of police contacts, the crown prosecution service, the courts or the jury, prosecution service, the courts or thejury, are rightly independent of thejury, are rightly independent of the government, so it would not be right for me to comment further on the details in this case. but, this case has happened against a backdrop of wider and long—standing concerns about accountability, standards and confidence. a backdrop in which police officers and forces have raised long—standing concerns about the way in which the accountability system currently operates, particularly in cases of specialist policing like firearms and driving, where we asked officers to do incredibly difficult and dangerous jobs to keep us safe. and a backdrop of falling community confidence in policing and the criminaljustice system across the country, with, as the metropolitan police commissioner has said this week, lower confidence among black communities. madam deputy speaker, the british policing

model relies on mutual bonds of trust between the public and the police, for our policing model to work it is essential that the police have the confidence of the communities that they serve, and that officers have the confidence they need to do their vital and often extreme difficultjob of keeping us all safe. too often in recent times, both elements of that confidence have become frayed and this government has made it a mission to put confidence back into policing. so, as part of that work, i want to update the house are new measures that we will take forward in response to the accountability review, and following ongoing work to respond to issues raised by the previous reviews. a package of reforms to rebuild confidence for police officers and four communities, to tackle the unacceptable delays and confusion in the system, ensuring the complexity of specialist operations is considered at an early stage, and ensuring that the highest standards

are upheld and maintained. 12 months ago, the previous government launched a review into the accountability systems for police use of force and police driving. the previous home secretary set out an interim response in march which the labour party supported, and i welcome the work that my predecessor did. the review was not completed by the election, and whilst we have continued to draw evidence from police and civil society organisations, we were unable to say more publicly in the run—up to the trial. today, iwant more publicly in the run—up to the trial. today, i want to update the house. the accountability review found that the current system for holding police officers to account is not commanding the confidence of either the public or the police. accountability and misconduct proceedings are too often plagued by delays in stretching for years, which are damaging for complainers, officers and forces alike, and the system has become much more complex with confusion over multiple thresholds, the different investigations, a lack of clarity, especially involving specialist

capabilities. there are also wider concerns about the misconduct system because the focus when things go wrong can end up being entirely on the decisions of the individual officer, so system failings like poor training, officer, so system failings like poortraining, unmanageable poor training, unmanageable caseloads, or wider force poortraining, unmanageable caseloads, or widerforce practices, are not sufficiently considered or followed up, so to little changes. at the same time, we saw following the casey and angelini reviews in cases where someone is not fit to be a police officer, it is too hard for forces to remove them and communities feel that no one is held to account. so the public must be able to expect that where officers exceed the lawful use of their powers, orfailto exceed the lawful use of their powers, orfail to meet proper standards, there will be rapid and robust processes in place to hold them to account. police officers who act within integrity and bravery to keep us safe each day need to know they have a strong public support because if officers lack the confidence to use their powers following their training and the

law, then public safety is put at risk. let me turn to the policy measures. we will take forward the measures. we will take forward the measures proposed by the government in march to strengthen and speed up the system. we will align the threshold for referral of police officers from the independent office officers from the independent office of police conduct to the crown prosecution service, to that used by the police when referring cases involving a member of the public. currently the threshold is lower for police officers, and that is not justified. we will allow the i opc to send cases to the cps is sufficient evidence to do so, instead of having to wait for a final investigation report, and we will put the i opc victims right to review policy on a statutory footing to ensure there is an appeal mechanism for bereaved families when a decision is made not to seek a charging decision. then we will go further. when officers act in the most dangerous situations in behalf of the state, it is vital that those officers and their families are not

put in further danger during any subsequent legal proceedings. so we will therefore introduce a presumption of anonymity for firearms officers, subject to criminal trial following a police shooting in the course of their professional duties, up to the point of conviction. we will also ensure that the highly specialist nature of particular policing tactics and tools are reflected in relevant investigative guidance. that includes ensuring that investigations into police driving incidents, evidence from subject experts and in car footage incidents, evidence from subject experts and in carfootage is considered at the earliest possible opportunity, and that more widely, and offers a �*s complies with their training and guidance is appropriately taken into account in investigative decision—making. i have also established a rapid review of two specific areas where recent legaljudgments have now meant we have different as beth rolled —— threshold for communal misconduct, adding complexity, confusion and

delay to the system. in particular, it will look at the legal test for use of force in misconduct proceedings and the threshold for determining short form findings of unlawful killing in inquests. the independent review will be conducted by tim godwin and the right honourable sir adrian fulford and will reportjointly to myself honourable sir adrian fulford and will report jointly to myself and the lord chancellor by the end of january, and i have asked for further work to be done on timeliness, standards and misconduct procedures. my right on friend the attorney general has also invited the director of public prosecutions to examine the cps guidance and processes in relation to charging police officers for offences committed in the course of their duties. following calls from civil society organisations, we will ask the college of policing to establish a national lessons learned database for deaths or serious injuries, arising from police contact or police pursuits, so there is a

responsibly team to ensure that lessons are incorporated into the development of police training and guidance where tragic incidents occur, and to prevent the repetition of such events in future. and to rebuild of such even