"The items posted here describe the growing
disillusionment with the War on Drugs in the law
enforcement community, the growing support for reform, and some of the
ways in which the Drug War corrupts police forces and encourages a war
mentality that is at odds with a police officer's intended role as an
officer of the peace." |
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Progressive Brixton
cop Paddick attracted controversy and huge local support (83%) for his
unorthodox solutions to tackling crime in one of the UK's toughest
areas.
When he made the unprecedented move of addressing some of his community
directly on our bulletin boards, he was rewarded with a rich,
intelligent and robust debate, earning the respect of many involved.
Sadly, this was all too much for some tabloid papers, who embarked on a
homophobic slur campaign that has now resulted in him being removed
from his post.
The Brixton community is now fighting for his return....
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Press reports and comment
May 2002
Paddick's right again (Mirror 31.May)
Crime falls in cannabis trial area (BBC 29.May)
Paddick:
some police officers are thugs
Paddick 'police thugs' claim (TiLondon 13.May)
April 2002
Yard
inquiry 'set to clear Paddick' (25.Apr)
Paddick homophobia case against Met (FT 9.Apr)
Cops/public:
'Bring back Paddick' (Big Issue 1.Apr)
March 2002
Paddick wins hearts and minds (BBC 27.Mar)
Paddick Return 'Might Be Impossible' (Guardian 27.Mar)
'I'll be back', Paddick (Standard 27.Mar)
Paddick returns to standing ovation (BBC 27.Mar)
Paddick greets Lambeth rally (BBC 27.Mar)
Why Tories must support Paddick (Times 26.Mar)
Paddick - the real cop, the real me (Mirror 25.Mar)
Evening Standard - usual slurs (Standard 25.Mar)
Paddick
Support unprecedented (BBSNews 25.Mar.02)
Homophobia and the press (Guardian 25.Mar)
Smears bring top gay cop to brink of ruin (Observer
24.Mar)
Sniggering tendency (Independent 24.Mar)
Victim of anti gay press (BBC 23.Mar)
Bring Back Crackpot (Spectator 23.Mar)
Community backs cannabis pilot scheme (Guardian 22.Mar)
Hounded cop's dope policy works (Mirror 22.Mar)
Police and residents back cannabis project (Times
21.Mar)
Poll backs Paddick drugs policy (Standard 21.Mar)
Mayor backs Brian Paddick (Standard 19.Mar)
Trials and errors of controversial cop (Guardian
19.Mar)
He's our kind of cop (Guardian 18.Mar)
Why Paddick has to go (Standard 18.Mar)
Police chief's unorthodox approach (BBC 15.Mar)
Police chief praises cannabis scheme (BBC 15.Mar)
'Anarchy' cop logs back on web (Mirror 12.Mar)
Rebuke over 'anarchy' remark (BBC 11.Mar)
February 2002
Talking
jive on urban75 (Guardian 23.Feb)
Give
thanks for rogue police chief (Independent 20.Feb)
Anarchism 'appeals' to police chief (BBC 19.Feb)
'Anarchy has always appealed' (Independent 19.Feb)
Top cop
uses subversive website (Big Issue 18.Feb)
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