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The Stirrer 3 Aug 10
Walsall Council boss Mike Bird has vowed to carry on using controversial anti-terrorism powers to spy on lead-swinging staff and benefit cheats – even though one local authority has been ticked off for abusing the powers when it checked up on parents seeking to gain entry for their children to a highly rated school.
Poole Council snooped on parents Jenny Paton and Tim Joyce using RIPA – the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act – when it suspected them of lying about their address to get into the catchment area for the school of their choice…
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Walsall Licensing 5 Jul 10
Over the past ten years, the night-time economy in Walsall has developed and the town centre is now recognised as one of the favourite places for young people in the West Midlands to visit at the weekend.
Part of the attraction is that people consider Walsall to be a safe place to visit. This feeling hasn’t come about by accident, it is as a result of a lot of work from the police, the local authority, the fire service and businesses in the town.
Ten years ago it was a different story. The following video was compiled from CCTV footage taken in Walsall. Some people may find the scenes disturbing, so don’t watch if you think you may be upset by it.
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Steve Bradley B'ham Mail 25 May 10
Walsall Council has defended its record on spying on residents after an angry pressure group placed it third in a national snooping list.
The authority has been criticised by activist organisation Big Brother Watch for carrying out covert surveillance on locals 215 times from April 2008 to April 2010…
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LocalGov.co.uk 24 May 10
Local government is authorising 11 surveillance operations a day under powers afforded in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), according to new research.
The findings come from the Big Brother Watch group, which welcomed the coalition government’s pledge to ban the use of RIPA powers by councils unless signed off by a magistrate to stop serious crime.
The report brands Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council the biggest offender, having ‘spied’ on its residents 231 times during the last two years. West Berkshire and Walsall follow closely behind with 228 and 215 authorisations respectively…
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Express & Star 1 May 10
Pensioners ordered stunned career criminal John Hickinbottom “Get out, we don’t want this” before other customers landed punches and sat on him during a failed bid to hold up Lloyds TSB in Oldbury.
Masked Hickinbottom, aged 43, and a hooded accomplice who appeared to be armed, had stormed into the bank.
In dramatic footage captured on the bank’s CCTV cameras, Hickinbottom orders staff to “Give me all the money” and warns customers to stand back. Footage of the second robber, who is still at large, appears to show him pointing at something in his pocket…
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Express & Star 30 Mar 10
Two members of a four-strong Romanian gang who stole metal intended for M6 gantries have been caught and convicted. Costel Stoican and Ionut Colomuz loaded a van with piping being used to create new gantries between Junctions 9 and 10.
They were seen on CCTV taking the metal, which was worth more than £2,500 and belonged to Carillion, from alongside the motorway on 6 March…
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Express & Star 18 Dec 09
More than 1,500 CCTV cameras owned by councils are watching people in the West Midlands. Pressure group Big Brother Watch hit out at the increasing number of surveillance cameras used by councils, saying the streets should be policed by extra officers…
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Justin Penrose Mirror 29 Nov 09
An indie band was held at gunpoint by armed police after a CCTV operator thought he had seen a gun. The Thirst – who have supported the Rolling Stones – were surrounded by officers while a police helicopter hovered overhead as they packed up after a gig in Burntwood…
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Walsall Advertiser 17 Nov 09
‘You are being watched’ is the warning to criminals in the Walsall borough after more than £130,000 was ploughed into modernising CCTV equipment…
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B'ham Post 8 Sep 09
Police expect to make a “significant” number of fresh arrests in a tough crackdown on the right-wing yobs and opposition protestors behind violent scenes in Birmingham…