Bernard Hogan-Howe - Revision history

Eveline at 11:35, 29 September 2016

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Peter Salmon at 12:40, 30 July 2015

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Peter Salmon at 09:10, 14 July 2015

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Eveline: /* Merceyside police - 1998: paedophile MP cover-up */

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Merceyside police - 1998: paedophile MP cover-up

Eveline: /* Merceyside police - 1998: paedophile MP cover-up */

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Merceyside police - 1998: paedophile MP cover-up

Eveline: /* South Yorkshire Police - 1989: Hillsborough */

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South Yorkshire Police - 1989: Hillsborough

Peter Salmon at 23:04, 3 February 2015

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Eveline: /* An Inspector of Constabulary */

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An Inspector of Constabulary

Eveline at 14:52, 2 February 2015

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Eveline: /* Racism and corruption: Spying on the Lawrence family */

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 Hogan-Howe is known as an outspoken officer. During his time at the Metropolitan police he has had to deal with various high profile events and policing scandals such as [[Plebgate]], the spying on the Lawrence family, the targeting of journalists to obtain their sources and reviews into misbehaviour by undercover police.
 ==Career and controversies==
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 His pay as Commissioner is £126,000 per year.<ref name="telegraph.2" />
 ==Education &amp; awards==
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 * '''2013''': Knighted for services to policing.
 ==Key relationships with other officers==

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	MPS lawyers also maintained the Metropolitan Police's position that they could not confirm or deny whether named individuals had been police officers, other than where those individuals had outed themselves already. This was the subject of trenchant criticism by Justice Bean hearing the case<ref name="guardian.2014.06.11">Rob Evans, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans/2014/jul/11/undercover-police-and-policing-mark-kennedy Police chiefs under pressure to admit truth over women's lawsuit], ''The Guardian'', 11 July 2014, accessed 1 September 2014.</ref>, who noted that Hogan-Howe had already personally confirmed the name of one of the officers ([[Jim Boyling]]) Met lawyers were now prevaricating on.<ref>Mr. Justice Bean,[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2014/2184.html Judgement in case of DIL & ors v Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (HQ12X02912)], (2014) EWHC 2184 (QB), 2 July 2014, accessed 10 October 2014.</ref>		MPS lawyers also maintained the Metropolitan Police's position that they could not confirm or deny whether named individuals had been police officers, other than where those individuals had outed themselves already. This was the subject of trenchant criticism by Justice Bean hearing the case<ref name="guardian.2014.06.11">Rob Evans, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans/2014/jul/11/undercover-police-and-policing-mark-kennedy Police chiefs under pressure to admit truth over women's lawsuit], ''The Guardian'', 11 July 2014, accessed 1 September 2014.</ref>, who noted that Hogan-Howe had already personally confirmed the name of one of the officers ([[Jim Boyling]]) Met lawyers were now prevaricating on.<ref>Mr. Justice Bean,[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2014/2184.html Judgement in case of DIL & ors v Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (HQ12X02912)], (2014) EWHC 2184 (QB), 2 July 2014, accessed 10 October 2014.</ref>
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		+	Following the formal opening of the [[Pitchford Inquiry]] into the undercover policing scandals on 28 July 2015, Hogan-Howe told BBC London radio:<ref>Justin Davenport, [http://www.pressreader.com/uk/london-evening-standard-west-end-final-a/20150728/281719793286472/TextView Met boss praises 'brave' covert officers], ''London Evening Standard'', 28 July 2015 (accessed 30 July 2015).</ref>
		+	: We will make the case that our undercover officers are incredibly brave. They deal with some very dangerous people adn we think this is a vital part of our toolset... this is an important tactic but equally it has to be done within the law.

	* ''See also [[Use of Identities of Children]] and [[Sexual_relations \| sexual relations by undercover police]].''		* ''See also [[Use of Identities of Children]] and [[Sexual_relations \| sexual relations by undercover police]].''

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 The Spearitt family complaint has been merged in with the larger IPCC investigation into the policing of the disaster created following the release of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report.<ref>[http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/investigation_commissioner_reports/Hillsborough_Update_December_2013.pdf Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe], ''IPCC Hillsborough investigation update'', 16 December 2013, page 4, accessed 26 August 2014.</ref>
-== Merceyside police - 1998: paedophile MP cover-up ==
+== Merseyside police - 1998: paedophile MP cover-up ==
 Hogan-Howe was an Assistant Chief Constable at Merseyside in 1998 when the force uncovered claims one of Tony Blair’s ministers was a suspected paedophile. In March 2015 it was revealed that the investigation was dropped back in the days to avoid an embarrassing political scandal.

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 ::It’s inconceivable to think that senior Merseyside officers would not have known.
-Scotland Yard however claimed Hogan-Howe's innocence: “The Commissioner did not have day-to-day involvement and does not recollect details about the investigation, those suspected or any associated allegations made regarding politicians.
+Scotland Yard however claimed Hogan-Howe's innocence: 'The Commissioner did not have day-to-day involvement and does not recollect details about the investigation, those suspected or any associated allegations made regarding politicians.
 The Independent Police Complaints Commission announced in March 2015, that they will “manage” the investigation that was already being conducted by the Metropolitan Police’s [[Directorate of Professional Standards]].<ref name = Mirror1/>  Concerns were raised about the police investigating itself. Yvette Cooper, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, said:<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/16/police-watchdog-investigate-claims-met-covered-up-child-abuse Police watchdog to investigate claims Met covered up child abuse], ''The Guardian'', 16 March 2015 (accessed 19 March 2015)</ref>

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 Hogan-Howe was an Assistant Chief Constable at Merseyside in 1998 when the force uncovered claims one of Tony Blair’s ministers was a suspected paedophile. In March 2015 it was revealed that the investigation was dropped back in the days to avoid an embarrassing political scandal.
-The discoveries about sexual abuse of children by senior politicians were made by Operation Care, an investigation resulting in the arrest of care home boss Michael Carroll. He had abused children in the North West before taking charge of Angell Road children’s home in Brixton, South London. The Liverpool-based team took the case to London to investigate the involvement of the Blair minister and other suspects. However, the Metropolitan Police detective who had been working alongside Operation Care, [[Clive Driscoll]] was issued with disciplinary proceedings after naming the serving Blair minister as a suspect in November 1998. The investigation was shut down and Mr Driscoll was removed just afterwards, and disciplinary moves were later dropped.<ref name = Mirror1> Tom Pettifor, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/metropolitan-police-chief-sir-bernard-5353419 Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe facing probe over child abuse 'cover-up'], 17 March 2015, Daily Mirror (accessed 19 March 2015</ref><ref>Ben Quinn, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/16/uk-detective-removed-post-alleged-child-abuse-claims Scotland Yard detective 'removed over plan to investigate child abuse claims'], ''the Guardian'', 16 July 2014 (accessed 19 Maruch 2015)</ref>
+The discoveries about sexual abuse of children by senior politicians were made by Operation Care, an investigation resulting in the arrest of care home boss Michael Carroll. He had abused children in the North West before taking charge of Angell Road children’s home in Brixton, South London. The Liverpool-based team took the case to London to investigate the involvement of the Blair minister and other suspects. However, the Metropolitan Police detective who had been working alongside Operation Care, [[Clive Driscoll]] was issued with disciplinary proceedings after naming the serving Blair minister as a suspect in November 1998. The investigation was shut down and Mr Driscoll was removed just afterwards, and disciplinary moves were later dropped.<ref name = Mirror1> Tom Pettifor, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/metropolitan-police-chief-sir-bernard-5353419 Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe facing probe over child abuse 'cover-up'], 17 March 2015, Daily Mirror (accessed 19 March 2015</ref><ref>Ben Quinn, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/16/uk-detective-removed-post-alleged-child-abuse-claims Scotland Yard detective 'removed over plan to investigate child abuse claims'], ''the Guardian'', 16 July 2014 (accessed 19 March 2015)</ref>
 A Merseyside officer involved in Operation Care, [[Colin Leeman]], who would become a staff officer for Hogan-Howe when the latter joined Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. A source close to the Operation, interviewed by MP Tom Watson, said:<ref name = Mirror1/>

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	The Spearitt family complaint has been merged in with the larger IPCC investigation into the policing of the disaster created following the release of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report.<ref>[http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/investigation_commissioner_reports/Hillsborough_Update_December_2013.pdf Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe], ''IPCC Hillsborough investigation update'', 16 December 2013, page 4, accessed 26 August 2014.</ref>		The Spearitt family complaint has been merged in with the larger IPCC investigation into the policing of the disaster created following the release of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report.<ref>[http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/investigation_commissioner_reports/Hillsborough_Update_December_2013.pdf Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe], ''IPCC Hillsborough investigation update'', 16 December 2013, page 4, accessed 26 August 2014.</ref>
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		+	== Merceyside police - 1998: paedophile MP cover-up ==
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		+	Hogan-Howe was an Assistant Chief Constable at Merseyside in 1998 when the force uncovered claims one of Tony Blair’s ministers was a suspected paedophile. In March 2015 it was revealed that the investigation was dropped back in the days to avoid an embarrassing political scandal.
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		+	The discoveries about sexual abuse of children by senior politicians were made by Operation Care, an investigation resulting in the arrest of care home boss Michael Carroll. He had abused children in the North West before taking charge of Angell Road children’s home in Brixton, South London. The Liverpool-based team took the case to London to investigate the involvement of the Blair minister and other suspects. However, the Metropolitan Police detective who had been working alongside Operation Care, [[Clive Driscoll]] was issued with disciplinary proceedings after naming the serving Blair minister as a suspect in November 1998. The investigation was shut down and Mr Driscoll was removed just afterwards, and disciplinary moves were later dropped.<ref name = Mirror1> Tom Pettifor, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/metropolitan-police-chief-sir-bernard-5353419 Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe facing probe over child abuse 'cover-up'], 17 March 2015, Daily Mirror (accessed 19 March 2015</ref><ref>Ben Quinn, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/16/uk-detective-removed-post-alleged-child-abuse-claims Scotland Yard detective 'removed over plan to investigate child abuse claims'], ''the Guardian'', 16 July 2014 (accessed 19 Maruch 2015)</ref>
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		+	A Merseyside officer involved in Operation Care, [[Colin Leeman]], who would become a staff officer for Hogan-Howe when the latter joined Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. A source close to the Operation, interviewed by MP Tom Watson, said:<ref name = Mirror1/>
		+	::The senior investigating officer at the time would have been expected to have reported to his senior officers the fact a serving government minister had come under suspicion.
		+	::It’s inconceivable to think that senior Merseyside officers would not have known.
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		+	Scotland Yard however claimed Hogan-Howe's innocence: “The Commissioner did not have day-to-day involvement and does not recollect details about the investigation, those suspected or any associated allegations made regarding politicians.
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		+	The Independent Police Complaints Commission announced in March 2015, that they will “manage” the investigation that was already being conducted by the Metropolitan Police’s [[Directorate of Professional Standards]].<ref name = Mirror1/> Concerns were raised about the police investigating itself. Yvette Cooper, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, said:<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/16/police-watchdog-investigate-claims-met-covered-up-child-abuse Police watchdog to investigate claims Met covered up child abuse], ''The Guardian'', 16 March 2015 (accessed 19 March 2015)</ref>
		+	::Given the gravity of the crimes being investigated, it is worrying this is not a fully independent investigation.
		+	::Instead the Met will lead this work with oversight from the IPCC. Surely this should be done by an independent investigator or, at the very least an alternate force.
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		+	Theresa May said officers may face charges over the VIP child abuse. The Home Secretary told the Home Affairs Committee: 'There needs to be no suggestion of any further cover-up in the work of an investigation of what seems to have been a cover-up.<ref name = Mirror1/>

	==Chief Constable of Merseyside Police - 2004: Total policing==		==Chief Constable of Merseyside Police - 2004: Total policing==

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 ==Career and controversies==
-==South Yorkshire Police - 1989: Hillsburough ==
+==South Yorkshire Police - 1989: Hillsborough ==
 Bernard Hogan-Howe played a role in the aftermath of the notorious football disaster in which took place on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The first official inquiry into it was chaired by Lord Justice [[Peter Taylor]] and reported in 1990. The event has been the subject of a long campaign by the families of the 96 fans who died, who claimed that the police had initially smeared the fans to hide their mismanagement of the event.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster Hillsborough Disaster], ''Wikipedia'', accessed 26 August 2014.</ref> There have been long-standing concerns that officers accounts of the day which conflicted with the official police story were deliberately suppressed or altered before being passed the Taylor Inquiry in order to protect the reputation of South Yorkshire police and the senior officers involved in policing the event.<ref>[http://hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/ Hillborough Independent Panel], website, accessed 26 August 2014</ref> This resulted in a new inquest to be established in 2014<ref>[http://hillsboroughinquests.independent.gov.uk/ Hillsborough Inquest], website, accessed 26 August 2014</ref> as well as a large scale investigation by the [[Independent Police Complaints Authority]], including into the handling of the aftermath by South Yorkshire Police and the later investigation by West Midlands Police.<ref>[http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/hillsborough IPCC Hillsborough investigation and blog], accessed 26 August 2014.</ref>

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 ==An Inspector of Constabulary==
-In October 2009, Hogan-Howe was appointed an Inspector of Constabulary<ref name="bbc.2" />, serving under the Chief Inspector [[Denis O'Connor]]. He was given responsibility for the London and National Offices,<ref name="leveson">[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140122145147/http:/www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Witness-Statement-of-Commissioner-Bernard-Hogan-Howe1.pdf Witness Statement of Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe], ''The Leveson Inquiry'', 20 January 2012, accessed 23 July 2014.</ref> which included overseeing thematic areas of policing such as the police response to the 2012 Olympics, counter-terrorism and serious organised crime.<ref name="telegraph.3" /> He was also HM Inspector of Constabulary for London in 2011 (see below).<ref>[http://www.hmic.gov.uk/news/releases/release-006-2011/ #006/2011 – Review of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit], HM Inspectorate of Constabulary press release, 21 March 2011, accessed 1 June 2014.</ref> Other inspections included the MPS, [[British Transport Police]], the [[Serious Organised Crime Agency]] and [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]]. In January 2011 he led the review of national domestic extremism units.<ref name="mps.profile" />
+In October 2009, Hogan-Howe was appointed an Inspector of Constabulary<ref name="bbc.2" />, serving under the Chief Inspector [[Denis O'Connor]]. He was given responsibility for the London and National Offices,<ref name="leveson">[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140122145147/http:/www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Witness-Statement-of-Commissioner-Bernard-Hogan-Howe1.pdf Witness Statement of Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe], ''The Leveson Inquiry'', 20 January 2012, accessed 23 July 2014.</ref> which included overseeing thematic areas of policing such as the police response to the 2012 Olympics, counter-terrorism and serious organised crime.<ref name="telegraph.3" /> He was also HM Inspector of Constabulary for London in 2011 (see below).<ref>[http://www.hmic.gov.uk/news/releases/release-006-2011/ #006/2011 – Review of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit], HM Inspectorate of Constabulary press release, 21 March 2011, accessed 1 June 2014.</ref> Other inspections included the MPS, [[British Transport Police]], the [[Serious Organised Crime Agency]] and [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]]. In January 2011 he led the review of national domestic extremism units (see below).<ref name="mps.profile" />
 ==Metropolitan Police Service - 2011 to the present: Commissioner==

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	'''Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, QPM''' is a leading UK police officer who served as Chief Constable of Merseyside Police before becoming the Commissioner of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].		'''Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, QPM''' is a leading UK police officer who served as Chief Constable of Merseyside Police before becoming the Commissioner of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].

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 ===Racism and corruption: Spying on the Lawrence family===
-The [[Ellison Review | Stephen Lawrence Independent Review]] by Mark Ellison, QC, published in March 2014, found that the family of Stephen Lawrence had been spied up by undercover police, something that cost the Head of [[Counter Terrorism Command]], [[Richard Walton]], his job.
+Another investigation that tainted the reputation of Hogan-Howe was the [[Ellison Review | Stephen Lawrence Independent Review]] by Mark Ellison, QC into corruption and spying in the case of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. The Review, published in March 2014, found that the family of Stephen Lawrence had been spied up by undercover police (for which the Head of [[Counter Terrorism Command]], [[Richard Walton]] was temporarily removed from his job).
-It also found that large number of files from [[Operation Othona]], the anti-corruption drive in the MPS in late 1990s had been destroyed. Among these investigations had been inquiries into DS [[John_Davidson_(Police_Officer) | John Davidson]] who'd been implicated in corruption in the murder investigations of private investigator [[Daniel Morgan]], who had threatened to expose police corruption and black teenager [[Stephen Lawrence]].
 It soon became clear that the shredding of the files occurred not in 2003 as originally believed, but in 2001 when Hogan Howe was the assistant commissioner for human resources with the Met.<ref>Stephen Wright, James Slack &amp; Richard Pendlebury, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2589149/We-doing-Met-chief-fire-fronts-dismisses-call-inquiry-Scotland-Yard-absolute-nonsense.html The police chief who doesn't have a clue: As shredded corruption files storm grows, Met boss tells MPs, 'I don't even know what's missing'], ''Daily Mail'', 25 March 2014, accessed 5 September 2014.</ref>