PERSONAL details and the travel plans of every Islander could be tracked under Big Brother-style proposals if Jersey adopts the UK’s e-borders scheme. The proposals have taken Jersey’s Home Affairs Department by surprise. They heard about it in the national media this week before a planned visit to London tomorrow to discuss border issues. Home […]
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Street crime: New task force
A TASK force is being launched to fight rising levels of anti-social behaviour and serious violence on the streets of St Helier.
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New crackdown on teen drinking
CHILDREN could be arrested for drinking alcohol in public under possible new powers to crack down on booze-fuelled violence. Speaking just weeks after being elected as Jersey’s new Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand said that a raft of new measures could be introduced to tackle the escalating problem of binge-drinking among youngsters. The […]
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‘Clamping ban may cause free-for-all’
A BAN on wheel clamping would lead to a free-for-all in St Helier, car park landlords have warned.
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Emergency sitting of the States
AN emergency States sitting has been called in the wake of Senator Stuart Syvret’s arrest over data protection allegations. Using an obscure and rarely enacted provision in the Standing Orders of the States, a group of seven Members have formally requisitioned an emergency sitting. They say they want the States to consider the decisions taken […]
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Time for serious questions to be asked of the police
AT a time when it is all too easy to criticise anything and everything within sight and earshot – and, hands up, I’m as big an offender as others — I offer a word of thanks to three people who have all rendered huge service to this small rock in recent times.
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Police may soon be armed with stun guns
Police officers could soon be armed with Taser stun guns. Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand (pictured) has confirmed that his department are talking to the UK government about importing Tasers into the Island. He says that it is ‘vitally important’ that the States of Jersey Police can use ‘less-lethal’ weapons to handle serious incidents. […]
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Secret dossier on States Members
A secret dossier containing information on every States Member was compiled by the States Police between February 2006 and November 2008, the States were told today.
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Mobile phone deals from prison
PRISONERS are believed to have been masterminding drug deals from La Moye using mobile phones hidden in their cells.
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Time to act on clamping
IT is clear that there can be no parking free-for-all in Jersey.
