drove by and fired into the crowd of people outside that pub, and it was elle edwards who was hit fatally and died. so let s discuss this case further, joining me now is peter williams, a former merseyside police inspector and senior lecturer at the liverpool centre for advanced policing studies atjohn moores university. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you have obviously been following this case very quickly, what are your reflections on what we have seen so far in terms of the investigation by the police to where we are today? the investigation to where we are today? the investigation in to where we are today? tue: investigation in relation to where we are today? tte: investigation in relation to the police has been a very credible one as was, of course, the investigation which unfortunately we had to witness with the shutting of the nine year old girl, which no doubt viewers remember. that trial was concluded a couple of months ago as well. it illustrates the
Starmers family home has been targeted by radical Just Stop Oil protests. This comes months oil protests. This comes months after rishi sunak home was scaled by greenpeace activists. I think politicians should expect a certain degree of protest of people coming up to them. Of all the rest of it, but to target a family home where your children are, where your relatives who have no interest in front line politics, that surely crosses a line. I think it has a chilling effect. Actually, the fear that you could be doorstepped like that by a protest group or by outside your own family home. Your children may be in there, your loved ones may be in there. Um, in terms of identifying where you live. And so on. And this group, this, this group effect, this, this intimidate after intimidate action going after the family of politicians is its something that clearly this group of protesters have done to, to cause outrage, to cause headlines. But my goodness, if this catches on, if this becomes some
instigate an in depth report by dame carol baker on how we should proceed with regards to drugs, reporting wise, but with equaljustice policy, and they sort of. the researchers who think did a very good job, it is a very good document, they categorised the sort of level of deal, if you like, from at such a street dealing come into four areas, but they note that in two of them, the key drawback is that there is serious intelligence gaps. 0ne the key drawback is that there is serious intelligence gaps. one way we can mitigate that intelligence gaps and the importance of intelligence that viewers need to understand, criminal investigations these days, particularly the proactive ones, they are what we call intelligence led. that means that we know where we are going before we do it, we are not interested in looking around on the street, that policy does not work. one way we can improve that intelligence flow, or kick it again, is by reforming a neighbourhood policing teams, becau
So proud of the bravery of Pc Keith Palmer, so grateful for what he did to keep us safe and i would like to add my tribute to all the policing here At Westminster and the parliamentary staff who acted with such calmness and professionalism yesterday, and i would like to pay tribute to the Emergency Trauma Team at Kings College hospital who are caring the injured. This was an horrific crime and it has cost lives and caused injury, but as an Act Of Terror, it has failed. It has failed because we are here and we are going to go about our business. It has failed because despite the trauma that they witnessed outside their windows, our staff are here and they are getting on with their work. It failed because as the Prime Minister so failed because as the Prime Minister so rightly said, we are not going to allow this to be used as a pretext for division, hatred and islamophobia. This democracy is strong and this parliament is robust. This was an horrific crime but as an Act Of Terror, it has