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John O'Connor

John O'Connor is a former commander, Scotland Yard. He headed up the Flying Squad, Operations Commander 5 Area, Force Inspectorate, and led the CID aspect of public order

May 2013

  • fog woman jogging Hampstead Heath

    Thrillers roundup
    Thrillers – review roundup

    Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant, Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Daly, Accidents Happen by Louise Millar, The Face Thief by Eli Gottleib, If I Close My Eyes Now by Edney Silvestre

August 2011

  • London mayor Boris Johnson chats to police officers in 2008

    Tottenham violence is a wake-up call for the police

    John O'Connor

    John O'Connor: The Metropolitan police have taken the easy option by replacing proper law enforcement with courtesy cops in 'no-go areas'

July 2011

  • Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson

    The Met and Murdoch: A cosy relationship that began in Wapping

    John O'Connor

    John O'Connor: No one wanted to acknowledge what was happening between News International and the police until it was too late

January 2010

  • A stab in the back for police from Straw

    John O'Connor
    John O'Connor: Jack Straw's remarks about lazy coppers are politically driven – and suggest he knows little about the nature of grassroots policing

April 2009

  • liberty central
    This is the downside of kettling

    John O'Connor

  • liberty central
    G20: The upside of 'kettling'

    John O'Connor
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