>Guidelines setting out when police should name people involved in criminal investigations were codified by the College of Policing, the professional body for forces in England and Wales, in the wake of the Leveson inquiry in 2012. The public inquiry was set up in the aftermath of the phone-hacking scandal to investigate the relationship between the press and the police.
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>Scotland Yard has insisted it will not identify anyone caught up in “partygate” in line with the College of Policing Approved Professional Practice for Media Relations, which states: “Identities of people dealt with by cautions, speeding fines and other fixed penalties – out-of-court disposals – should not be released or confirmed.”
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>([‘Partygate’ police ‘hiding behind’ Leveson privacy guidelines by not naming those given fines](https://archive.ph/DwKP6))
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the article itself ain’t far off…
>Guidelines setting out when police should name people involved in criminal investigations were codified by the College of Policing, the professional body for forces in England and Wales, in the wake of the Leveson inquiry in 2012. The public inquiry was set up in the aftermath of the phone-hacking scandal to investigate the relationship between the press and the police.
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>Scotland Yard has insisted it will not identify anyone caught up in “partygate” in line with the College of Policing Approved Professional Practice for Media Relations, which states: “Identities of people dealt with by cautions, speeding fines and other fixed penalties – out-of-court disposals – should not be released or confirmed.”
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>([‘Partygate’ police ‘hiding behind’ Leveson privacy guidelines by not naming those given fines](https://archive.ph/DwKP6))
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>>Dominic ‘[Brains](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0c7c29dd3b88d9de8a66b097da2f137c34c05cdb/0_0_2784_1670/500.jpg?quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d48dbc290e911ceb13d68bc22c57efc2)’ Raab