#chief coroner

LONDON | UK coroner cites security shortcomings in officer’s death

LONDON — Britain’s chief coroner has said that security failures may have played a role in the stabbing death of a policeman killed during an extremist attack on Parliament last year.

Coroner Mark Lucraft said Wednesday that “shortcomings in the security system” meant armed officers weren’t guarding an entrance to Parliament when an extremist stabbed policeman Keith Palmer to death on March 22,…

About a month ago, I was taking a rare trip on the subway (I prefer streetcars) during rush hour and was lucky enough to get a seat.   As the car swelled with passengers getting on at St. George, I found myself presented with a fixed view of a man’s satchel.  As bags go, it was ok – black, utililitarian, nothing special.  But what caught my eye was that smack in the centre of it was the seal of…