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Before posting news stories...Rules!
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This section of the forum is for you to post any UK police related story that may be of interest to other forum members. Please note that due to copyright restrictions you must only include the title, the first line of the article and a link to the original article. Articles from the BBC can be posted in full, but must also include a link to the original article. So before posting an article from a newspaper please check to see if it is available from the BBC instead. We are allowed to post a limited number of Police Oracle articles, in full, each month. Therefore, if you want to share a Police Oracle story, please only include the first line of the artic…
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https://policehour.co.uk/2021/02/filming-in-public-how-should-the-police-respond-to-uk-auditors/ Interesting article about dealing with those filming 'auditors'.
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Findings show over half of Scottish police officers want to carry guns amid surge in assaults 1 2 3 4
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PFOA article link Some interesting comments there. It looks higher to me than other surveys. It presumably just asked about pistols, not carbines etc. Usual slapping down type comments from MSPs, senior officers etc! "David Hamilton, chair of the Scottish Police Federation said the Norwegian model – where officers do not carry firearms but keep them routinely locked in their patrol cars in case they need them – “deserves to be considered”". Hm, don't think that is particularly useful, if you are under attack, often there is little warning in places like North America (where firearms are worn on person)> The only useful …
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Daily mail. Disgraced head of Met's shambolic VIP sex abuse inquiry is blocked from top crime job after vote of no confidence
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The disgraced head of Scotland Yard’s shambolic VIP sex abuse inquiry has been blocked from taking over Britain’s version of the FBI. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10025827/Steve-Rodhouse-headed-Met-Polices-shambolic-VIP-sex-abuse-inquiry-blocked-crime-job.html
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NCA. West Midlands van driver charged over £7 million cocaine and heroin haul in Dover
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National Crime Agency investigators have charged a van driver from Birmingham with attempting to import a huge haul of class A drugs, following a seizure at Dover. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/west-midlands-van-driver-charged-over-7-million-cocaine-and-heroin-haul-in-dover
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This time they were removed in about 20/25 minutes. Note a member of the clergy!
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Daily express. Ten years for knife thug who almost blinded police hero
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A THUG who twice slashed a police officer with a knife has been jailed for 10 years. Richard Jefford, 39, was in a "drug-fuelled" rage when he attacked PC Steve Reid, 46, in the street. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1493895/man-attack-policeman-jailed-ten-years-nottingham-crown-court
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Met police news. Twenty-one vehicles seized in 'car meet' operation
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A police operation targeting disruptive ‘car meets’ in south London has resulted in 21 vehicle seizures in just one evening https://news.met.police.uk/news/twenty-one-vehicles-seized-in-car-meet-operation-434121
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Met police news. Detectives appeal for help to find siblings missing from north London
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Detectives are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of four children missing from their home in north London. https://news.met.police.uk/news/detectives-appeal-for-help-to-find-siblings-missing-from-north-london-434143
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Daily express. London shooting horror as capital rocked by grim night of violence – one dead, two injured
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ONE MAN has been killed, and two others injured, in a series of north London shootings that are believed to be connected. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1494698/London-news-shooting-Wood-Green-Met-Police-latest-arrest-injured-emergency
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COP26: Armed police prepare for biggest deployment
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Link to PFOA article
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Daily mail. Two married police officers IGNORED call-outs to an assault and burglary to have sex in squad car: Bosses bugged vehicle over suspicions about affair
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Two Surrey Police officers ignored call-outs to a burglary and a hospital to have sex in a squad car while on duty, a disciplinary panel has heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10008119/Two-married-police-officers-IGNORED-call-outs-assault-burglary-sex-squad-car.html good job they both resigned from the Surrey force as they are not fit to serve as police officers.😠
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The devastated father of two children found dead alongside their mother and best friend at a semi-detached house in Derbyshire yesterday during a 'sleepover' wept as he laid flowers outside the property today and said: 'I can't believe I'll never see them again.' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10008609/Mother-two-children-best-friend-dead-house-Derbyshire.html
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Daily express. Police officer accused of ‘repeatedly punching’ pensioner- breaking nose, eye socket & jaw
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A MET POLICE officer allegedly punched a pensioner after stopping him for a broken brake light. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1492890/met-police-punch-pensioner-Bromley
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Daily express. Armed police swarm Lowestoft as locals panic with 'gunman on loose'
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POLICE have swarmed a Suffolk town this afternoon after reports of a "gunman on the loose." https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1493133/Lowestoft-emergency-Armed-police-seal-off-busy-road-gunman-local-suffolk-latest-news
