UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13675394 A Lancashire Police officer has pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting his wife. Insp Mustaq Patala, 33, was arrested as part of a domestic assault inquiry at his home in the Pleckgate area of Blackburn last year. On Monday, he pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court to two counts of common assault. Patala, based at Greenbank Police Station, was released on conditional bail and will be sentenced on 15 July.

The Police Federation of England and Wales is holding a rally at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster on July 13. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8562166/More-than-2000-frontline-police-to-demonstrate-against-cuts-in-London-next-month.html Question is, why have other forces not joined in?

http://www.telegraph...st-in-full.html Queen's Birthday Honours 2011 It appears only four Officers have received gongs this year. But glad to see Brucey got his Knighthood, good to know it is cheesy jokes crap dancing that wins awards, maybe Officers should be bouncing down the streets yelling out "evening all" So we have, John David Parkinson. Assistant chief Constable, West Yorkshire Police. Sergeant Louis Hylton, who has served as a police officer for West Mercia. Peter Connolly. Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to the Police. Peter William Neyroud, QPM. Chief Constable and chief executive Officer, National Policing Improvement A…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388265/30-police-officers-riot-shields-tackle-Machete-wielding-man-fought-wheelie-bin.html#ixzz1MhrKaA8E Woah. Daily Mail website has a video of the whole incident as well. Ingenious use of the wheelie bins as shields...

Dawn raids on Friday morning saw police arrest four people on suspicion of the murder on the West Kensington Estate of Polish chef Krzysztof Rusek. And, in a double whammy, officers smashed into four properties linked to members of a notorious Shepherd's Bush gang, which is believed to be responsible for a string of robberies and firearms offences. The double raids formed part of Operation Tain, which is targeting violent robbers. Mr Rusek, murdered in cold blood in a garden area of the estate by Lillie Road on Tuesday, was robbed by up to five suspects, some masked, before his killing. A friend and colleague from the Ibis Hotel in Lillie Road escaped injury a…

London PCSO charged over possession of cocaine A Metropolitan Police community support officer has been charged with possessing cocaine. Jennifer Payne, 27, from north London, was arrested on Friday during a police operation targeting drugs outside Kilburn Tube station. She was taken to a north London police station on Friday afternoon and later charged with possession of class A drugs. She has been released on bail to appear at Brent Magistrates' Court on 16 June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13654139

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rshire-13738427 sick when you read a ex police officer is murdered and by reading the news and hope they have got the right scumbags who did this and people do come fordward to help the police with information.

Watchdogs have criticised the "piecemeal and largely uncontrolled" use of out-of-court punishments. The chief inspectors of constabulary and prosecution said the powers were sometimes used for persistent and more serious offenders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13706836 Not sure how i feel about this report. We use tickets, cautions, community resolution etc all the time. They are fastish, cheapish and more practical than trying to shove an endless string of people at court. I have seen prolific offenders given cautions, usually when they admit the offence but we cant take them to court. I have repeatedly seen a shoplifter refused an £80 ticket because of their histr…

A young police constable is facing charges this week after allegedly threatening to kill one of the country's most senior officers. The 28 year-old probationary officer, based at Kensington police station, resigned after being called into the office of Met Police Assistant Commissioner Ian McPherson at Scotland Yard on June 3 to talk about his 'unsatisfactory performance.' He is then said to have gone out drinking before returning to his base in Earls Court Road, where colleagues put him in a police car to drive him home. Once he was in the car, the officer allegedly threatened to kill Mr McPherson, who is in charge of unifo…

ARMED police were sent in to action more than 900 times last year in the West Midlands. Gun-carrying officers are usually only tasked with cases where there is a serious risk of violence and where suspects are believed to be armed. New Home Office figures show that officers from West Midlands Police took part in 933 operations in which firearms were authorised – nearly 18 operations every week. But this is down from 1,109 the year previously. The number of armed operations has fallen every year since 2007. Instead, the force has used what it describes as “intelligence-led†policing to reduce the number of occasions when firearms are needed. The force also deploy…

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9079476.Video_of_drunk_is_a_big_hit_on_YouTube/ A VIDEO clip of a drunken trespasser who fell asleep on a family’s living room floor in North Yorkshire has become a YouTube sensation. More than 150,000 people have watched the clip on the internet site which shows police in Scarborough waking the intruder up. Love some of the daft comments that came with this video on Youtube.

Congratulations to Gurcharan Singh Dhesi. Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Kent) and Police Volunteer Ms Hilary Short. For voluntary service to West Yorkshire Police. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) And to regular officers and Police Staff; Inspector Andrew Wallace Thomlinson, MVO. Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Chief Superintendent Desmond Christopher Stout. Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Peter William Neyroud, QPM. Chief Constable and chief executive Officer, National Policing Improvement Agency. For services to the Police. (Witney, Oxfordshire) Dr John William …

Epsom Derby racegoer injured as train is stopped Epsom Derby The train was packed full of racegoers from Derby Day at Epsom A woman was badly burned as she stepped on to the line when a train packed full of Epsom Derby racegoers was stopped and the doors forced open. The emergency cord was pulled on the Victoria-bound service near South Croydon station, south London, when a fight broke out on Saturday night. Police said the woman, 22, who was in a separate carriage, then climbed out the doors and on to the line. She remains in hospital. Her condition is not thought to be life threatening. British Transport Police (BTP) were called at 2044 BST to reports of a fight b…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-13678266 A self-confessed metal thief who was seriously burned trying to steal live power cables said his injuries were so bad his daughter did not recognise him in hospital. James Sorby, 22, of Cavalier Close, Cross Green, Leeds, was left close to death after being hit with a 21,000 volt shock at a power sub-station. The impact blew part of his skull off, leaving his brain exposed. Leeds magistrates gave him a 12-month community service order for burglary. He said the exact detail of what happened during the incident at Skelton Grange earlier this year is unclear. He said: "All I can remember is going into the empty wareho…