UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rshire-13405081 lets hope the officer makes a full and speedy recovery

Well, apparently he is.....at least in the case of his most famous robbery: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13516591 Pity that he's still a convicted armed blagger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Davis_(armed_robber)#Further_robberies

This appeared on ITV news this morning, trying to find the article relating to it. Basically saying a Met officer was stabbedin Bute Road Croydon last night, whilst on foot patrol. Will try and find article. I hope this officer has a speedy recovery, stay safe out there everyone, always be vigilant. Thoughts are with his friends, family and colleagues.

Tens of thousands of children are being arrested every year but only one in three gets taken to court, figures show. Almost 250,000 children aged 10-17 were arrested in 2009, including almost 28,000 under 14, but only 81,500 were sentenced by a court and 5,176 were jailed. The Howard League for Penal Reform said the figures showed "an excessive and inappropriate use of arrest for children". It warned the situation could deteriorate if police and crime commissioners, which will be elected to oversee forces for the first time next year, see children as an easy and popular target to boost arrests. Frances Crook, the charity's director, said: "Children are 'low-hanging fr…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-13237702 I know how well thought of he is.

Lancashire Police 'donor blunder' over Jane Clough A murder victim was denied her wish to be an organ donor because of of police blunder, her family have revealed Lancashire Police told the family of murdered nurse Jane Clough in a letter it would now improve training for its officers after their complaints. Penny and John Clough said they were told by police it could not be done as it would affect the suspect's right to demand a second post-mortem test. The force said it was currently investigating the issues. Ms Clough's parents said they learned they were misinformed by a police officer who made a mistake. Mrs Clough, who is an intensive care nurse, said: "I kne…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13490742 An online training course has been launched to help police officers and the emergency services prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The first of three parts focuses on safety and security, plus information about venues, the torch relay and cultural celebrations. The second will look at command and control structures, while the third provides police operational briefings. The course is produced by the National Policing Improvement Agency. It said the aim was to increase understanding of the Games among the 250,000 police officers and staff plus 50,000 fire and ambulance personnel across Britain. Police officers due to take…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-13467155 A former police officer has been jailed for six months for falsifying documents to avoid speeding fines. Jason Butler, 45, was a detective constable with Avon and Somerset Police at the time he committed the offences, Plymouth Crown Court was told. Butler, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, claimed someone else owned and was driving a VW Sharan caught on speed cameras in 2008 and 09. He admitted two counts of perverting the course of justice last month. Sentencing Butler to three months in jail on each count, Judge Francis Gilbert QC said the case was a tragedy for him, his family and former colleagues…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-13500009 Police officers are to be asked to donate more from their salaries to ensure the future of two treatment centres for ill or injured personnel. Based in North Yorkshire and Perthshire, the centres are largely funded by voluntary donations from serving officers. The Police Treatment Centres charity fears its income is likely to fall amid a reduction in police numbers. From this summer, the charity said it would ask officers to give more. The centres, at Harrogate in North Yorkshire and at Castlebrae in Perthshire, treated almost 4,000 retired and serving police officers in 2009/10. It costs £4m a year…

Source: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=47056&c=1 The Independent Police Complaints Commission is set to reveal within days whether it thinks the Met Police deliberately misled the media after the death of newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protest in London on 1 April, 2009. The IPCC investigation was triggered by allegations that police officers and press officers at the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police briefed the media against pursuing the story and attempted to cover up details of Tomlinson’s death. The investigation has reviewed all police press office contact, including all prepared press line…

Motorists are being reminded that a new law comes into force in a month's time which will require them to make sure their vehicle is insured. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13493056 An advertising campaign is being launched to publicise the change, which means people can be fined without actually driving the car. There are estimated to be about 1.4 million motorists without insurance. At the moment uninsured drivers are prosecuted only after they have been caught actually driving. Although police cars have number plate recognition technology which can check cars against a database, it still requires police time to enforce. From next month, a new offence will be brough…

Police guidelines which allow forces to retain the fingerprints and DNA samples of innocent people are unlawful, a panel of leading British judges ruled today. The ruling was made by the Supreme Court in London nearly three years after the European Court of Human Rights reached a similar conclusion. Judges said Government plans for changes to the law were already in the pipeline. The 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act required the destruction of samples and fingerprints 'taken from a person in connection with the investigation of an offence if he was cleared', said judges. But the law changed in 2001 and gave police the discretion to retain samples 'after they have fu…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-13486698 Lucky it was stuffed I guess

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b011f69l/Question_Time_19_05_2011/ Ken Clarke can go.

Nick Herbert told he should be ashamed about planned 'slash and burn' reforms during annual Police Federation conference http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/17/police-give-minister-cutting-reception There is a start for you, now maybe Police federation will do something really useful.