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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13127143 In the 260-acre grounds of Bramshill police college, deep in the Hampshire countryside, is a quirky 1980s style building partially hidden from view. Good read, enjoy!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13127143 In the 260-acre grounds of Bramshill police college, deep in the Hampshire countryside, is a quirky 1980s style building partially hidden from view. It has several sloping roofs and is affectionately called the Sunken Pizza Hut. In fact it is Foxley Hall and it houses one of the most secretive parts of the police service - the Serious Crime Analysis Section, Scas for short. The little-known unit - part of the National Policing Improvement Agency - analyses the most serious sexual attacks and stranger killings in the UK to find links between them and provide police with potential lines of inquiry. Established in 1998, Scas was b…

Tough position to be in....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-13127533 Results from cases heard at Birmingham Magistrates' Court are being put on Twitter by West Midlands Police. Ch Supt Stephen Armstrong said there had been a decline in court reporting in recent years and the initiative was designed to make the public more aware of the cases police deal with. WMPolice West Midlands Police 22 yr old Birmingham man owing £2,374 fines due to re-appear tomorrow to provide evidence of his income #wmpcts24 seconds ago Favorite Retweet ReplyWMPolice West Midlands Police Correction: The 39 year old man who stole wine received a £115 fine taken from his benefits, not a £15 fine #wmpcts2 …

I take it nobody at The Scum knows the difference between a Kings and Queens Crown. And the Fact it has not been used in a very very long time! COPS were enraged by a drive to get sick officers back on duty when it was dubbed Operation Retsaw - WASTER spelt backwards. Top brass were yesterday forced to issue a grovelling apology over the insinuation those too ill to work were swinging the lead. Hampshire Police's assistant chief constable Steve Dann launched a probe into who came up with the name, branding it "unfortunate and regrettable". He said: "This action falls short of the standards of behaviour I expect of my staff. I am personally extremely disappointed. An …

I personally am disgusted that he is out of jail even for a day! What does it take to keep criminals BEHIND bars these days?

I wonder why S.35 Offences Against the Person Act wasn't used in any of the cases referred to here - or was it? No doubt someone here will be able to shed some light either way... EDIT: Tidying up the quote a bit!

been searching on Youtube for any vids of the protest but cant seem to find any.

A decent report from the DM, a rarity indeed. The suspect stared at me with hooded eyes, devoid of any emotion or conscience. His emaciated figure was so wrecked by heroin abuse that he could barely raise his arms. Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1J23Bsekh As i read more, the better this article got.

Police have launched an interactive DVD aimed at breaking down barriers between The Puppet Company's Steve Wright with pupils from Cockburn School. [/url]officers and young people. ‘Who do you think you’re talking to?’ is directed at both officers and youths and includes interviews with both groups about their perceptions of one another. http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/?Page=5560|DVD+Launched+to+Help+Improve+Relationships+Between+Police+and+Young+People Know what i mean like, now you can talk to me cause i talk youth lingo, know what i mean like? cause i don`t.

Source: WH Times Nothing to say really apart from madness.

A thug who ordered his pitbull to attack a police officer in Paddington has been jailed for five and a half years. PC Jim Russell and a colleague were called to reports of men fighting with their dogs in Bouverie Place. The officers traced two of the people involved, a man and a woman, to a house in nearby St Michael's Street. <div id="more" class="asset-more"> While the police were there, 25-year-old Ashley Gillard turned up with a pitbull dog. As PC Russell held the pitbull's lead, a police dog handler told Gillard his dog would be seized. Gillard then gave the pitbull a command to attack and the dog bit him deeply on the arm. He was arres…

3-Year-Old Tips Police Off to Mom's Hidden Marijuana http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/top_stories/3-year-old-confesses-to-police-where-his-mom-hid-marijuana-03312011-ktbcw " if he had "found his mom's weed". "