UK Policing News

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Link Rest in Peace my friend. :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12979770 let,s hope they find him soon .

............................................................ A special constable from Dudley has clocked up a quarter of a century with West Midlands Police, totalling more than 10,000 hours of voluntary work. By day Paul Brown, aged 45, who lives in Halesowen, is a depot manager for BOC Gases in Brierley Hill. But in his spare time he is out on the beat as a “special”. Paul joined up in 1986 on the police J Division, originally based at Dudley, moving to Sedgley before taking up a post at his Lye base in 2002 – now part of Dudley Local Policing Unit. Paul said: “I joined the Special Constabulary to meet the public and help to deal with any issues in their hour of nee…

I think this is big enough to warrant a thread here rather than overseas: Landmines imported into Ireland, says Garda intelligence April 4th, 2011 There are concerns that dissident republicans may be planning to step up their campaign as it emerged that Gardai have intelligence showing a consignment of land mines has recently reached the south of Ireland. The mines are believed to have been manufactured in Eastern Europe and such weapons have never been used in Ireland before. Meanwhile it has emerged that the bomb which killed Constable Ronan Kerr in the North at the weekend was the size of a lunch box and weighed up to half a kilogramme. Police believe the device …

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-12950536 Who are the Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit and why are they commenting on this case?

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-essex-12968479

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12936103 A would-be thief became trapped in a clothes recycling bin for four hours as he tried to steal used clothes. The 28-year-old man had to be cut free by fire officers after he was helped into the bin by an accomplice in Bradley Stoke, near Bristol. CCTV shows the man being pushed into the bin by an accomplice before he is confronted by security staff. The accomplice runs away from the scene and the fire brigade is called to cut the top off the bin. A police statement said the fire service needed to remove the roof of the bin to get him out. "One man had climbed into the bins and was seen to remove items and hand it …

CRIMINALS operating on four troubled borough estates have been warned 'we are watching you'. Hammersmith and Fulham Council will install 131 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras on Bayonne Estate and Lampeter Square, White City Estate and Batman Close and Becklow Gardens in May as part of a £1m council project. Cameras will also be installed at the William Church Estate in May and will be funded by Westfield Shopping Centre as part of a deal struck by the council when the retail giant was granted permission to build in White City. The project aims to improve the borough's existing network of cameras and improve their links to the central control room at Hammersmith Town Hal…

Lytham '£2m Asbo' man overturns 2003 town centre ban A man who has been repeatedly jailed for defying a ban on entering his home town is free to walk its streets again. Simon Frodsham was banned from Lytham town centre by an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) imposed in 2003 - but refused to comply. A district judge, sitting at Blackpool Magistrates' Court, agreed to lift that aspect of the order on Wednesday, his solicitor Stephen Townley said. Two clauses concerning his behaviour in the town remain in place. Frodsham, 41, of no fixed abode, was initially banned from the area for repeatedly shoplifting, begging and sleeping in church doorways. Freedom of movement…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12958975 A suspicious object has been found beneath a vehicle close to a police station in north Belfast. Army bomb experts are examining the object in Tennent Street. Homes and businesses in the area are being evacuated and the road is closed to motorists. The police station is still operational. Woodvale Community Centre in Ohio Street is being made available to those affected by the alert.

East Anglian Daily Times Lakenheath: 1.5km exclusion zone set up around RAF Lakenheath after bomb alert Monday, April 4, 2011 8:55 AM THE ENTRANCE to RAF Lakenheath has been cordoned off due to a bomb alert. Police near RAF Lakenheath where the bomb disposal squad was called toA 1.5KM exclusion zone has been set up around the entrance to RAF Lakenheath due to a bomb alert. The Army bomb disposal unit has been sent to the base af…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12945990 A unit which sees Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire Police share two helicopters instead of each flying their own has been officially launched. The South East Air Support Unit (SEASU) received a single certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority on Friday. The forces believe they can save up to £8m in five years flying two aircraft, based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire and Shoreham airport in West Sussex. Hampshire Police previously used a fixed-wing aircraft. The South East Air Support Unit (SEASU) has been operational since October but Saturday marked the start of operations under a single Police Air Operator's Certifi…

This may be chinese wispers or you could know full well about it, I was on another site and found this ... ( THIS IS NOT ME , THIS IS A QUOTE ) __________ So Tomorrow somewhere between 300,000 and 1 million people are going to march through London from 8 different locations to protest against the Elite rich sucking the working people dry. Too many Cuts, destroying the Education system, destroying the NHS etc etc. I'm going with my 10 year old, ( I needed a reason to not be in the front causing mayhem) Enough is enough, could be on par with Egypt or might be more like belgium. Either way, if you go be safe, record everything that the Police do, don't be intimidated…

Source:BBC News Just goes to show, never underestimate someone just because they are old. Hope the officer recovers well.