UK Policing News

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23922226-boriss-plan-for-more-bobbies-on-the-beat.do Does this finally mean I get a start date? another link below: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23922222-london-to-get-extra-police-by-2012-as-boris-johnson-puts-officers-into-schools-and-transport.do

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/8848446.ORPINGTON___UPDATE__Special_constable__comatose__after_motorcycle_crash/ probably known by some here, hope he gets well soon.

Hats off to Greater Manchester Police here - they've made a spoof "hotel" website for the Drunken Disorderly Inn. I'm sure we've all met some guests who have stayed there in the past

A man walks into your Police station with a surface-to-air missile, what do you do? This is what some Officers would do A surface-to-air missile was taken to a police station, causing chaos in a Black Country town centre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-black-country-12419687 Shame BBC cannot spell correctly. centre, center.

A POLICE chief sparked outrage ­yesterday by banning officers from tackling yobs who hang about after dark in a children's playground. http://www.express.c...k#ixzz1CX9boeBz Do Police ever shut their eyes? It can get awfully dark under those blankets.

My link Poor lad. The offenders parents should be held responsible. Thats what being a parent means, taking responsibility. You certainly wouldnt see my 13 year old out on a field with a golf club and ball.

Source About time! Already posted in MET forum. Feel free to delete this if required.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...reland-12433166 what can one say after the person did it again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...dshire-12439308 The police officer blinded has started training to run the London Marathon 26-mile event on 17 April to raise cash for the charity he has set up. allso i wish him the very best of luck and i admire him for what he is doing and the funds raised for him by Staffordshire police officers

Test on Drink Drivers Stopped - Source http://www.metro.co.uk/news/855099-tests-on-drink-drivers-stopped I was reading this in the metro this morning Safety campaigners warned of a possible ‘free-for-all’ as work stopped on all new blood and urine samples taken from suspected drink-drivers. Police forces were ordered to put cases on hold – and keep any samples refrigerated – as officials urgently searched for private firms to step in. The situation was condemned as ‘ridiculous’ by the mother of a man killed by a drink-driver, while police officers warned more people could now get behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The Forensic Science Ser…

This is just fantastic. Isn't she brave. Really proud of her. http://www.itv.com/news/hero-granny-stops-thief39343/

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http://www.bbc.co.uk...hester-12364741 came across this and i wonder if it will work police officers working with social workers in the same office.