UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12276356 The number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been breached has topped 10,000, Home Office figures show. That works out at 56% of all Asbos issued between 1999 - when the measure was introduced - and 2009. In 2009 - the latest year for which data is available - 1,671 Asbos were issued and 1,133 were breached. Ministers say Asbos are "bureaucratic and don't work effectively", and are due to set out new powers shortly. According to the Home Office, a total of 18,566 Asbos have been issued since April 1999 - and 10,380 have been breached at least once. Within that, 67% of orders given to those aged under 18 have been breache…

A man's claim that he was assaulted by police is to be investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12311877 Is this some kind of joke? Near on two years after the event the bloke comes out with this. And do Tasers create that much damage? Something very odd about this one.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1406446_rochdale_policeman_admits_having_sex_with_suicidal_woman_he_was_sent_to_help A policeman had sex with a suicidal woman with alcohol problems he had been sent to help – then took her out drinking. Pc Michael Fletcher slept with the woman in her house and arranged for her to get help for alcohol misuse. He then got her to meet him in a pub later and had sex with her again. Fletcher, 31, from Rochdale, pleaded guilty at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court to two charges of misconduct in a public office. Fletcher admitted ‘engaging in a sexual activity while on duty’ with a vulnerable woman who…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...ashire-12309347 i wonder what the outcome of this case will bring??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12302544 A police officer has been cleared of allegations that he sexually assaulted a man while detaining him in a patrol vehicle in Liverpool. An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation found no evidence to support the complaint against a Merseyside Police officer. An 18-year-old man alleged he was assaulted in a police van on 11 July 2010 at about 1700 BST. The officer denied the allegation and medical checks found no evidence. The man had been a passenger in a car, which police had attempted to stop before he fled on foot, discarding a mobile phone and a packet of white powder, the IPCC said. …

http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-12302143 nice bit of police work all round

Shops in parts of Dundee have started tagging bottles of alcohol as part of a police plan to cut underage drinking levels. Good idea, does the send in a kid to buy drink and see if the shop sells it to them not work?

http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/ National day of action, thou not all the nationals will bother with marching.

Just heard this announced by Trades Union Leaders, they plan a march in London on March 26th 2011 and are calling it a 'National Day of Action' More info as it comes to light. Link Edit: Link added.

A police chief has come under fire for banning his officers from a children's park when it is dark - because it might be too dangerous. Inspector Andy Sullivan warned them to steer clear of the vandalism hotspot after 8pm because of health and safety fears. Residents in Cambridgeshire have complained that drunks and other troublemakers hanging around in the area have made it off-limits for years. But the senior officer told councillors in market town Wisbech it was too risky for them to deal with them the problem at night because the plot was still like a building site, with no lighting. He said they would only visit the £1m Waterlees adventure playground if a crime w…

Are those MET cars?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12297125 An unlawful use of force contributed to the decision of a 14-year-old boy to take his own life at a youth custody centre, an inquest jury has concluded. Adam Rickwood, from Burnley in Lancashire, was found hanged in his cell at Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in County Durham in August 2004. Hours before he died he was struck on the nose, using the Nose Distraction Technique, and carried to his cell. He was the youngest person to die in UK custody in the modern era. The inquest in Easington, County Durham, heard he was an "extremely troubled and vulnerable young man" with a history of cannabis abuse when he was sent t…

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12300675 A police officer has been charged with rape and misconduct in public office following an investigation managed by the police watchdog. Sgt Peter Jee, 36, has been charged in relation to the reported rape of a woman at a house in Rochdale in August 2010. He was bailed by Salford Magistrates' Court to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 17 February. Sgt Jee resigned from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) on 14 January. The officer has been charged following an investigation by the GMP's Professional Standards Branch, managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). An IPCC spokesman said the offence…

A man has been arrested after a Koran was allegedly burned during an anti-Islamic rant, police have said. He was reported to have stood on a street in Carlisle city centre on Wednesday making pronouncements against the Muslim religion in front of a large crowd. The man is then alleged to have set fire to the Koran he was holding before discarding it on the floor and hurrying away. Officers arrived at the scene a short time later and are now investigating. A spokesman for Cumbria Constabulary confirmed that a 32-year-old man has been arrested. He added: "Just after midday on Wednesday, police received reports that a Koran was being burned by a man in Carlisle city cent…