UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11993491 A judge swore and stormed out of court after being convicted of failing to keep her dog under control. The dog belonging to Judge Beatrice Bolton, 57, who sits at Newcastle Crown Court, attacked a student as he sunbathed in his parents' garden. Frederick Becker, 20, was in the garden in Rothbury, Northumberland, in May when the German Shepherd bit his leg. Bolton, who was asked during the trial to stop chewing gum, denied one charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act. The judge strode out of Carlisle Magistrates Court when the verdict was announced and swore, calling it a "travesty". She was also heard shouting: "I'll never se…

A Surrey Police officer has been suspended after being charged with drug dealing. if this is the case the man is a fool .http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8461534.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11993436 The government has revealed that 93 magistrates' courts are to be closed in England and Wales. Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly also said the government would shut 49 County Courts, as part of its deficit-reduction programme. These figures are slightly lower than the 103 magistrates courts and 54 county courts previously earmarked for closure. Mr Djanogly told MPs the current system was "unsustainable". There are some 300 magistrates' courts, who deal with minor crimes, crown court committal hearings and licensing applications. It is estimated that closing the courts will save the government at least £15m a year in …

Police Officers suspended on full pay during disciplinary proceedings have been paid £53million in five years, it emerged yesterday http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Suspended...-53m_22246.html and it makes wonder why the police have no money to spend on more officers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11993070 An investigation into how an 18-month-old girl was handed to a stranger at a south London police station has found multiple failings by the officers involved. Audrey Nyanor was taken from Walworth police station by Ania Mulange, 31, who police thought was a relative, in 2009. The young girl was found in Harlesden, north London, three days later. The Independent Police Complaints Commission has told five officers involved to attend misconduct meetings. The toddler's mother, Cynthia Boakye, 36, had been arrested in December in Walworth over alleged immigration offences. Audrey, who had been taken to the station with…

A Metropolitan Police firearms officer is under investigation after a Taser was lost when he drove off with it still on the roof of a police vehicle. The weapon was left on top of the vehicle as the officer left a briefing at a force firearms base in Norfolk Row, Lambeth, between 0700 GMT and 0830 GMT on Tuesday. Officers said the stun gun and four cartridges were left on the roof. Police realised it was missing at about 1000 GMT. The Taser is believed to have fallen off somewhere between Norfolk Row and Vauxhall Cross, where the officer had stopped to refuel. Scotland Yard said the officer concerned had been taken off operational firearms duties. A spokesperson s…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11950517 Sensors used in the US to detect gunshots being discharged have been installed in areas of Birmingham with a high number of firearms incidents. It is the first time the Shotspotter Gunshot Location System - which can pick up gunshots within a 25m (82ft) radius - has been deployed in the UK. West Midlands Police said the sensors had been placed high up on buildings in north-west areas of the city. The £150,000 system records an audio clip and sends police a GPS location. A police officer trained to listen to the clips then makes a judgement on what they have heard before deploying officers. The system, …

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Police front desks in Devon and Cornwall are to close The majority of front desks at police stations across Devon and Cornwall are to be closed to save money. Thirty four police stations will be affected, including Brixham, Ilfracombe, St Ives and Looe, and 60 civilian jobs will be lost.The force said most members of the public now contact the police via phone or internet. It said front desks would be replaced with "effective" wall phones and an appointment system. The desks at 23 police stations in Devon and Cornwall will remain in operation, with extended opening hours at evenings and weekends. It means there should still be a station with a functioning front desk…

My link All well and good for people in London, but what about people in the North West. What about the families who are working there who earn less than 26K, its a bit of a kick in the teeth for them. They may as well go on benefits and be better off. And what about all the new benefit snoopers they will have to employ to crack down on people who are living together, but claim they are not!! Its time the govt built a load of ugly cheap council houses and put them in there. Scrap the benefits for private housing. This way they will be able to keep an eye on whos living where and with who! If people dont want to work then they should be on the breadline and be give…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-11944021 England cricketer Graeme Swann's drink driving trial should not continue because a blood sample was used unlawfully, his solicitor has claimed. Mr Swann's Porsche Cayenne was stopped by police in Nottingham in April. During legal submissions at the city's magistrates' court, Phillip Lucas said a second sample should not have been analysed when a first was suitable. But the district judge ruled there was a case to answer, and the trial will now resume next year. Mr Swann, who is with the England team contesting the Ashes series in Australia, was pulled over in West Bridgford on 2 April. At an earlier heari…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-11978884 They all go on about this poor chap Alfie Meadows and the way i read it His mother Susan Matthews said police objected to him being treated at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. and allso i cant see the police stopping any one going to hospital and all the news bang on about his the student,s well lets have a little time for the police officers that was injured as that never makes the news or how they are doing, the police done well in my opinion and i dont take all the news as gospel and i do have a open mind in what is said on both sides.

starnews.co.nz , Friday December 10 , 2010 , page A5 " It seems a speeding driver can't escape one very long arm of the law - one policeman has now ticketed him on both sides of the world . Former london policeman Constable Andy Flitton , now an officer in Rangiora , could only laugh when a man he had just reprimanded recognised him as the officer who ticketed him in Britain two years earlier . Now with the traffic unit for the Rangiora police , Mr. Flitton stopped the speeding driver near Leithfield in late September . On asking the driver for details , the man produced his South African and British licences and pold Mr. Flitton he had just emigrated from England w…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-11949522 A police officer tried to escape prosecution after his car was twice photographed speeding in Bedfordshire, a jury has heard. Police examined images which proved Mark Williams, 30, of Luton, was driving the vehicle in the town on both occasions, Luton Crown Court was told. Mr Williams, an officer with the Metropolitan Police, denies two charges of perverting the course of justice. The prosecution told jurors he claimed his number plate had been cloned. After using the same excuse after the second offence on 10 February 2010, police re-examined photographs taken by a speed camera and could tell Mr Williams…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-11975958 An acting deputy chief constable and two other officers have been suspended over allegations of gross misconduct and fraud. Gordon Fraser took up the senior post in Leicestershire in January. He had worked in the West Midlands police force for 22 years. Two unidentified West Midlands officers have been suspended and a member of the public is also being investigated. The suspensions are all said to relate to officers' business interests. In a statement Leicestershire Police Authority confirmed Mr Fraser's suspension from duty. "This follows on from an allegation received in relation to a business interest …