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East Lancs revellers to be shown bad behaviour the morning after 9:00pm Thursday 2nd December 2010 By Vanessa Cornall » Reporter DRUNKEN yobs booked by police during the build up to Christmas will be forced to watch footage of their shocking behaviour after they have sobered up. Police Officers across Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale will be using body cameras and hand held video recorders to film the…

An article on 14 May said that a report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies had revealed that police are using dishonest methods to boost their pay. While the report found that police overtime spending has risen – and said the matter was 'ripe for review' - the suggestion that this was caused by dishonesty or 'tricks' came from the Mail, not the report. Officers can begin claiming overtime 30 minutes after the end of a shift. The claim that officers make arrests outside normal working hours to increase their payments has been aired previously, but we should have made clear that it is conjecture. We apologise for any confusion and the article has been amended. Rea…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11905625 Sixteen people were murdered in England and Wales during 2009-10 after police had been informed about concerns over their safety, the police watchdog says. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was the highest number of killings after police contact for at least five years. IPCC research also shows that no police officers have been convicted over deaths in custody in the past 11 years. The watchdog added that the trend in deaths in custody was still falling. Overall, the IPCC said 86 people died during, or following, contact with police in England and Wales during the year to April 2010. It added that the 16 kill…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11530806 A man prosecuted for driving at 45mph in a 30mph zone has been fined 1p at a court in County Londonderry. Kenneth Kane, 52, from Toberkeigh Road, Bushmills, was stopped by police on the Tobermore Road, Maghera, on 11 May. He was offered a fixed penalty notice but failed to take it up in time. Magherafelt District Judge Desmond Perry fined Mr Kane 1p and "with much regret" put three penalty points on his licence. However, he said the case "should never have been prosecuted". Mr Kane had a completely clear previous record and no penalty points on his driving licence. The judge asked the prosecuting lawyer to look at …

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11908583 A woman who dialled 999 to report the theft of a snowman from outside her home has been branded "completely irresponsible" by Kent Police. The force said the woman, from Chatham, thought the incident required their involvement because she used pound coins for eyes and teaspoons for arms. During the call the woman said: "It ain't a nice road but you don't expect anybody to nick your snowman." Kent Police said officers had given her advice on real 999 emergencies. The force said the call was made at the same time as operators fielded thousands of other phone calls about the heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures in t…

I spotted this in a local newspaper yesterday... A specialist police driver from Southampton caught speeding at almost twice the limit while on the way home to commit suicide has been banned from the roads. After being pulled over for doing 76mph in a 40mph zone at Marchwood, James Brown went back to his home, took an overdose and cut his wrists. New Forest Magistrates heard that before setting off for home he decided to kill himself because of the breakdown of the relationship with his partner, who he was still living with because neither could afford the mortgage alone. Prosecutor Emma Currie said Brown, who works for Wiltshire Police and already had six points on h…

A crooked Sainsbury’s IT worker stole Nectar points from his employers which would have meant he had spent £7million in seven months on his groceries. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1335092/Sainsburys-worker-stole-loyalty-card-points-7m-worth-groceries.html#ixzz170jYweoQ Totally uninteresting story, but have you ever come across someone who you felt, if he/she had not been quite so greedy they would have got away with it? This bloke must have realized that the store owners were going to notice someone who spent 7 million in their store.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11443781 A lack of transparency over the erection of 218 "spy" cameras in parts of Birmingham has "significantly undermined" police trust, a report has found. The cameras were put up in eastern areas of the city with large Muslim populations earlier this year. The £3.5m for the cameras came from the Terrorism and Alllied Matters Fund. The Thames Valley Police report into the camera project said public consultation was "too little too late".

The cost of introducing police and crime commissioners could reach more than £136m, government documents show. The elected officials overseeing forces in England and Wales outside London would be paid about £122,000 a year. The first of the proposed commissioners are expected to be in place by May 2012, with the power to hire and fire chief constables. Police forces in England and Wales are facing cuts of between 14% and 20% under the government's spending review. Ministers say the planned commissioners, similar to the US system, will improve the local accountability of police forces and their chief constables. But many chief constables are concerned that elect…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...eshire-11899682 i cant understand why a firm let a 67-year-old woman go alone to a bank with all that cash poor security in my mind.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk25 Interesting program, recognize anyone?

Police chief wants volunteers to collect fingerprints Lincolnshire's chief constable is calling on volunteers to collect evidence such as fingerprints as part of a move to cut costs. Chief Constable Richard Crompton said the force needed to cut £20m from its budget in the next four years which could mean the loss of 70 officers. He denied the move was "policing on the cheap" but an expansion of volunteering that was already used in the force. Mr Crompton said the force would be consulting with the public. 'Reliant on volunteers' "We are interested in doing some forensic work with volunteers actually training them to assist at very, very low-grade forensic scenes," …

Senior officers have instead agreed to set their sights on signing up 6,667 new recruits by March 2012. And they admitted the goal of amassing a 10,000-strong workforce may not even be reached three years later. Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has been told the higher target, set by London mayor Boris Johnson, was an ‘aspiration’ and is ‘probably unachievable’. He has agreed to draw £1.4million from reserves to pay for the recruitment of specials after the Home Office cut funding. A Met spokeswoman said about 900 applications were received every month from people wanting to be specials. About 3,350 work in London on patrol and in some specialist units. They …

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/policy_organisational_news_and_general_information/gross_misconduct_allegations_served_on_officer_re_death_of_ian_tomlinson Following on from the original thread... a witch hunt to find a popularity scapegoat despite no criminal charges or justified consequences for some ill-advised action?