UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11882026 Top police officers who want to be elected as one of proposed new police and crime commissioners should wait four years before standing, say MPs. The Home Affairs Select Committee said there needed to be "greater clarity" on chief constables' independence. And it warned commissioners may not be able to cope with the workload. The report comes as ministers prepare to unveil radical proposals for directly-elected policing and crime commissioners in England and Wales. Commissioners would not only set policing priorities, they would also be able to sack chief constables. The proposed commissioners are expected to be introduced…

Inspector gets the red mist over car parking ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11872761 Two police forces have been warned they could face enforcement action over the "disproportionate" use of their stop and search powers. The Equality and Human Rights Commission said neither Thames Valley Police nor Leicestershire Constabulary could justify their tactics. It follows a report which found "persistent race differences" in the forces' use of stop and search. Both forces said they were committed to ending discrimination. The Equality and Human Rights Commission [EHRC] review, published earlier this year, looked at the use of stop and search powers across England and Wales over the past decade. It showed black p…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-11870231 A man originally cleared of murdering a mother of two in 1995 has gone on trial for a second time following the discovery of new DNA evidence. Ann Ming we have to thank for the double jeopardy laws. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article635436.ece September 11, 2006 Murderer makes legal history in double jeopardy case

A teenager has been found guilty of raping a four-year-old girl while she was in a park to feed the ducks, according to police. The 17-year-old boy from Milton Keynes, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of one count of rape by a unanimous jury at Huntingdon Crown Court at the end of a 14-day trial. A Thames Valley Police spokesman said the incident happened on August 13, 2009, at about 3.30pm at Emerberton Park, Olney, Bucks, where the victim had gone with her family to feed the ducks. Twelve days later the victim identified the offender in a local shop by the distinctive T-shirt he was wearing. Police were called and the boy was arrested an…

http://anticuts.com/2010/11/20/the-guardian-writes-up-national-day-of-action/ How to send your reports to the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts Walking out, banner dropping, occupying and demonstrating on the 24 November is our way of showing that we are against fees, cuts and the scrapping of EMA. Anyone here been posted to this demonstration?

A police officer was seriously injured when he was hit by a van while dealing with an earlier crash. A Mini Cooper came off the eastbound A27 at Cosham near the Portsmouth junction just before 1000 BST. The roads policing officer attended the scene and was struck by a white Vauxhall Corsa van and taken to hospital with serious injuries. A 52-year-old man from Havant was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dangerous driving and is in custody. Lanes one and two of the eastbound carriageway have been closed while investigations are carried out. The off slip road for Portsmouth has also been closed. The officer was taken to Southampton General Hospital by ambulance wi…

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Inquiry as theft suspect escapes Ashton police station A suspected thief escaped from custody after giving officers the slip at a Greater Manchester police station. An internal investigation is now under way to establish how Andrew Hargreaves managed to get out of Ashton-under-Lyne's custody suite on Friday. The 29-year-old was moved from his cell to another area of the unit but when officers checked on him 30 minutes later, he had gone. Police said "every effort" was being made to locate Mr Hargreaves. He was arrested on Thursday in an investigation into a handbag theft in Denton in October. Mr Hargreaves was moved from his cell at about 1900 GMT on Friday to a co…

Cambridgeshire Times Source I am so pleased this judge turn these yobs away, a shame it was left to go so far. I also wonder when the yobs will face a court for their crimes.

Domestic violence suspects face being banned from home Violence against women 'must end' People suspected of abusing a partner could be banned from their homes for up to four weeks under government plans to tackle domestic violence. The proposed "go orders" could be used even if there was not enough evidence to charge a suspect. Ministers say this would allow police to act when a victim was most vulnerable, potentially saving lives. A year-long pilot scheme will start next summer in the Greater Manchester, Wiltshire and West Mercia police areas. A Home Office spokeswoman said if it was deemed successful by an impactment assessment it would be rolled out across Engla…

REGULAR Merseyside bobbies are posing as police community support officers in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. The tactic has already led to one arrest in Netherton after a youth hurled abuse at an undercover PC on “mischief nightâ€, when incidents of nuisance behaviour can rise. A group of unsuspecting teenagers were left dumbstruck when their friend was arrested after the officer’s real identity was revealed. The female PC removed a PCSO jacket to show her regular uniform underneath and then arrested the 17- year-old on the Pendle estate, in Netherton. //Police officers said the teenager thought the PCSO had limited powers and lacked the authority to lock h…

Is this just scaremongering?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-11843543 Police in Essex have begun a theft inquiry after a man left £80,000 on the roof of his car then drove off. A force spokesman said the man had put the cash on top of his car early on 18 November in Westcliff-on-Sea but had then forgotten about it until later. "Police were contacted on Friday 19 November by a man reporting that he had lost £80,000 in Prince Avenue," a police spokesman said. Officers are now checking evidence found at the scene and CCTV footage. "He told police that he had accidentally left the money on the top of his car before driving off on the morning of Thursday 18 November at 0620 GMT," the spo…

Police officers in Dorset are being encouraged to send text messages instead of talking on their radios. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-11765180 http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php? Your speed was: 26wpm. Not sure if talking is faster for some.