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Red-faced motorway contractors watched in horror as bogus workers stole their van – containing speed cameras worth £32,000. The thieves struck inside a Highways Agency compound close to Railway Road in Hollinwood, Oldham. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said the driver left the vehicle with keys still in the ignition. Two thieves posing as workmen in high-visibility jackets were seen to get into the car and drive off. It is understood eight temporary speed cameras worth a total of £32,000 were inside the vehicle. The cameras were being used to control traffic flow during resurfacing work on the M60 between junctions 19 at Middleton and 23 at Ashton-under-Ly…

http://www.policeora...duct_28271.html it is be beyond me why she tipped off a suspect only to end up with a jail sentence and true she has let down the public, Sussex Police and her colleagues down badly.

Another Officer who has let us down badly. Absolutely disgusting. Didnt get long enough as far as im concerned! My link

Disgraceful actions. Should be sacked. My link

http://www.bbc.co.uk...health-11248066 when i read this it is nice to know even off duty policeman do put them self;s out to help others in there spare time.

I know it is really sad, but is this really appropriate on a police website: Tribute to Lewis Clark The pictures alone smack of false sentimentality, and an over-eager NPT wanting to "do the right thing". But the "poem" is just embarrassing.

My husband has just come home and told me that Derbyshire have announced today that SNT officers will not be getting any priority payment this year, but that sergeants will be getting it and those that sit on their big fat arses in the offices will be getting it just bloody typical, everyone else works their trollies off and the lazy bastards get the benefit

Here you can watch the spending review tomorrow at 3.30pm. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9107000/9107541.stm Will cuts leave police fit for purpose ? On the eve of massive public sector cuts, Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) sets out the challenges faced by forces up and down the country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11574294 "We are going to have to ask some really hard questions with the public: what is it that you want the police to stop doing?" The only area i see is, Police may want to hand more of it`s work over to councils. The Police have handed over enforcement in parking, noise po…

Robbers Torture Grandfather With Hot Iron A pensioner has been scarred for life after robbers left a hot iron strapped on his back to try and force him to reveal the whereabouts of his household safe. [/url] Retired builder David Ward was asleep at his home in the village of Sewardstonebury, Essex, with partner Ann Woodland when he awoke to find two men standing in the bedroom. They were wearing balaclavas and boiler suits. The men handcuffed the couple together and demanded to know where their safe was - and would not believe the 69-year-old when he said he did not have one. At first, the burglars held a cold iron to Ms Woodland but then went on to strap it to Mr…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-11787634 The ex officer as he had not been charged with an offence but what i cant understand why he put his job on the line when young wonan and people trust the police.and is not good news when they go off the rails like this case.

Gary Alcock, 28, attacked Violet Mullen when her crying interrupted his fun on an Xbox. The horrific assault caused "catastrophic" internal injuries, including cracked ribs and brain damage. The attack happened under the nose of the toddler's 22-year-old mother Claire Flanagan. But she turned a blind eye because she was desperate to keep her boyfriend Alcock, Manchester Crown Court was told. Flanagan has been jailed for five years after being cleared of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the death. Alcock was told he must serve a minimum of 21 years behind bars. The court heard how the toddler had suffered at least three separate assaults in the weeks be…

Does anyone know much about this? Police investigating the source of a mysterious explosion in a forest near Loch Lomond have discovered several devices, STV News can reveal. Sources confirmed a tree was blown up and bomb disposal teams are currently at the scene. MoD sources said that Royal Navy's Northern Diving Group, the Navy's equivalent to the bomb disposal squad, were called out on Wednesday to offer support to Strathclyde Police and help them deal with the incident. The alarm was raised at around 12 noon on Wednesday, when police were called after the sound of an explosion was heard in Garadhban Forest in Gartocharn, a village located to the south east of the…

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Pc killing accused due in court Five men accused of the gun murder of a police officer in West Yorkshire are due at Leeds Crown Court. Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, was shot in Bradford on 18 November last year after responding to an alarm call at a travel agents. Yusuf Abdillh Jama, 19, Mussaker Imtiaz Shah, Raza Haq Aslam, Faisal Razzaq, all 24, and Hassan Razzaq, aged 25, face murder, robbery and gun charges. Their trial is scheduled for October, at a venue yet to be confirmed. Mr Jama, comes from Whitmore Road, Small Heath, Birmingham. Mr Shah, is of no fixed address. Mr Aslam, is from St Pancras Way, Kentish Town, north London. Faisal Razzaq and his broth…