UK Policing News

Source=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10918207 So what do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? More paperwork if it's going to go to court? Weren't on the spot fines introduced to cut court time? How many drunks are seriously going to listen to "words of advice"?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Million-Volt-Phone-Weapon-Alert-Over-K95-Stun-Guns-Smuggled-Into-Britain/Article/201008215680543?lpos=UK_News_News_Your_Way_Region_1&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15680543_Million_Volt_Phone%3A_Weapon_Alert_Over_K95_Stun_Guns_Smuggled_Into_Britain Weapons experts say the K95 devices are 20 times more powerful than a police Taser and are potentially lethal. They look like ordinary Nokia mobile phones, but deliver a powerful shock when a button is pressed on the side of the device. UK Border Agency officers told Sky News they have seized four of the illegal US-made devices in recent weeks. Two were found at the Royal Mail's Mount Pl…

The country’s top police officer has criticised Government plans to send fewer criminals to jail. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said he was ‘rather fond of villains going to prison' – hitting out at Kenneth Clarke’s proposals. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1302106/UKs-senior-police-chief-criticises-Ken-Clarkes-community-sentences.html#ixzz0wJ3M9sFV You tell this idiot Clarke where he can get off.

Twenty-one year old James Allan, from Workington, has been sentenced to a 12 month jail term suspended for two years for downloading illegal images for children being abused. Allan was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court on Friday, 6 August after admitting 14 charges of making (downloading) indecent images of children and 1 count of possession of extreme pornography. As part of his sentence he was also issued with a two year supervision order, disqualified from working with children and vulnerable adults for life, made subject to restrictions under a Sex Offenders Prevention Order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for ten years. The former Workington based P…

Police watchdog probe after homeless man's death http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8686835.stm The police watchdog is to investigate how officers dealt with a 47-year-old homeless man who was later found dead in a car park in Cardiff. This matter has now been dealt with, much to the relief of the Officers no doubt. And the result of this investigation........... http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/pr090810_saltmarsh.htm The Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation into complaints about police interaction with 47-year-old Bryan Saltmarsh prior to his death on 27 April 2010 in Cardiff, has found the two police officers acted in an exemplary way. Mr S…

Birmingham CCTV system leaves police trust in tatters By Robin Brant Political correspondent, BBC News The 218 cameras can record number plates A disproportionately high concentration of CCTV cameras located in mainly Muslim areas of Birmingham continues to trigger concern from residents. The system will not be dismantled and despite earlier assurances could yet be used for counter-terrorism purposes, West Midlands Police have told the BBC. They started appearing a few months ago. Ever since then there has been uproar among some Muslims in the city. At a public meeting this week the crowd started chanting "take them down". One man shouted: "You've got more cameras t…

" http://www.policeora...ars-_25667.html a job well done in the investigation by the BTP to put a stop to this man,

http://news.bbc.co.u...ast/8686835.stm in my own opinion the the two police officers acted in an exemplary way. and no blame for what happend to this man.after reading the story.

A homeless man told a court he thought he was going to die when a mental health patient allegedly slashed his face and throat in an alleyway. Recovering alcoholic Owen Allen, 47, needed a lifesaving operation following a “frenzied†attack in Mill Platt Avenue, Isleworth. Jodie Dobby, 23, of Clayponds Avenue, Brentford, is said to have repeatedly stabbed Mr Allan in the head, face and neck after they drank together on September 18 last year. Ms Dobby, who was a voluntary patient at the Lakeside mental health unit, has pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent, but faces trial at Isleworth Crown Court where she denies attempted…

A member of a drugs gang who took £10m cash they made from selling cocaine to an exchange bureau to swap it for euros has been jailed for six years. Abu Raja, 27, of Queenswood Avenue, Hounslow, set up a fake company as a front for changing the huge sums of money for 500 euro notes. Raja and Jaspreet Gill, 27, submitted bogus details to Revenue and Customs to get a certificate of registration for money laundering regulation when they established two false businesses. Nine members of the gang were jailed for more than 64 years at Kingston Crown Court. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Beyer, of the Metropolitan Police's centr…

An officer who was filmed pushing a man to the ground during the G20 protests will not face charges over his death. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10723274 A good result that will naurally make the people (criminals and media) hate us

On-the-spot fines for offences including being drunk and disorderly have been stopped in parts of London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10918207 Seems to be that as people dont pay the fines then they are on the way out. Discretion, words of advice, cautions and court visits are to replace the fines. If only there was some way to make people pay the fines, like taking them to court and making them do it, but that costs money, so instead we can caution them or take them to court which costs money.

As it whizzes by, you might think someone had given their ride-on lawnmower a space age makeover. But this super trike could become the police's latest weapon in the fight against crime. With a top speed of 125mph and a 0-60mph acceleration of just 4.5 seconds, the same as a Porsche 911 Carrera, it could keep pace with the fastest of getaway cars. Enlarge Let's Roll: Pc John Lawson taking the new Police trike for a spin around the mean streets of Chichester Enlarge Three wheels on my wagon: The quirky-looking vehicle is fast and stable, but lacks the traffic-beating flexibility of a motorbike At the moment, however, it has a less racy role - en…

Police in Nottinghamshire have apologised for accidentally shooting a 14-year-old girl with a Taser. http://www.bbc.co.uk...mshire-10887125 This story proves but one major item, when the Police get it wrong, they will go out their way to apologise. Problem for some who have been on here recently, Police don`t get it wrong to often. one error a decade can be forgiven. Mind you, they`re are lasting effects, the poor girl keeps saying LIKE, is this the result of 50,000 volts? Know what i mean like?