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Police and court officers arrest a man during the operation. FINE dodgers in Newquay had an early call when police knocked at their front door with an ultimatum – pay up or get locked up. Officers from Newquay Police, supported by staff from St Austell and Her Majesty's Court Service (HMCS), met at 7am on Thursday for a briefing and details of the addresses they would be targeting, spreading all over the town and surrounding areas. Initiative Operation Crackdown listed 22 individuals owing court fines ranging from £90 to £700 in Newquay. The Government-led initiative aims to force people pay up what they owe. If …

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100715/tuk-crime-at-lowest-level-since1981-6323e80.html According to that article we have the lowest crime rate since 1981, well done all!

The number of crimes committed in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1981, official figures have shown. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10645702 Yay, we rock, V Police failing to clear up three out of four crimes despite fall in offending Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1294902/Police-shame-just-1-4-crimes-solved-despite-fall-offending.html#ixzz0tn0uX8fe Seems we must be doing something very right. Crime falling even though we only get one in 4. 1 in 4 sounds about right, if you take into account the ones we have no chance of doing anything about, the dv jobs with hundreds of retractions and the shoplifters in the…

Does anyone know if there is a collection/similar been started for this officer? This could have been any of us, and whist there is the injuries board etc, he will need as much help as possible as his sight has been taken away from him. I don't know of financial fund that that we can add too. This shows what can happen without any warning being a police officer.

Link Not sure quite what Nick Herbert is after? Both CCs have already agreed that a voluntary merger is the preferred option, so what exactly does he mean by "explore further an option for deeper and more extensive collaboration before making any decisions regards consultation on merger". ?

Disrupting local communities and exposing residents to unsafe live wires should be a thing of the past following robust action by Herts Police against those profiting from metal theft on the morning of Wednesday July 14.Over the last few weeks there have been a number of thefts of metal including electricity cabling, catalytic converters and manhole covers across the county and today's operation resulted in the arrest of 23 people on suspicion of offences including handling stolen goods, money laundering and immigration. The activity - part of a campaign in Hertfordshire which has been running for around eight weeks to date - coincided with a national day of action again…

I'm supprised our resident news hounds failed to pick up on this one! good riddance to bad rubbish! A senior crown prosecutor who accepted a £20,000 bribe to drop a case has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Sarfraz Ibrahim, 51, of Cyncoed, Cardiff, who worked for Gwent CPS, was caught in a police sting. He was jailed at Swansea Crown Court after previously admitting corruption, perverting the course of justice and misconduct in a public office. The judge told Ibrahim it was a "great" breach of trust and he was sure he was motivated by personal gain. The CPS is the body that reviews evidence gathered by police and then decides if cases should go to court. Ibra…

Essex, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Hertfordshire police, together with the Ministry of Defence, select data quality specialist to deliver a ‘single person’ view of all police records London, 12th July 2010: In one of the first initiatives of its kind in England, the Ministry of Defence has worked with six constabularies to bring together all police records into one reliable, accurate and easy to use database. Using data quality specialist, Infoshare, Essex, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Hertfordshire police can create a ‘single best person’ view of all records to help improve public safety, detect crime and bring more people to j…

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Mr Blair's Metropolitan Police protection squad ran up a £5,000-a-week expenses bill over the past year Photo: GETTY IMAGES Sir Paul Stephenson, the head of Scotland Yard, signalled a clampdown on the use of armed police bodyguards for VIPs, which cost an estimated £50 million a year. He said the "who, why, when, what - and indeed the finances" of protection is under scrutiny. The Commissioner’s comments came after it was disclosed that Mr Blair’s Metropolitan Police protection squad ran up a £250,000 expenses bill over the past year as they provided round the clock protection on business trips and p…

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/local_policing/met_trials_electric_car How handy! 3 hours charge to get 40 miles of battery power. Well that's me sorted for a 90 minute patrol I suppose... I'll just go and do paperwork for 3 hours whilst it recharges eh? :D I just hope that of the 1,000 "GLA family" electric motors is made up of this one trial one for the Met and 999 electric road sweepers or something...

Just came across this story in work the yesterday : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8652861.stm (appologies if the link is posted incorrectly) To be honest im not quite sure what to make of this story. Kinda in the fence, as to if I beleive this is ethically right? I know this will provoke varied reactions just havent seen this in the forum yet. Could this law be used as a precedent for future cases/law in Britain? Ive just re-read this a realised it hasnt come into law yet, as awaiting on senate approval. Also quite shocked to see that no-one voted against this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/10609517.stm A police chief has said overnight violence in nationalist areas of Northern Ireland after 12 July parades was "totally unacceptable". A policewoman suffered head injuries when she was hit by a lump of masonry in riots at Ardoyne in Belfast. In Londonderry, youths in the Bogside set a police car alight with petrol bombs and a gunman fired five shots at it. No-one was injured. There was sporadic violence in parts of Belfast, Derry and Lurgan. Assistant Chief Constable Alistair Finlay said the past 24 hours had been "a very challenging time for policing". Seventy baton rounds were fired by police and 55 officers were…

Twenty-one-year-old James Allan, from Workington, has pleaded guilty to 14 charges of making (downloading) indecent images of children and 1 count of possession of extreme pornography when he appeared at Carlisle Magistrates Court today.Allan was a Police Community Support Officer and was suspended from his post on June 3 after he was arrested by officers from Cumbria Constabulary's Public Protection Unit as part of an ongoing investigation. He is no longer employed by Cumbria Constabulary. Chief Superintendent Steve Johnson, Police Commander for West Cumbria, said: "We are committed to safeguarding our communities and will target offenders irrespective of their position…

A DAD who almost ran over a policeman later threatened the same officer with a ten-inch kitchen knife.Police had been called to the home of Trevor Slocombe in Arnold to deal with a domestic incident. PC David Jennings arrived at the address in Tyburn Close at 10pm on October 18 last year after Slocombe's partner called police over an argument. PC Jennings, who was aware that the partner was still inside the house, called the control room and waited for back-up to arrive. TIN.adverts.adWriteDC('article-detail-impact-tile-top', '452x118');But Slocombe then got into a Ford Galaxy people carrier, and as he sped off told the officer: "Follow me and I will do you." Nottingh…