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Is it true they might be scapping the diploma?

in my opinion i think it is all wrong to work for free But there is no guarantee of a job at the end of it.

Loyal PC Is Remembered Memorial service is held for officer who died on duty “doing the job he lovedâ€â€¦... RIP mate!! Original story. First picture of police officer killed after being struck by car while helping woman injured in earlier accident Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1193082/First-picture-police-officer-killed-struck-car-helping-woman-injured-earlier-accident.html#ixzz0t5sVzQ88

Members of the public will be given the right to nominate unpopular laws they want scrapped, Nick Clegg has announced the Your Freedom initiative intended to begin a shift of power away from the state to the people. http://www.telegraph...p-bad-laws.html I was kind of hoping a few new laws were going to brought in, like no spitting in a public area. I cannot think of any i wish taken away.

more to the point dont have a gun in the first place. and well done to the officers holding back.

Another abuse of Police computers. No sympathy! A London community support officer has been jailed for 15 months for sending criminals police intelligence. Sonuc Mehmet, 24, based in Havering, gave the information by text for money to fund his gambling addiction, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. He gave addresses of potential cannabis factories which were then robbed. In one case 2.9kg (6lb) of cannabis valued at £17,000 was taken. Mehmet resigned from the Metropolitan Police last October. He carried out more than 250 searches of the force's criminal intelligence systems for cannabis factories across the London area in just one month, the court heard. Judge David Rad…

Authorised Firearms Officers from the Metropolitan Police have been deploying to Northumbria to assist in the search for suspected gunman Raoul Moat.As this story went live, a spokeswoman for the service confirmed that a Specialist Firearms Team – including 'snipers' – is en route to provide assistance under Mutual Aid arrangements together with eight Armed Response Vehicles. Each of the vehicles includes officers armed with the G36 assault rifle, a NATO-standard weapon that is currently in service with a number of militaries. The move will bolster the Northumbria-led operation by around 40 specialists and means that six forces are involved in the hunt for the gunma…

Police searched a number of properties in Liverpool and Manchest Two students who are fighting deportation to Pakistan were arrested days before they planned a terror strike in the UK, a court has heard. Abid Naseer and Ahmed Faraz Khan are appealing against the deportation on the grounds they are a security risk. Mr Naseer was among 12 people held after raids in north-west England in April 2009 but who were never charged. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission heard the students planned an atrocity between 15 and 20 April. A British intelligence officer, identified only as ZR, told the hearing Mr Naseer exchanged coded emails with an al-Qa…

Just been watching whilst on lunch at work. PM asked by Harriet Harman to confirm yes or no if there would be a reduction in front line police numbers during this parliament. No real reply surprisingly, only answer was to quote Alan Johnson pre-election who when asked the same question replied that no he couldn't guarantee a reduction in numbers

A senior minister has criticised one of the Metropolitan Police's top officers over reports that he said cuts would raise the risk of a terrorist attack. http://news.bbc.co.u...on/10485429.stm Anyone wish to hazard a guess at to who is telling us tall stories, Police vs Minister, i go with Minister every time, and certainly in this case. ( I think i got that right way around)

From BBC News: West Midlands Police 'wastes money' on new shirts I don't know why they are picking on WMP? The change is England & Wales-wide isn't it? Strathclyde have had them for a few years now.

when i read this i felt sorry for this poor lady who got killed by a scumbag of a driver who stole a car and still shown no remorse for his crime and He was arrested by police a few days later and again tried to flee, before eventually being captured when officers subdued him with a Taser gun well done to the officers who arrested him.

http://www.birmingha...97319-26736964/ Two West Midlands police officers allowed to keep job after admitting domestic assaults June 27 2010 A MIDLAND police force campaigning against domestic violence has allowed two of its officers to keep their jobs – after they admitted assaulting their partners. The cops, from West Midlands Police, were both cautioned for the attacks which happened in the last three years. And one was also fined for their offence. But neither of the officers were made to resign – meaning they could be sent to deal with similar domestic assaults while on the beat. //The shock revelations were disclosed in a response to a Freedom of Informat…

Armed police stormed a train yesterday after a knifeman held passengers hostage for more than an hour.Officers were called to the scene when the Docklands Light Railway train came to an emergency stop between Shadwell and Limehouse stations in East London after the man began threatening people. Around 30 passengers, including many tourists, were aboard the train during the incident, but many managed to escape and walked along the tracks to reach safety at the next station. Ordeal: The cordoned off train during the hostage drama that took place between Shadwell and Limehouse stations in East London Three remaining passengers were left on board with the knifeman for a…