UK Policing News

BBC News Story I find this hard to believe myself, as most people use screen wash, AND are unlikely to breath in the spray from their washer bottle if they dont! Even the evidence in the text above highlights OTHER potential causes... those who drove or travelled in a van, those who drove through industrial areas, and those who spent a lot of time in the car or who often had the car window open. Industrial areas with air con units and exhaust vapours from works are a known risk! However, if it encourages drivers to use screen wash, then I am all for it!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds_bucks_and_herts/10357487.stm looks like more hard work for the police lets hope they solve them ?

Zaynab Alkhatib A lap dancer ended up in court because she keeps stripping off in public. Zaynab Alkhatib, 25, who earns £2,000 a month, got so drunk that she undressed in a packed restaurant and sat on a podium wearing nothing but a pair of black stilettos. Two days earlier she ripped off her clothes in a club and ended up kicking two police officers who covered her up and took her home in a van. Alkhatib, of Broadway, Salford Quays, apologised to magistrates after she was fined £500 and ordered to pay £100 compensation each to the two officers. She was also ordered to pay costs of £107 and a £15 victim surcharge. She said: "I'm just really, really sorry. I don't nor…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10348632.stm well done to the police and the prison service stopping this man from escaping .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/10347051.stm A van left outside Aughnacloy police station on Thursday night contained a 300lb bomb, police have confirmed. Hundreds of people are still out of their homes following the alert in County Tyrone. The bomb has now been made safe. PSNI Superintendent Brian Kee said those behind the attack were "criminal terrorists". He said if the bomb had detonated it would have caused severe destruction and loss of life. "The intention of the people responsible for planting this bomb in the middle of the village of Aughnacloy is to murder police officers with no regard for the people who live in this community," the superintendent …

Two teenage members of a "happy slapping" gang have admitted killing a retired care worker in front of his three-year-old granddaughter. Ekram Haque was hit twice over the head by the teenage gang Ekram Haque, 67, was walking home from a mosque in Tooting, south west London, last August when he was attacked by the gang which called themselves Lane Gang Productions. Mr Haque died from a head injury a week later. His granddaughter was unhurt in the incident. The youths, aged 15 and 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at the Old Bailey where they pleaded guilty to manslaughter. They also admitted assaults on four other people before Mr Haque's dea…

June 16 2010 "Two brand new Special Constables are amongst four officers who are set to be congratulated by Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Mick Matthews for the way they dealt with an incident of disorder in the city last week. The DCC has asked to meet Special Constables Matthew Richards, John East, Lisa Harker and Assistant Divisional Officer (ADO) Matthew Bowden after they were praised by Inspector Pete Godwin for helping to defuse a fight in Gloucester last week. Special Constables Matthew Richards and John East were taking part in their very first patrols after completing their training for the role the day before. Inspector Pete Godwin, of Gloucester, said: “Th…

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3017441/Hanged-gay-WPC-left-4-page-suicide-note.html A GAY policewoman who hanged herself left a four-page suicide letter accusing colleagues of homophobia I trained with this girl although i didnt know her personaly. My thoughts are with her family.

Have a linky of an article referring to the latest execution by firing squad in Utah-an interesting insight from executioners.

A new petition has this minute been set up. please show your support and sign it... You don't have to give your name as it can be signed anonymously. Once it reaches 500 signatures it gets alerted to the new coalition Government. Please show your support and ask your friends and family likewise, it can also be signed by everyone not just recruits as the issues effect us all. Lets get the ball rolling and this freeze reversed! Read its content, as it is aimed primarily at the Governments decision to freeze recruitment for the next 2/3 years. It IS NOT A RANT to the MET its in support of them as their hands are tied. Do you really believe that the MET wants to cut b…

A police officer accused of striking a woman with a baton at a G20 protest has been cleared by the Independent Police Complaints Commission http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10340798.stm A good result, barring the months of stress and fear of going to prison and losing everything. "The Crown Prosecution Service had prosecuted Mr Smellie, claiming he lost composure because of Ms Fisher's aggressive behaviour." what a bad police officer, 36 hours on duty, dealing with screaming aggressive crowds who relentlessly pressure and abuse you and your not completely composed at all times, what is he??? a human being? dont be crazy. Makes you wonder if the cps read t…

While the news infuriated Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn, Weybridge charity Gay Surrey applauded the forces’s work. Richard Littlejohn ought to wake up and join the real world. Other crimes take place at these sites such as robberies and thefts, much of which go unreported. I would imagine if the police laid on tea and biscuits for church goers on a Sunday morning in a car park where their cars had been vandalised / property stolen then it would be more socially acceptable, but because it's the gay community then it's ok for people like Littlejohn to be outraged.

London neighbourhood police team members investigated Six members of a south London neighbourhood police team are under investigation over claims of criminal offences and misconduct. Anti-corruption officers are looking into allegations against six members of a unit in Bromley in south London, the Metropolitan Police said. The inquiry follows the arrest of a police community support officer (PCSO) on suspicion of class A drugs supply. The Met's Directorate of Professional Standards is conducting the inquiry. There are 22 safer neighbourhood teams in Bromley. The PCSO, who was arrested last Tuesday, has since been suspended. 'Robust action' He was also arres…