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A police chief has told his officers to forget about targets and concentrate on their performance instead. Norfolk Chief Constable Phil Gormley warned his 1,700 officers: 'The danger is you can hit the target but miss the point. 'We must improve performance, not chase targets.' The force is now set to drop its 'safest county in England' tag after recognising that people have little interest in statistics. Instead officers will be told it is acceptable for crime figures to grow in some categories as long as the public's confidence in the police also improves. Outspoken Mr Gormley warned that forces nationwide had become too focused on hitting performance targets - d…

Traders have spoken of their horror after armed robbers riding motorbikes attacked a guard as he delivered cash to a bank. Terrified shop staff in Feltham High Street barricaded themselves inside their stores as the bandits aimed a gun at the Securicor worker outside Nationwide. The four raiders, all wearing crash helmets, ordered him to hand over the money box, and when he struggled to open it one of the passengers hit him over the head with the weapon. They then snatched it out of his hands before speeding off on two high-powered bikes at more than 60mph, witnesses said. Sonia Khamba, a supervisor at Specsavers two doors down from the bank, said: “I ju…

how very stupid this boy was to throw a concrete block that might have killed the pcso or the mop .

When a notorious drug dealer moved in next door, Charlie Skinner feared for his young family. The father of three contacted police after Xiao-Po He started to peddle cocaine and crystal meth on his doorstep. But when officers failed to respond, telling him instead to keep a log of the activities of the illegal immigrant - who was already on bail at the time for supplying drugs - Mr Skinner decided to take matters into his own hands. The property developer risked his own life, posing as a customer to slip into his neighbour's flat and challenge the 26-year-old. Hero: Charlie Skinner and his wife Sian He fought off an attack by two of his henchman before chasing the …

An 86-year-old man has been jailed for a series of indecent assaults on a young girl, which date back more than 20 years. Godfrey Doyle, of Hanworth Road, Hounslow, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after admitting four counts of indecent assault on a child at Isleworth Crown Court. His crimes date back to 1988 when his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was eight. The final assault happened in 1992, when the girl was 11. Prosecuting, Ruxana Nasser said Doyle told the girl he also had pornographic magazines. Doyle, who was in his mid-60s at the time, carried out several sexual acts with the girl, the court heard. The assau…

Thousands of anti-terror searches were illegal Thousands of people across the UK might have been stopped and searched illegally, figures released by the Home Office suggest. Powers under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act were used in "error" after the proper authorisations were not given. In one example, for April 2004, the Met Police wrongly stopped 840 people. Dozens of other examples from across the UK have been uncovered before rules were tightened in 2008. Police Minister Nick Herbert said administrative errors were to blame and he has ordered an internal review of procedures. The Metropolitan Police is also urgently considering what steps can be taken to contact …

Police sent to London gallery over bomb artwork http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10285027.stm Police in riot gear were sent to raid a central London gallery after it put a fake bomb in the window. It does not look much like artwork to me, but then nor does that toilet sitting in some gallery.

One person has been killed in a shooting in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Armed police are attempting to apprehend a man after gunshots were fired, and ambulance crews said several other people were injured. The shooting is understood to have taken place in Duke Street at 1035 BST. Members of the public in Whitehaven and Egremont have been urged to stay indoors until further notice. Police are looking for a dark grey or silver Citroen Picasso car. A male driver may have been involved. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10214661.stm

A Polish robber who battered a pensioner to death after he offered him a meal at his home was jailed for life at the Old Bailey today. Marcin Orlowski, 20, should have been behind bars when he bashed 79-year-old Edward Highwood with a glass vase as he ransacked his London home. The career criminal had fled to Britain months earlier after being sentenced to two-and-a half years in prison for robbery and theft in Poland. Marcin Orlowski, left, was jailed for life today after battering Edward Highwood to death But on finding himself homeless here, the armed robber decided to hand himself in so he could be sent home. Days before the brutal attack, the fugitive called 99…

So that's £2.9 million taken from the force's budget in only one month. Not looking good for those who applied in March

When a notorious drug dealer moved in next door, Charlie Skinner feared for his young family. The father of three contacted police after Xiao-Po He started to peddle cocaine and crystal meth on his doorstep. But when officers failed to respond, telling him instead to keep a log of the activities of the illegal immigrant - who was already on bail at the time for supplying drugs - Mr Skinner decided to take matters into his own hands. The property developer risked his own life, posing as a customer to slip into his neighbour's flat and challenge the 26-year-old. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285059/Fed-father-fights-drug-gang-neighbours-arrests-not…

Police are investigating whether a family feud led to a gunman killing 12 people, including his twin brother, in a rampage in Cumbria. http://news.sky.com/..._Shooting_Spree Yet another tragic event due to the ownership of guns, an item that should and must be banned. No further should they`re be the legal ownership of guns, no matter what the reason. To prove you are responsible enough to posses a gun, please do join either the Army or the Police, go through the rigorous training needed, then with any luck you might be handed one. My thoughts go out to the victims and their family's, not to mention the Police Officers that now have to sort this mess out.

A hard pill to swallow http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10277831.stm

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