UK Policing News

SCOTLAND'S top cop has admitted he turned a blind eye to domestic abuse as a rookie officer - because he didn't want the hassle of the paperwork. Strathclyde Chief Constable Stephen House said he and colleagues were encouraged to do nothing about violence in the home - because it was "easier". His revelation comes in a new telly investigation which reveals Strathclyde has the worst record in the country - accounting for half of all incidents. Violence behind closed doors has become Scotland's secret shame with one in four women and one in SEVEN men suffering domestic abuse in their lifetime. Confession ... Stephen House In the BBC Scotland programme, Mr House said: "…

A top black officer is suing the Met for race discrimination amid claims that senior police covered up a damaging report alleging racism in the ranks. Superintendent Paul Wilson, one of the Yard's most respected ethnic minority officers, claims he was sidelined after he wrote a report exposing bias in the force. Mr Wilson, 51, in charge of Safer Neighbourhood teams in Lambeth, was asked to carry out a survey of the experience of black officers in the borough at the height of the Met "race war" in 2008, when Britain's most senior Muslim officer, Tarique Ghaffur, was suing the then Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, alleging racism. The claim was later withdrawn and Mr Ghaffur …

So, Ken Clarke, the former Home Secretary in the 90s is the new Justice Secretary (as well as Lord Chancellor). Any views on whether he will be pro Police after his stint at the Home Office? Was he not responsible for initiating the Sheehy Report?

Many will remember George Dixon faithfully standing guard underneath the old blue lamp. But these days, you are just as likely to see private security staff outside a police station as an actual constable. Figures have revealed police forces spend £23million on private security to protect their stations and headquarters. Far from the traditional image of a bobby keeping a lookout on the station steps - memorably portrayed by Jack Warner in the long-running TV series Dixon Of Dock Green - it seems that the safety of our police stations is being left in the hands of civilians. Guards are being hired by overstretched forces to fulfil the roles of night watchmen, mon…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8675913.stm Gordon Brown resigns as UK prime minister Things should get interesting now

Two of the youngest boys to be charged with rape appeared at the Old Bailey today. The schoolboys were only 10 when they were accused of rape offences by an eight-year-old girl in October, last year, in Hayes, west London. A youngster of 11 and a boy of ten, who cannot be identified, face two charges each of rape and two charges each of attempted rape. The trial will be before Mr Justice Saunders and lawyers will dispense with their wigs for the hearings. Today a jury was sworn in to try the pair, before the case was adjourned until Tuesday. Mr Justice Saunders said: 'This case with two very young defendants brings with it unique difficulties and problems.' The boy…

Carmen Glover, a customer service advisor for Nottinghamshire Police, is celebrating a giant milestone in her career – taking her first 999 call. While this may not sound unusual as hundreds of workers in emergency service control rooms across the country experience this every year, for Carmen it represented the start of a career she never thought would be open to her, because she is blind. The 38-year-old, who has always been partially-sighted and fully blind for 16 years, applied to work in Nottinghamshire Police’s control room in 2008. She passed the skills test and interview and took up her place on the training course in February 2009. While she was training,…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8672859.stm I'll bet he's standing down to allow Lib Dem and Labour to form a minority coalition. Gotta be better than shiny faced Cameron... :whistle2:

The results of the Operation Crackdown speed campaign will be collated across the continent to inform further work on reduce the number of fatalities and those seriously injured in speed-related collisions. The campaign is led by TISPOL, an organisation established by traffic police forces across Europe in order to improve road safety and law enforcement. Annually, 40,000 die on the roads of Europe - that's i555 double-decker London buses, 96 jumbo jets or nearly half the capacity of Wembley Stadium. Many thousands more suffer permanent, life-changing injuries. In the 12 months to March 30 this year, Operation Crackdown, which provides an opportunity for members of the …

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A PAGAN police support group which gives cops the right to take EIGHT oddball holidays each year has been launched today. http://www.thesun.co...t-new-hols.html All you need to do is, change religion to get these extra holidays. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7121843.ece Pagan police get right to take festivals as holiday

POLICE have collared a man who was trying to break into prison to spring an inmate while dressed as SNOOPY. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2965909/Yob-in-Snoopy-costume-tries-to-break-into-jail.html#ixzz0nXU734IP What some will try and get away with. Whilst on the subject they`re is a documentary at 9.pm this evening ITV on prisons. First episode of a new two-part documentary about the life of prisoners and staff at Wormwood Scrubs, one of Europe's largest prisons. This compelling episode focuses on the staff, and the severe conditions they work under. Cameras follow officers in the segregation unit as they attempt to manage one of the country'…

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8116264.___Private_cop____can_go_back_to_work/ A SOUTHAMPTON man who set up a scheme to give residents their own “private police†service has been given the go-ahead to resume. To many want to be Police but not go through the rigorous training. But obviously not this fellow.

A teenage girl was dragged into a car and raped as she walked home from school, it was revealed today. The 15-year-old was told not to scream after being grabbed by the man who then marched her to his car. She was then forced to endure a 15-minute journey before being attacked in an isolated spot in Bracknell, Berks. Abducted: The corner of Crowthorne Rd and Oxenhope in Bracknell, Berks, where the 15-year-old girl was grabbed as she walked home from school Today, Thames Valley Police revealed that officers believe the incident may be linked to an earlier report of a man trying to grab a 14-year-old girl. The drama unfolded at 8.22pm yesterday when police received a …