UK Policing News

Police are searching for the driver of a car which knocked down a female police officer before hitting another car and then smashing into a house in Station Road, Bishop's Cleeve, this morning.The officer suffered leg and back injuries after she was struck at around 7.30am on Cheltenham Road by a man driving a grey Ford Puma car. The car then apparently hit another vehicle in Station Road and careered into a house at around 7.35am. Witnesses said the driver, a middle-aged man, tore down School Lane "like a man possessed" before colliding with a grey Audi on Station Road. The impact of the collision is drove the Ford Puma up into the air and into the front of an 18th ce…

A four-year-old girl was attacked by a police dog as she played in a park. Erika Galiano was dragged to the floor and bitten on the arm by the German Shepherd who was being walked by his handler. Police have launched an investigation into the attack at Kismet Park in Canvey Island, Essex. The dog, which has not been named, has been suspended from its duties while the probe is carried out. Erika's mother, Kerry, 25, said: 'We were walking through the park. 'Erika was playing and ran just out of sight for a second, then I heard this terrible scream and we rushed over. 'What has upset me the most is that the dog was meant to protect my daughter not hurt her. 'If she w…

Two policemen have been jailed for 18 months after inflicting "deliberate cruelty" on a 19-year-old woman in custody in Greater Manchester. Pc Jason Hanvey, 37, and Sgt Andrew Kennedy, 51, were said to have shown "appalling and inexcusable conduct" at a police station in Collyhurst. The pair were convicted of misconduct in a public office after a three-week trial at Manchester Crown Court. Judge Anthony Gee QC, sentencing, said: "It was little short of torture." Hanvey, of Dukinfield, was filmed by CCTV cameras holding the woman's face on a desk, while threatening her, the court heard. The court was told he screamed at her and threatened to "rip her skull off". The jud…

"A serving police officer has been convicted of sharing hundreds child sex abuse images over the internet. Gwent Police Detective Constable Michael Thomas, 40, of Port Talbot, was found guilty of distributing, making and possessing indecent images. Cardiff Crown Court heard he was tracked down after an FBI inquiry led to a distributor in the West Midlands. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) praised the investigation by Gwent Police. It said it demonstrated that "police officers are not above the law". More to follow... " From the BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8612366.stm .

Complaints about the police in England and Wales take too long to investigate, says a cross-party group of MPs. The Home Affairs Select Committee said the Independent Police Complaints Commission was failing to win trust. They criticised the watchdog, saying retired officers could end up investigating their old force. The watchdog's chairman, Nick Hardwick, attacked the report, saying some of its findings, including the role of retired officers, were "demonstrably untrue". The select committee's report followed a BBC Radio 4 investigation which raised questions about the watchdog's effectiveness. The MPs said that the IPCC had handled cases in a "distant and non-empathe…

The leaders of a child-trafficking operation that put hundreds of beggars on the streets of Britain were targeted in a series of raids today in a remote Romanian town where opulent mansions have sprung up since the country joined the European Union. Roma children aged from 7 to 15 were bought or taken, possibly by force, from their parents in rural Romania and trained to beg and steal, making millions of pounds a year in Britain for their gangmasters at the height of the scam, police believe. The alleged child-trafficking ring based in Tandarei, in southern Romania, was said to be responsible for sending at least 168 children to London, from where they would also travel…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8609764.stm An off-duty police officer has had his arm broken by a masked gang in south-west London. The policeman in his 40s, who has not been named, was beaten and stamped on in Earlsfield after becoming suspicious that the gang's car was stolen. Premeditated assault, i do hope this bunch get caught, and speedy recovery to the Officer involved.

A 43-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an incident in Bishop's Cleeve this morning, Friday April 9, in which a police officer was injured. At approximately 7.30 a road traffic collision happened on the Cheltenham Road in Bishops Cleeve involving an on duty uniformed female police officer on foot and a grey Ford Puma. The driver of the vehicle failed to stop at the scene. Article continues below. The police officer has been taken to hospital to be treated for injuries, which are not considered to be life threatening. A vehicle matching the same description collided with the garden wall of a home on Station Road in Bishops C…

When a motorist decided to circumvent a traffic jam by driving in a bus lane he probably wasn't thinking about alien life forms. But after the manoeuvre was caught on camera and he received a £120 fine in the post he came up with an intergalactic excuse. The unnamed driver, apparently with a straight face, told officials in Southwark, south London, that he was 'forced' to use the bus lane to avoid an alien spaceship which was 'hurtling towards him'. Appeals: Southwark Council has released details of the outlandish excuses some drivers have given to avoid paying fines - including one man who claimed he drove in a bus lane to avoid hitting an oncoming spaceship He tol…

10 officers hurt in scuffles,silly baying crowd, and a few people put to the floor. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8601361.stm Up to 10 police officers were injured after scuffles broke out when 2,000 people descended on London's Brick Lane for a sale by a US clothing chain. The Met Police said it was called to the American Apparel event, the first day of a planned four-day sale, because of the unexpected turnout. The firm stopped the event, blaming the "dangerous behaviour" of people in the line, but plan to open on Saturday. A police spokesman said three people were arrested on public order offences. He said officers were called to the scene at 1015 BST on Friday b…

I thought the above may be of interest taking account of the recent discussion on kubotans - Darren Day's been convicted for possessing one!

saw this and it wont be long before they arrested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/8604607.stm A baby was delivered in a hospital car park by a police officer who had given the family a blue-light escort. John Milne asked for police assistance for the hour-long drive from Tattershall to Lincoln when his wife Stacey went into labour. Nice one Sir Officer!! :clapping: When driving a coach and you have a very soon to be mum in the back. Do you A Run for the hills? B Ask her to kindly move to the rear or better upstairs the coach as not to disturb the driver? C Tell them the driver cannot help, as he knows how to put things in there but not help get things out? D Run for the hills?

Police are searching for a gang of about 20 Derby men after an attack on a Muslim couple on a train to Nottingham. Abida Malik said the men called her and her husband Asif Ahmed terrorists. One man put Mr Ahmed in a headlock saying he was making a citizen's arrest. The gang boarded the train at Loughborough on Easter Sunday evening, after what British Transport Police believe was a drinking session. Officers have described it as an "unpleasant and nasty" incident. 'Scared to travel' Abida Malik, who wears the hijab - or headscarf - was travelling home after a wedding in Leicester with her husband. She said: "I was full of fear, my heart was beating really fast a…

The first woman chief constable of Bedfordshire Police is to retire in December. Gillian Parker took up her post in July 2005. Her deputy, Martin Stuart, will also step down this year in September. The county's police authority said it would start recruiting for Mrs Parker's replacement as soon as possible. However it will appoint a temporary deputy chief constable from within the force until a new chief constable is in post to ensure a smooth transition. Mrs Parker was second-in-command at Suffolk Police for five years before she took up her current in position. She received the Queen's Police Medal in 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bu...rts/860908…