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a three-month public consultation into road pursuit issues has been launched, the Policing, Crime and Counter-Terrorism Minister has announced. In a statement to MPs, David Hanson said everything possible had to be done to ensure the public had confidence in officers in this potentially dangerous area. The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) would be responsible for leading the consultation on a draft code of practice, which had been drawn up following a series of discussions with oganisations including Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Hanson told The Commons that up to 40 people were killed ev…

A Metropolitan Police officer accused of striking a woman with a metal baton at a G20 protest has been cleared of common assault. Sgt Delroy Smellie denied attacking Nicola Fisher, 36, of Brighton, at the G20 demonstration in London in April last year. The officer told City of Westminster Magistrates' Court he feared objects in her hand were weapons . District Judge Daphne Wickham cleared him of the attack. She found no evidence had been provided to show use of the baton was not measured or correct. She said: "It was for the prosecution to prove this defendant was not acting in lawful self-defence. BBC Link

A tribunal has begun deliberating on the action to be taken against jailed police Commander Ali Dizaei. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8589448.stm as a mop i wonder what the outcome will be.

An investigation is under way into claims that a 13-year-old boy sustained a broken wrist while being arrested by officers on Merseyside. The incident happened when officers responded to a report of a disturbance in West Kirby, Wirral, on 27 February. The boy was taken into custody before being issued with a juvenile penalty notice and released. He alleged that "excessive force" was used, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said. Merseyside Police referred the matter to the IPCC on 9 March 2010. The police watchdog will now manage an investigation by Merseyside Police's Professional Standards Department. IPCC Commissioner Naseem Malik said: "It …

A homeowner living next door to Europe's largest illegal travellers' camp needed police protection to repair a fence. Len Gridley, 50, was fixing a gaping hole caused by a car that was rammed into the 8ft-tall metal security railings when he was pelted with bricks and stones by children from the 1,000-strong site. A police officer arrived within minutes of his 999 call about the attack at his home in Crays Hill, near Billericay in Essex but the children ran away. Enlarge Len Gridley in front of the fence he claims he was fixing when he was pelted with stones After the policeman left, Mr Gridley went back to his emergency DIY job but two officers were sent barely an…

Suspect escapes from High Court in London breaking news Suspected Heathrow warehouse armed robber Peter Blake has gone on the run from his trial at the High Court in London, Scotland Yard has said. He is one of four men who are standing on trial for armed robbery. The robbery took place at Heathrow Airport in 2004. The four men have appeared in court in the first crown court criminal trial to be held without a jury in England and Wales for more than 350 years. More soon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8522316.stm

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Police officers in Devon have staged mock burglaries by sneaking into homes to flag up lax security. After entering homes in student areas of Exeter, officers gathered items of value and left them in bags there. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8595004.stm Why do we keep doing this? who the hell comes up with ideas this stupid and yet so effective at making the public, the people we want to like us, hate us!

Twelve fans charged after Blackburn-Burnley match Police said they arrested Burnley and Blackburn fans Twelve football supporters have been charged after violence broke out at the East Lancashire derby. Police made 42 arrests following trouble between rival fans inside and outside Burnley's Turf Moor ground on Sunday afternoon. Blackburn Rovers beat the home side 1-0 in the Premier League clash. The 12 fans have been accused of various public order offences, including racially-aggravated behaviour and being drunk and disorderly. Using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress and possession of drugs were also among the charges. …

A former doorman will be charged with the kidnap and murder of Milly Dowler. The body of 13-year-old Milly was found on Yateley Heath in Hampshire in September 2002, six months after she went missing in Walton-on-Thames. She disappeared on her way home from school after calling her father to say she would be home in half an hour. Levi Bellfield, 41, will be charged with the kidnap and murder of Milly on 21 March 2002 and attempting to kidnap another girl the previous day. 'Painstaking work' The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the charges were to be made against Mr Bellfield, from west London, after it received a large dossier of circumstantial evidence. In a st…

A teenager is in a serious condition in hospital today after he was stabbed repeatedly. The 18-year-old victim was reportedly knifed five times in the face, neck and body at about 11am in Lewisham yesterday. His assailant is believed to have escaped on a mountain bike. The victim was said to be in a serious but stable condition after surgery. Sharon Shuter, 44, who lives opposite the scene, said: “The police have said that it wasn't a random attack, but I don't think they were from around here. "There was blood running down the street, it was in three separate places because he was running away. I have heard that the boy who stabbed him may have been bleeding too. …

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Police now have to fill in up to fourteen pages of forms if an officer is off sick for just a single day. The jungle of red tape is provoking fury among police leaders. http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Governmen...lice_22781.html The jungle of red tape is provoking fury among police leaders. And it makes a mockery of Gordon Brown's pledge to slash the bureaucracy keeping bobbies off the beat. The Prime Minister promised in September 2007 to cut 90 minutes of paperwork from every officer's shift "to make better use of police time". But since then even more forms have been introduced, with officers tapping out emails or furiously scribbling on the pap…

These shocking images show a teenage girl posing with one of the world's most powerful machine guns as she fulfils her dreams of becoming a mobster's moll. Chloe Goodman, 17, posed with the Mac 10, which can fire 1,200 rounds a minute, in what looks like a school locker room as a friend stands back-to-back with her brandishing a similar firearm. In a second photo Goodman poses with a gun in a lavatory and in a third holds a toy gun as she plays an arcade game. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0jfmMEkjz as a mop reading this no wonder our police have got to put up with so much gun crime and officers to keep our streets safe from people like…