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A Home Office campaign stating that police can now be expected to spend 80% of their time on the beat has been banned by the advertising watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the advert did not make clear time spent "on the beat" included duties other than foot patrols. It said the television advert must not be broadcast again in its current form. The Home Office said it was "extremely disappointed". It said the advert told people what to expect from police. The ASA said the advertisement broke its rules on being "legal, decent, honest, truthful". It said that as well as having a misleading definition of "on the beat", the advert failed to make …

An ambulance trust offered its emergency crews shopping vouchers as a reward for referring patients to a GP instead of taking them to hospital. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0j6IFAbUH Ever been offered intensives not to bring in criminals?

A police squad has been banned from using toasters due to health and safety concerns. Officers in the City and Holbeck division, West Yorkshire, have been told not to use the appliances after flames engulfed a police station last week. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0jEwgOk4f Health and safety, or a real concern about dodgy toasters?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...ice-killer.html A MAJOR police investigation was under way in a quiet village today as tributes poured in for a 40-year-old post office owner who was found dead in her store. Odd one, robbed at more or less same time of the year twice, and this time far more violent. The last time i watched an unfolding case similar to this, it was a local who had perpetrated the crime. Ian Huntly. I think this story will run and run.

Shot Greater Manchester Pc 'killed unlawfully' Pc Ian Terry was married with two children A police officer who was shot by a colleague during a "cops and robbers" training exercise was killed unlawfully, an inquest has found. Pc Ian Terry, 32, was killed as Greater Manchester Police's firearms unit practised in a disused factory in 2008. His colleague, a firearms officer known only as "Chris", shot Pc Terry, of Burnley, as he played a suspect. The jurors at Manchester Coroner's Court were critical of the firearms unit and its training regime. Their verdict of unlawful killing relates to both Pc Terry's death and the planning and conduct of the exercise. Grea…

A police officer who was shot by a colleague during a "cops and robbers" training exercise was unlawfully killed, an inquest has found. Pc Ian Terry, 32, was killed as Greater Manchester Police's firearms unit practised in a disused factory in 2008. His colleague, a firearms officer known as "Chris", shot Pc Terry, of Burnley, as he pretended to be a suspect. The jurors at Manchester Coroner's Court were critical of the firearms unit and its training regime. Their verdict of unlawful killing relates to both Pc Terry's death and the planning and conduct of the exercise. Pc Terry's family said they were "appalled and upset" by the evidence heard at the inquest. Th…

Father of one Warnes received a nine-month suspended sentence, allowing him to continue working at his shop and pay off the loans Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0jDHzrxU2 the man who stole from the Royal Mail got off so light he should have been sent to prison in my opinon.

Just wondering how long our players would carry on misbehaving if treated in the same way - http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25032010/58/...ootballers.html Power to the referees! ;-)

I will defend my occupation (and frequently do) to the ends of the earth, but sometimes I wonder if we could get on a bit better by engaging our brains and not shooting ourselves in the foot quite so often. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...-car-death.html It may well have been a well handled enquiry with compassionate press releases etc etc but should someone have not applied a wee bit of common sense and said "On this occasion, well done to all, but we won't be submitting it as a competition entry, it might needlessly get peoples' back up"? Seems like a case of personal ambitions and a need for praise getting in the way of common sense, tact and diplomacy.

Northumbria Police nominated themselves for an award, given by The Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and achieved Gold Award status in "Crisis Communications". Unfortunately the award by the public relations body was not met with universal approval, and details of Northumbria's success have been removed from the CIPR web site. The award related to press releases regarding the unfortunate death of 16 year old Haley Adamson, who was knocked down by a Northumbria PC driving at 94 mph with no siren or blue lights. An entry on the CIPR website now simply says: In their submission to the awards judges, Northumbria Police said they aimed to ‘minimise the risks t…

A woman was reported to the police after going to the aid of a child left in a tree because it was the school's policy not to help youngsters in that situation. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/24/b...iltshire-police No helping kids anymore, due to health a safety it is best to leave kids stuck in a tree there forever. Don`t go taking this out on the Police, this is down to the daft rules surrounding this case. The schools disclaimer "The child had been viewed from three vantage points, the school added. In a statement it said: "The safety of our pupils is our priority and we would like to make it clear that this child was being observed at all times during thi…

A wanted burglary suspect has mocked police with a picture of himself next to a police van - to replace the mugshot "he didn't like". Maynard poses beside a police van in the picture he sent to a paper A snapshot of Matthew Maynard first appeared in a newspaper at the weekend, among a group of others police want to track down. After seeing the snap, he called the South Wales Evening Post, "saying he was not happy with the picture and that he would send in another", said a spokesman for the paper. Maynard then used his mobile phone to provide a new image - cheekily showing him standing in front of a police van - which the paper subsequently published. Police mugsh…

A GANG of pensioners which ­kidnapped and tortured a financial adviser who lost their £2.3million savings in the credit crunch was jailed yesterday. A gang of pensioners which ­kidnapped and tortured a financial adviser was jailed The five – aged between 60 and 79 – ambushed James ­Amburn, 56, at his home. He was bundled into a car boot after being hit over the head with a walking frame. Terrified Mr Amburn was ­driven 300 miles and escaped at a service station. But the elderly abductors caught him, breaking two of his ribs. SPRING HAS ARRIVED! GET YOUR FREE GARDENING DVD HERE They then threw him in a cellar for four days in June last year where they beat…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8584988.stm Scientists in India say their chilli stun grenade for fighting terrorists could be adapted for other purposes. Horseraddish is the way to go, bloody strong stuff.