UK Policing News

An Essex Police sergeant diagnosed with breast and lung cancer is preparing to run her 18th marathon in aid of charity. http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Brave-Ser...athon_22562.htm to have cancer is not a nice thing to have and to do the marathon i wish her as a mop the very best of luck

A five-year-old Sussex boy took his parents' car for a drive before crashing it into a wall. Sussex Police said the youngster managed to drive the automatic Mitsubishi Shogun about four miles on roads east of Chichester. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8574936.stm this little man went for a drive in dads car and i wonder what the police was thinking when they arrived.

For more than two years he has been a one-boy crimewave the authorities have been powerless to stop because he was too young for jail. His 'career' so far includes a high-speed chase in an Audi TT, which he managed to take despite being barely able to see over the steering wheel, and even allegedly pulling a knife on his own mother. But the spree came to an end yesterday - temporarily at least - when a magistrate was finally able to send the boy to a detention centre because he had reached the grand old age of 12. Criminal: The boy was arrested more than 60 times and has 19 convictions for more than 30 known offences (file picture) The cannabis user - who ha…

Police spend more than a fifth of their time off the beat, according to newly published figures. Inspectors discovered officers and staff are engaged in "support functions" for an average of 22 per cent of their working lives. These include planning, human resources, accounting, training and computing as well as estate and vehicle maintenance. The figures were published by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) as part of a new website - hmic.gov.uk - to analyse the work of forces across England and Wales. The report found staff spend just less than a third of their time (31 per cent) dealing with criminals by investigating offences, gathering information and preparin…

wooooahhhh!! scary stuff http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/L...A1(M),_Wetherby

A man has admitted illegally importing stun guns after being arrested at Aberdeen Airport. Spencer Henderson, 41, of Fraserburgh, was detained on Monday after arriving on a flight from Bangkok via Amsterdam. He admitted breaching the Customs and Excise Management Act when he appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Tuesday. The UK Border Agency said two stun guns were found in Henderson's luggage. Sentence was deferred for background reports Link Source

A man jailed for 10 years after his pregnant girlfriend found out he had infected her with HIV is to appeal against his sentence. Mark Devereaux, who also had unprotected sex with other women, had known he had the virus for nine years. His 28-year-old partner, who was pregnant with twins, chose to have them aborted after discovering she had HIV. Devereaux, 41, has lodged an appeal against the length of his sentence, the Scottish Courts Service said. He was working offshore when his partner found a letter in their home, in the north east of Scotland, which said he was HIV positive. 'Utterly irresponsible' Devereaux, latterly of Dundee, admitted four charges of culpab…

Police divers are believed to have recovered a body from a stolen van which plunged into a Fife dockyard. The van, which had been stolen from near the Forth Road Bridge, was being followed by a police vehicle when it fell into Methil docks on Wednesday. Fife Constabulary said the vehicle went into Dock No.3 in Methil after being spotted by officers near South Street. Dive teams from Central Scotland Police were at the scene. It is understood only the driver was inside the vehicle. Central Scotland Police will conduct a review into the circumstances of the incident. The van went off the edge of the docks at about 1620 GMT. I saw the yellow van sitting there in the wa…

A Devon man who stabbed a neighbour's friend in the back and threatened him with a baseball bat in a row over noise has been jailed for 30 months. Daniel Cox confronted neighbours in the flat below in Burridge Road, Torquay, when he himself was in the process of being evicted for playing loud music. Cox, 21, admitted unlawful wounding and possessing an offensive weapon at an earlier hearing at Exeter Crown Court. The judge said the attack, in October, had been premeditated. Trouble had been brewing for some time Lee Bremridge, defence barrister The court had been told Cox, who was on licence for a five-year jail term for an armed robbery in which a knife was used, h…

A company boss has compared British soldiers to paedophiles and drug dealers after refusing a request by a recruitment service to provide jobs for former troops. Karl Winn, 60, said he would rather 'recruit ex-drug dealers, convicts and child molesters' than employ former servicemen or women. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0iM9G9Xyg any one ever told this bloke that we have ex soldiers now police so why cant this bloke take on our ex troops ??

11 March, 2010 A SPECIAL constable who faced losing his job after being accused of threatening a young woman in Lerwick town centre last summer was acquitted at the town’s sheriff court on Thursday. Graeme Gerrard, of 38a Market Street, Lerwick, had been out celebrating his birthday on 23 August when an argument broke out between his girlfriend and another young woman. Twenty year old hairdresser Debbie McQuiston told the court that Mr Gerrard, who is a supervisor with the fire brigade at Sullom Voe oil terminal, had stood directly in front of her and said he had wanted to “batter†her for ages. Her story was backed up by 22 year old labourer James Hughson, who w…

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-ne...91466-26015724/ MAINTAINING funding for police community support officers is low on political parties’ list of priorities, according to the Police Federation. seems a pity to me, if the PCSO`s are as pleasant as in Wales as they are here, then it is a damn shame. “It was surprising because the message that is being put out constantly is that the community loves PCSOs and they are worth their weight in gold,â€

More boots needed on the ground in the face of terror threat and forthcoming Olympic Games... http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Forces-Ur...als-_22535.html as a mop my vote is yes to see more police on the streets of london