UK Policing News

A judge has blasted the judicial system for tying his hands with 'ridiculously short sentences' as three youths who kidnapped and tortured a teenager with learning disabilities escape jail. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0iAOk9uxf Is sentencing not down to the courts nowadays?

Most police forces in England and Wales still unfairly target black and Asian people in their use of stop and search powers, the equality watchdog has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8567528.stm Just because this bunch say this is happening, does not mean it is true. They can attempt court, so many others have in the past and failed. In order to keep the figures in proportion, maybe the police should also stop 90 year old grannies who are in wheelchairs too.

I think that the CPS should Charge in all cases, this is part of the issue, i think positive action style policing rape like in domestic issues should be brought in. i think that there should Be centers to help with Rape victims but at the same time if to much of the focus is on the victim this may cut the convition rate even more this i think will be very sad to see Rapist walk free because all of the time and effort has go into the victim and not to Investigating the crime, but i agree that there is a balance and that has not yet been met which is just like labour all about targets and % shame ! the below link is to the full story on the BBC website http://news.bbc…

Three prison officers at a high-security prison have been stabbed, police have said. The attack, at Frankland jail in County Durham, is reported to have involved a broken bottle. A spokesman for the Prison Officers Association (POA) said a female officer and two male colleagues were injured in the attack. He said the woman was stabbed in the back, while the second officer was injured in the arm, sustaining a very serious injury. A third officer, who is believed to have rugby-tackled the inmate, was then slashed across the face during the assault. He said two of the officers, who are all aged in their early 30s, remain in hospital. One of the officers suffered an arte…

A man who raped an elderly woman in an attack of "unimaginable depravity" has been jailed for 12 years. David Gillen subjected his 79-year-old victim to a prolonged attack at her home in Harraby, Carlisle, on 8 March. Police said the pensioner "fought like a lion" and bit her attacker, drawing blood from which detectives were able to extract DNA. Gillen, 52, admitted rape, robbery and two sexual assaults at Carlisle Crown Court. He was arrested after a seven-month investigation - Carlisle's biggest ever manhunt - which culminated in a television appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch, featuring CCTV images of Gillen. After the programme aired, officers received about 150 …

Link - http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/505730...ff_for_soldier/ I know a robbery is a robbery but in all honestly is this really worth taxes to put these in court for the sum of £8??

If true then what a potential waste of a career.

A man wanted in Spain as a member of the Basque terrorist organisation ETA has been arrested in London. Counter-terrorist sources in Madrid told the Spanish media that the Metropolitan Police have detained Garikoitz Ibarlucea Murua on an international arrest warrant. He is accused of being a member of a terrorist organisation and of taking part in street violence in the strife torn Basque region of northern Spain, according to reports Ibarlucea, who was born near San Sebastian in 1981, was arrested early on Sunday and will appear in court in London on Monday to face extradition proceedings, it was reported in Madrid. Link Source

A police force with one of the poorest records in the UK for solving violent crime bungled a bank robbery investigation by speeding to the wrong county. Officers were alerted to the armed raid taking place at the Lloyds TSB less than 100 yards from their police station. But instead of making the short trip up the road, police cars mistakenly raced to another branch more than 14 miles away. Blunder: The robbery was carried out at this branch of Lloyds TSB - less than 100 yards from the police station in Henley-on-Thames Shocked bank workers were forced to wait for help for more than an hour after they were terrorised at gunpoint by a hooded criminal. A female member …

A police force with one of the poorest records in the UK for solving violent crime bungled a bank robbery investigation by speeding to the wrong county. Officers were alerted to the armed raid taking place at the Lloyds TSB less than 100 yards from their police station. But instead of making the short trip up the road, police cars mistakenly raced to another branch more than 14 miles away. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0i0XKqKB3 i am as a mop trying to understand why so many cock ups and who is to blame for this one???

A DRUG courier dropping off heroin concealed in a Kinder egg was caught by police, a court heard. Heroin user Martin Hardy was twice beaten up by dealers after failing to pay his £2,500 drug debt. Eventually they recruited him as a courier whose jobs included secreting heroin in a Kinder egg behind a certain bin in Ashford Road, Lipson Vale, for collection later by someone else. Prosecutor Barry White said that on April 3 last year, police received a call tipping them off to drug-dealing activity. A man was seen by police passing objects to people in cars. Officers stopped one of the cars, driven by Hardy, an…

A judge has blasted the judicial system for tying his hands with 'ridiculously short sentences' as three youths who kidnapped and tortured a teenager with learning disabilities escape jail. Four teenagers forced the 17-year-old from the children’s home where he lived and repeatedly kicked and punched him, poured boiling water over him, burnt his arm with hair straighteners and stamped on his testicles. One also did a ‘flying kick’ against the victim’s head when he tried to escape. The attacks were carried out by two boys who also lived in the children’s home and their girlfriends at a flat where one of the girls lived in Leeds. They took place after the vict…

Police Call Handlers Receive Global Recognition 24-Feb-10 Greater Manchester Police has become the first force in the world to receive global standard accreditation for its call handling service.... Greater Manchester Police has become the first force in the world to receive global standard accreditation for its call handling service. The Force’s Operational Communications Branch deals with thousands of emergency and non-emergency calls every year. The Branch has worked extremely hard to achieve this accreditation demonstrating that they had met or exceeded industry standards in customer care. They will be presented with a certificate and plaque on Thursday 25 Feb…