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Devon and Cornwall Police to shed 180 officer jobs One hundred and eighty police officer posts are to be lost in Devon and Cornwall as part of budget cuts. Devon and Cornwall Police authority voted to raise the police's share of council tax by 5%, about £7 a year. But the force says public spending cuts mean it still needs to save £14m over the next three years. It expects to cut 60 front line police officer jobs in the coming financial year and in the two years after that a further 120 posts are to go. It is vital that the public judge our success by the service they receive and not the number of officers we have Chief Constable Stephen Otter The reductio…

A £2 million drugs haul recovered in Northern Ireland and northern England have been described by police as one of the most significant seizures in years. Eight men continued to be questioned following the targeted raids against an alleged drug smuggling ring. Cocaine, amphetamines, herbal cannabis and £100,000 in cash were seized after searches in the Co Down fishing town of Kilkeel, Belfast and Preston. The officer in charge of the intelligence led operation, Detective Superintendent Essie Adair said police had been monitoring the suspected crime gang for over a year. "We are delighted with the amount of drugs which we have seized and the number of arrests which h…

The Government is planning to resurrect an alternative number to 999 that will charge members of the public 10p to report anti-social behaviour and non-emergency crimes to police. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0fWYpqxTa The idea seems not bad in principle, but getting people to remember any number but 999 is the tought bit. I see a crime, first thing i remember is 999, maybe now whilst i am on the phone to operator i will recall this topic.

Ambulance drivers face the sack if they ignore a 'ludicrous' diktat that they must not drive too fast to emergencies. NHS bureaucrats have decided that paramedics who go as little as 10mph above the speed limit should face formal disciplinary action. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0eKtyI00p I wonder if this will soon be under Police rules too. :clapping: Not allowed above 30 MPH in residential areas, and 70 MPH on motorways, i do hope the crims will keep this in mind, and slow down when ordered to do so.

A SEX attacker on the FBI's most-wanted list for 10 years has been secretly dumped in Scotland, we can reveal today. James Hemphill, 53, has been kicked out of the U.S after he was freed from jail for preying on a teenage girl. We tracked him down to Greenock, Inverclyde, yesterday where he owns a flat near Morton's football ground. Hemphill, who now works as a joiner, had spent 10 years on the run in Scotland after being accused of molesting the teenager in 1994. But he was arrested in 2004 after being tracked down living under a false name. In March 2005, he was jailed for five years in New Jersey. After serving part of his sentence, Hemphill has now been deport…

A father who stabbed a thug threatening his family with an axe won a crucial victory for homeowners yesterday after the government's top lawyer failed to have him jailed. Kenneth Blight, 51, walked free from the Appeal Court after the country's most senior judge threw out an application from the Attorney General to increase his original sentence. Baroness Scotland QC pursued the father-of-three after he was given a two-year suspended jail term for stabbing drug-crazed teenager Andrew Nelson in a bid to protect his partner and children in their home. She argued the original sentence was 'unduly lenient'. But in a stinging judgment that could signal greater rights f…

A car key burglar who stole high-performance vehicles worth more than half a million pounds across eight counties has been jailed following an extensive investigation by Surrey Police’s Cross Border Crime Team. Twenty-three year old Edgaras Pilvinis, a cage fighter from Barking in Essex, was sentenced to seven years at Guildford Crown Court on February 4 after pleading guilty to 17 offences over a seven month period. Pilvinis was part of organised crime gang breaking into residential addresses at night and stealing car keys while the owners and their families were still asleep. He targeted homes with expensive cars such as BMWs, Audis and Range Rover Sports left out o…

A father who stabbed a thug threatening his family with an axe won a crucial victory for homeowners Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0fRZ1c7Yd was he right to do what he did to defend his home and family.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8441905.stmA police officer gave a drug dealer information about operations in exchange for free cocaine for his wife, Southwark Crown Court has heard. Pc Mark Bohannan, 47, checked the Metropolitan Police's database for Syed Imtiaz Ahmed, who then supplied drugs to Denise Bohannan, the jury heard. The officer and his 56-year-old wife deny conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office on or before May 2007. Mr Ahmed, who admitted his part in the offence, will be called as a witness. Pc Bohannan, who worked as a field intelligence officer in Catford, south-east London, gave Ahmed details of planned operations, addresses…

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/poli...icle7018478.ece Every defendant convicted in a criminal court would have to pay a levy of £200 under plans being put forward by the Conservatives. seems like they want a lot seems daft to me??

One hundred and eighty police officer posts are to be lost in Devon and Cornwall as part of budget cuts. Devon and Cornwall Police authority voted to raise the police's share of council tax by 5%, about £7 a year. But the force says public spending cuts mean it still needs to save £14m over the next three years. this is not good news at all and as a mop can someone tell me why the need to lose so many police apart from there budget :furious3: :furious3: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8512836.stm

Rise in council tax given to Lancs 8 pence a week increase and yet most of the comments seem to oppose this move. I agree that the financial crisis puts the pinch on everyone but this looks like a great way to offer that re-assurance that the public want. The money has to come from somewhere. Discuss...

A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder today after a car carrying two children plunged into the River Avon. The boy, 6, and girl, 5, who were sitting in the back seat of the vehicle when it entered the water, were airlifted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The girl was pulled from the car around two hours after the crash. Both children were in a critical condition this afternoon. Another witness, an elderly widow who did not want to be named, said she was walking her dog by the river when she saw the crash. She said: “It was absolutely horrendous hearing those children screaming inside the car. The man dragged the boy out of the car and onto the r…