UK Policing News

I thought I had seen it all, but these 2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm simply take the cake. A Darwin award or two beckons for this pair, surely

Mr McPherson, a 25-year-old man from East Acton, died in on 18 January 2007. He had been travelling in a car with two other men when the vehicle was stopped by MPS officers on the Edward Woods Estate, W11. They were detained and taken to Notting Hill Police Station where a search of all three men was to be conducted. Shortly after arriving at the police station, he became unwell and required medical attention. An ambulance was called and he was taken to St Mary’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 11.42pm on 18 January 2007. An independent investigation into the death was determined due to the fact that Mr McPherson died while in police custody. The investigation a…

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Local car dealer supports police in Portsmouth during adverse weather... nice that a Local car dealer supports police in Portsmouth http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Hants-Pol...port_21419.html also a link from n.i.linkhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8454001.stm nice to they are helping the n.i.police as well

IPCC disclose findings of independent investigation into the death of Jason McPhersonhttp://www.policeoracle.com/news/Met-Officers-Exonerated_21414.html

Police have confirmed that Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman is being investigated over her involvement in a car collision. Harman denies the Mail on Sunday's allegations It follows claims that she allegedly left the scene of an accident without giving her insurance details - an offence carrying a possible six-month jail term. The Mail on Sunday said the accident happened when the Leader of the House of Commons drove into a parked car while talking on her mobile phone. But a spokeswoman for the MP for Camberwell and Peckham said Ms Harman strongly refuted the allegations. Police said the crash happened near her home in Dulwich, south-east London, on the afternoon …

LOL! At least he didn't sport the SC FS Medal too! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventr...ire/8454415.stm

"Why would a former Guantanamo Bay prison guard track down one of his former captives - a British man - and agree to fly to London to meet him?" BBC News Magazine (January, 2010) BBC News Website

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...dn-t-write.html I know it's the mail but the police have confirmed their actions.

A teenager who poured bleach over a woman at a restaurant in Leeds has been detained for 12 months. Jordan Horsley, 16, was found guilty at an earlier hearing of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. Leeds Crown Court heard how Annette Warden, 46, asked the boy and his friends to be quiet during a film at the Vue cinema on Kirkstall Road. Later, as Mrs Warden and her family ate in a nearby restaurant, the boy came in and poured bleach on her head. Bleach in eyes The attack happened on 26 July in the Frankie and Benny's restaurant at the Cardigan Fields complex. Mrs Warden had been watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with her husband an…

Police to stand in crime hotspots for 12 minutes in 'micro-policing' experiment to drive down crime Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0cLuk4aR4 Yet another dubious idea, or will this one work? <_< Any criminal who knows their stuff, would think, the Officer is there for 12 minutes, i will get up to naughtiness after the twelve minutes are up.

http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/Poli...ines.5972526.jp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8449253.stm When will the courts realise that most of today's shoplifters are not some hard up parent nicking a can of beans, they're stealing expensive perfumes, jackets etc, to sell on. The courts keep giving them bail and fines that they can pay out of the proceeds of their next theft. If they at least got community service it would cut down on their available shopping hours!

A HIGHLY visible police operation to tackle burglars coming into St Albans coupled with freezing weather has cut burglaries by 66 per cent. http://www.herts.police.uk/crimedatabase/s...article_id=7614