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RETIRED detectives are being brought back by Notts Police to bolster its ability to investigate homicides and serious and organised crime. The move follows last month's decision to redeploy 70 specialist officers – including homicide detectives – to deal with volume crimes such as robbery, burglary and violent offences. The redeployment is a key part of a new force initiative, called Policing for You with 20/20 Vision, which aims to secure greater and quicker reductions in the number of crimes. The exact numbers of retired detectives being brought back into service in Notts has not been disclosed – or the amount the move is costing. Detective Chief Superintenden…

A four-year-old girl was shot dead in cold blood and her mother critically injured by a man who opened fire on them with a gun and then turned the gun on himself. Police who rushed to the house today after neighbours reported a "domestic dispute" found a bloodbath when they arrived. It is understood the girl was shot dead at point blank range. Officers tried desperately to save the severely injured child but were unable to and she died in their arms at the house. The badly wounded woman was rushed to hospital where she was described as being in a critical condition. The dramatic triple shooting happened at a home in Church Hill, Aldershot, Hants., shortly after 10am …

Ive not decided what my views on this are yet, im torn. Part of me thinks it shouldnt have happened because he was mentally ill, but, it does send out a message and it is in another country and thats their sentences.

A 15-YEAR-old boy has been charged after a woman had a gun put to her head in her Chortonville home. how on earth did a 15 year old boy get hold of a gun??? http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/new...unpoint_robbery

Police Community Support Officers, who are often derided for being “plastic bobbies,†could be removed from the beat by police chiefs under plans being drawn up by the Conservatives. By Andrew Porter and Robert Winnett Published: 9:37PM GMT 26 Dec 2009 Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling Photo: EDDIE MULHOLLAND Chief Constables will have the power to scrap the cheaper version of policing if they decide to do so. And the Home Office, under a Tory government, would no longer demand that a fixed amount of money is spent on PCSOs. <H4 class=header> </H4>The issue of PCSOs has been a controversial one. They were introduced by David Blunkett when he w…

Detectives in Scotland were today questioning residents of a tower block where a grandmother was violently murdered in her home. http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/world/poli...her-440103.html hope they get the person who did this soon after the person killed this poor woman and put the person away for life:sad: :sad: case

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...ing-prison.html Whatever next? Banning satellite television & drugs?

These get in 'cos of corruption and incompetence I suppose; same with drugs, keeps the inmates quiet when there are only 5 warders on a wing at night. Delphon Nicholas Delphon Nicholas: Organised a murder via a mobile in his cell The Conservatives have attacked the government over the number of mobile phones being smuggled into prisons. Ministry of Justice figures show almost 9,000 mobile phones and Sim cards were seized during 2008 - up more than 5,800 on two years earlier. The Conservatives say the phones pose a national security threat if terrorism convicts get hold of them. Justice Secretary Jack Straw accused the party of a propaganda trick and said prisons we…

A police officer jailed for causing the death of a teenager by dangerous driving will not be temporarily released over the festive period. Pc John Dougal, 41, accelerated to 94mph (151km/h) without his blue lights or siren before hitting Hayley Adamson, 16, in Newcastle last year. He was convicted of dangerous driving and jailed for three years in May. It was believed the officer could have been allowed home temporarily by way of a special prison licence. A spokesperson from the Prison Service said only prisoners who met strict criteria and passed a rigorous risk assessment, were released on temporary licence. Hayley's mother Yvonne said she was relieved he would …

A call by the Conservatives to make it harder for people who tackle burglars to be jailed has been rejected by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Keir Starmer said the law "works very well" and prosecutions were brought only if "unreasonable" force was used. Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling had said the Tories would review the law so there was "a higher bar to jump" before householders were jailed. It comes after Munir Hussain was jailed for beating an intruder to his home. 'Licence to kill' Currently, the law allows people to use "reasonable force" to defend themselves against intruders in their homes. In the wake of the Hussain case, Mr Grayling had insis…

Drug tests catch out 10 police (UKPA) – 3 days ago Ten Scotland Yard officers were caught using illegal drugs including cocaine, heroin and cannabis over the last year. this is not good news when we want more police not less and cases like this dont help??? http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/a...IPCYdBXUsfzVP6A

This is England: On the trail of the English Defence League Not a surprise to me that something like this is happening, to be honest after the riots in Oldham a few years back I expected things to go downhill faster than they have. I can see running battles in the streets within a few years, those of us that warned the multiculturalism experiment would go bang at some point might sadly be proved right.

A four-year-old girl was shot dead in cold blood and her mother critically injured by a man who opened fire on them with a gun and then turned the gun on himself. http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Girl,-Age...Dead_21255.html a very sad case to read pity he did not shoot himself first :sad:

MORE than 150 civilian jobs in Greater Manchester Police could be axed in a cost-cutting drive. About 380 people who work in the force’s human resources and finance sections have been sent letters warning them a staff reduction will be ‘inevitable’. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/new...stcutting_drive WHAT NEXT