UK Policing News

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/27/w...r-321st-offence A man who has been described as Britain's most prolific shoplifter was jailed for one day yesterday after committing his 321st offence. Well, this punishment will teach him, i doubt they`re will be offence 322 .

An escaped prisoner has celebrated his first Christmas on the run by brazenly taunting police with photos of himself posing alongside a roast turkey. Craig 'Lazie' Lynch, 28, has been on the run from Suffolk's Hollesley Bay Prison since September but rather than hide from police he has regularly updated them on his movements via Facebook. On Christmas Day he posted a photo of himself adorned in tinsel, making a rude gesture and holding a turkey. Taunt: Craig Lynch, who has been on the run since September, posted this photo of himself on Facebook on Christmas Day Below the photo he wrote 'If any of you was doubtin my freedom. Here's proof. How the ###### could i get…

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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8432678.stm more wonderful news form the torys but wil they keep to it if someone brakes into your home.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...servatives.html 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. (Article contains more)

An escaped prisoner has celebrated his first Christmas on the run by brazenly taunting police with photos of himself posing alongside a roast turkey Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0azdMeFVG they want to get this bloke fast thinks he is no 1 but soon the long of the law will get him

A father-of-one who told yobs to stop throwing snowballs at his window was viciously attacked and left for dead on his own doorstep. Phil Dobson, 52, was repeatedly kicked in the head and body during the assault and left sprawled in his front garden in sub-zero temperatures. The hospital worker managed to drag himself back inside and said it was only down to luck that he is still alive. Battered: Phil Dobson was left for dead after telling yobs to stop throwing snowballs at his window Mr Dobson, an orthopaedic practitioner at the University Hospital of Hartlepool, said: 'I just went out and said "stop it, you're annoying my dog and he won't stop barking until you go…

One man died and another was left critically ill in a hit-and-run collision in Kent during which it is thought a shot was fired. Police were called on Sunday night to Quarry Road, Maidstone, where they found two men with critical injuries. One of the men later died in hospital and Kent Police are trying to trace the vehicle involved, which is thought to have been a Land Rover. A spokesman confirmed a witness had heard what they thought was a gunshot. He described the incident, which happened at about 1900 GMT, as "serious". Residents 'reassured' "Two men were involved in the collision with a vehicle and had serious injuries," he said. "The vehicle, believed to …

Mobile users at risk of ID theft The blurring line between mobiles and computers raises new security issues A survey of London commuters suggests that 4.2m Britons store data on their mobiles that could be used in identity theft in the event they are stolen. Only six in 10 use a password to limit entry into the phones, according to the survey by security firm Credant. The survey found that 99% of people use their phones for business in some way, despite 26% of them being told not to. Security experts say that password protection and, where possible, data encryption, is essential. The advent of smartphones has seen the types of information that pass through han…

One man died and another was left critically ill in a hit-and-run collision in Kent during which it is thought a shot was fired. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8432115.stm

a survey of London commuters suggests that 4.2m Britons store data on their mobiles that could be used in identity theft in the event they are stolen. simple dont store data on your phone http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7950263.stm i wonder how many people do such as Personal 16% - Bank account details 24% - Pin numbers/passwords 11% - Social security/tax details 10% - Store credit card information Business 77% - Work-related names/addresses 30% - Use mobile as a work diary 17% - Work-related documents 23% - Customers' information

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/8426210.stm A message is being stencilled in every cell at a police station urging people who have been locked up to confess about other crimes they have committed. This might work, thou i doubt it, but i am not known for my optimism.

A carer who betrayed the trust of her disabled clients by stealing their jewellery and fraudulently cashing a cheque has received a prison sentenced at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Catherine Deans, aged 29, from Lismore Park, Slough, was sentenced to a total of 40 weeks' imprisonment on Thursday (17/12), after entering guilty pleas to two counts of theft and one of fraud by false representation. The sentences are to run concurrently, meaning an effective sentence of 16 weeks in jail. Deans was arrested in December 2008, following an investigation by Burnham CID. Det Con Tim Waterworth, the officer who led the investigation, said: “Ms Deans stole from some of t…

A carer who betrayed the trust of her disabled clients by stealing their jewellery and fraudulently cashing a cheque has received a prison sentenced at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. i hate people like this woman who steal from the disabled http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/newseven...m.htm?id=113201