UK Policing News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8427439.stm A ban on several drugs known as "legal highs" has come into force. The substances, including GBL and BZP, become Class C drugs, with a possible two-year jail sentence for possession. Ministers moved to classify them after a recommendation from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and fears they are a threat to user health. Anyone come across any of these? i never have and i have never heard of anyone having any problems with it. Hate to cover the same old ground but i have met 100's of alcoholics with destroyed lives and minimal chance of reaching old age

Two brothers will have their noses and ears cut off in Pakistan as punishment for doing the same to a woman over a rejected marriage proposal. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...l#ixzz0aUbPxOS7 Seems like a good idea, throw bricks at the Police, the police then get their turn to throw the bricks back. :clapping:

The parents of an 11-year-old girl posed as their child on the internet to snare a paedophile who they discovered was grooming her for sex. The pair took over the girl's Facebook account and, pretending to be her, lured perverted Thomas Gibbs into a trap. Today the 52-year-old was behind bars, starting a 16-month jail term. A judge heard how the couple became concerned about online conversations between their young daughter and another person. They stepped in and assumed her internet identity as they realised the correspondent's depraved intentions. Gibbs suggested meeting the 'young girl' and turned up on two occasions for the arranged rendezvous. On the first o…

Source: http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/4815...the_job/?ref=mr Two Croydon police constables have been jailed for stealing from people while they carrying out their duty. Jerome Bradley, 35, and Dermot Sargent, 27, were sent to prison for a total of 26 months at Southwark Crown Court yesterday. Bradley had earlier pleaded guilty to theft of an Xbox and money and was sentenced to eight months and Sargent, who had pleaded guilty to theft of money and perverting the course of justice, was given eighteen months. The two men, who were cops based in Croydon, were arrested on suspicion of theft in December 2008. A colleague had raised concerns with senior officers…

I saw this and couldnt help myself but to add it to a thread, heres a bit of light hearted relief for you guys :D (The CCTV footage kicks in after the advert) A pervert caught secretly sniffing a supermarket shelf-stacker's bum was last night being hunted by police. The offender was spotted on CCTV trying to catch a whiff of the unsuspecting worker’s backside. Footage shows the man casually pretending to shop before suddenly crouching down behind the shelf stacker. The sick bum-sniffer puts his face inches from the worker’s - as several shoppers wander past oblivious to what is happening. In one incident the man is seen sneakily swooping on the worker’…

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a teenage art student was knifed to death following an apparent row on Facebook. Salum Kombo, 18, was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds in east London near his family home on Sunday evening. Friends claim he may have been targeted after posting a message on the social networking webpage of another boy. Enlarge Enlarge Victim: Salum Kongo was stabbed to death after an apparent row on Facebook. Friends yesterday posted a tribute to the 18-year-old on the social networking site Mr Kombo, who was studying art at Tower Hamlets College, was stabbed in a basketball court just off Chiltern Road in…

The parents of an 11-year-old girl posed as their child on the internet to snare a paedophile who they discovered was grooming her for sex. I would like to shake them by the hands, fantastic job, fantastic parents. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aRIOzDMY

A man who fathered two children with his own daughter has been jailed for nine months. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aR4wEluJ what a sick person to do this to there own daughter if i was the judge the sentence whould hav been a lot longer.

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a teenage art student was knifed to death following an apparent row on Facebook Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0aRC9DmPB sad case to get killed over a row.

is this going to far to hold DNA on police datebase for people not convicted of any crime i wonder how far this will go Human rights groups say those not convicted of any crime could lose out on jobs. http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Innocent-...base_21093.html

A mother who claimed more than £30,000 in disability handouts after saying she was too frail to get out of bed was filmed working a 48-hour week running a team of cleaners. Christine Whittle-Morley, 47, received benefits to pay for round-the-clock care after saying her mobility was so restricted she needed help getting dressed and washing herself. But the mother-of-two, who also claimed it took her 30minutes to walk 14metres, had actually been working a 48-hour week for six years as a team leader for a cleaning company at up to 45 different sites. Cheat: Christine Whittle-Morley was filmed leading a team of cleaners despite claiming more than £30,000 in disability h…

Police are warning revellers in Leicester that anyone caught acting drunk and disorderly could be banned from the city centre for two days. Officers say they will be issuing dispersal notices as part of increased patrols in the run-up to Christmas. Anyone receiving a notice must leave the city centre immediately and not return for up to 48 hours. Police say they are trying to prevent trouble during a rise in the number of people on nights out. 'Bucket of cold water' Once a notice is issued, the person is monitored by police and CCTV operators to ensure they comply and leave the city centre. If people ignore the notice they will be arrested. Insp Jason Ross said…

The names of nearly a million people who have not been convicted or cautioned for any crime will continue to be stored on the police national computer, even though the government is changing the law so that their DNA profiles are deleted. The revelation has provoked outrage among human rights groups who warn that it could affect the job prospects of the innocent. They fear that whenever an employer carries out an "enhanced criminal records" check on a potential employee, the system would flag up the fact that the person had been arrested. The government has been forced to scale back the way it holds the details of people held on the national DNA database, following a Eu…

Officers say they will be issuing dispersal notices as part of increased patrols in the run-up to Christmas. Anyone receiving a notice must leave the city centre immediately and not return for up to 48 hours. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicest...ire/8422288.stm This will only work as long as only a few people that are issued these orders decide to break it. If they hand them out to every drunk in the city centre and a high percentage decide to ignore it they are going to run out of cells and officers very quickly and end up very outnumbered on the streets.

A former Toys R Us accountant has been jailed for seven years for defrauding the firm of £3.6m he spent on prostitutes and expensive cars. Paul Hopes, 58, had worked for the toy firm for 23 years and had a £56,000 salary when he developed an infatuation with a massage parlour worker. He set up a bank account in her name to siphon off money between 2006 and 2008. Hopes, of Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, admitted 14 counts of theft and four of transferring criminal property. Reading Crown Court heard how he lead a secret life his wife and children knew nothing about. While he appeared to be living a normal family life, he was also lavishing money and gifts on five …