UK Policing News

officer laid to restBy ;Police Constable Bill Barker died when floodwaters washed him away. Bill Barker died when floodwaters destroyed a bridge and washed him away Floods in Cumbria, northwest England, were worst in 1,000 years Prince Charles due in region Friday in "regal show of support" The police officer who died in floods last week in northwest England was being laid to rest Friday, a week after the region suffered what was called the worst flooding in living memory. Cumbria Police Constable Bill Barker died November 20 while directing drivers off a bridge over the flooded river Derwent in the town of Workington. The strong floodwaters destroyed the brid…

Source: Liverpool Echo Sounds nasty. Went past this morning and there were police everywhere and the roads were in chaos. I still cant believe they shot at the man whilst he was holding a baby :D Lets hope they are caught and given appropriate sentences! I hope all innocent involved are not too traumatized by the incident.

Seven people have been arrested for their role in running a central London lap dancing club as a brothel. The Goodge Street Capricorn Club, shut down last night by police, was known to its affluent clientele as a place where sex and drugs were freely available. Last night detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service's Clubs and Vice Unit were joined by colleagues from Camden Police and the Dogs Unit as they raided the club and eight addresses across London and Essex believed to belong to the suspects. Three men were arrested at the club. A 44-year-old man was arrested in Holloway and a 55-year-old man was arrested in Stansted. A woman in her fifties was arreste…

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POLICE are investigating a shoot-out at one of Liverpool’s busiest junctions http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-n...00252-25273227/

http://www.northantset.co.uk/corby/He-save...life.5847083.jp A PCSO from Corby has been hailed a hero after saving the life of a two-year-old when she stopped breathing. Monica Juan desperately tried to resuscitate her daughter Lola when she stopped breathing in her pushchair while on a shopping trip to Kettering, but could not get her to respond. But police community support officer David Hosie received an emergency call and came to the rescue, repeatedly giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, even when her pulse had stopped, until she started breathing again. Mrs Juan said Lola had been in her pushchair when she noticed something wasn't right. She said: "Lola's j…

Source The article is misleading, An EFIT means Electronic Facial Indenification Technique, if it was a handdrawn by the witness it does not make it an EFIT

BBC Link Very little news doubt there will be much more.

A woman has been jailed for killing a man who she met on the day she appeared in court for punching a police officer who tried to stop her running on to the M6. Sabina Eriksson, 41, admitted the manslaughter of Glenn Hollinshead in Stoke-on-Trent on 20 May 2008 on the grounds of diminished responsibility. She was sentenced to five years at Luton Crown Court on Thursday. Swedish national Eriksson, of of Mallow, County Cork, in the Irish Republic, admitted the offence at an earlier hearing. The court heard that Eriksson had a rare psychiatric disorder which made her hear voices, but she could not interpret what they said. Eriksson, befriended Mr Hollinshead when he was…

Taken from http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/art...pauls-sunset.do At least they didn't actually arrest this one, but lloking at the photo there's a good chance he was using a tripod and a serious camera to take the picture. I doubt most terrorists would be using similar kit when a daytime shot with a digital would probably work just as well for recon.

Thieves fix ATM to pay out 10 times amount of cash Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0Y5Y2DPAV

Bridge collapse, lets hope for the best. Terrible news, my thoughts are with their family and colleagues.

http://www.petitiononline.com/pcd001/petition.html “I am disappointed that Mark Cavan Connolly, who is serving a prison sentence for assaulting PC Pete Doherty, has been allowed day release. Pete is a hero who could have lost his life protecting others. “Every day in every police force officers face danger as they carry out their duty to protect the public. ‘‘They bravely face the risk of being hurt or even being killed because they care about other people’s safety before their own. An assault on a police officer is also a serious attack on the community that the officer serves.†He added: “People who harm police officers must be dealt with robustly by the …

Source Is this the right approach? I believe it is, if the stop search power is not leading to anything significant.