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ht total of 21 men and two women, from Pakistan and Afghanistan, were arrested at Majid House in Ardwick. Officials checked the documents of the workers and questioned them about their immigration status. All those arrested are now being interviewed by UK Border Agency officers, a spokeswoman said. The UK Border Agency said a number of people in the building tried to hide on the roof and two men were found hiding inside cardboard packing boxes, which then had more boxes piled on top of them. Police officers and representatives from the Department of Work and Pensions, trading standards and the Health and Safety Executive were also involved in the operation. Maji…

http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police-Th...cted_20719.html a police officer was shoplifting on his beat .

Met policeman axed for putting naked pictures of himself online 10.11.09 A firearms officer with the Met has been removed from his unit after posting naked photographs of himself on the internet.Pc Malcolm Thomas used the na…

Source A two-year-old girl was punched in the head by two teenage girls during an attempted robbery in north-west London. The girl was with her mother when the pair were targeted by two female suspects in Preston Road, Wembley, at about 1645 GMT on Thursday. They demanded money from the mother before punching her in the arm and attacking her daughter. The attackers are described as being of Mediterranean appearance and aged between 14 and 18. "Although the victim and her daughter do not have any visible injuries, this was a frightening experience for them," said Det Insp Rebecca Reeves, of the Metropolitan Police. "We have released these images in the hope that …

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A babysitter who raped two young children he was meant to be caring for has been jailed for 10 years. Colin Hendry, 45, was earlier found guilty of raping the girls, aged five and seven, at houses in the Stirling area, and abusing a third girl. The judge, Lady Stacey, said Hendry had been assessed as posing "a medium risk" of further offending. She ordered that Hendry should be kept under supervision for a further four years for the protection of the public. At the High Court in Edinburgh, Lady Stacey told Hendry: "You will realise the court must impose a long custodial sentence in this case." He was also convicted of molesting a third girl from the age of nine in…

A mother fears she has been 'criminalised' for giving her children a ticking-off in a supermarket. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0WMs5Z4Nv As an off duty Officer, would you have done the same. Considering it is an offence to hit one`s kids, i see no problem with what this Officer has done.

else can get away with speeding? Fines are issued automatically but police do have discretionWhen consultant obstetrician Dr Sherif Abdel-Fattah got a speeding ticket in August for marginally exceeding the limit while rushing to the aid of a woman with severe bleeding he expected the fine would be quickly overturned. He had a letter from his hospital trust confirming the life-threatening nature of the early morning call out, but it took until last Friday for Avon and Somerset Police to relent and cancel the fine. So, who can legally speed? "The only people who are statutorily allowed to speed are drivers of the emergency service vehicles when going about proper b…

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/...il/article.html A PREGNANT woman has criticised police for reporting her to children's services after a routine visit to her house. Mary Cooke called officers out after she says she was nearly run down by a speeding car outside her home in Lower Milehouse Lane, Newcastle. But, having invited an officer into her property, which is being decorated by Mary and husband Peter, the 27-year-old has received a letter from Staffordshire County Council amid apparent fears for her unborn child. Mrs Cooke, who is 10 weeks' pregnant with her first baby, said: "The letter made me feel sick. "I believe someone was judging me for decorati…

Uniforms for Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Devon and Cornwall are to be changed after complaints they can be confused with police officers. PCSOs have limited powers compared to regular officers. They have no arrest or search powers and can only detain suspects for up to half-an-hour. Blue and white check bands around their hats will be replaced with a royal blue band, the force said. Epaulettes will be altered to match. The changes take effect in January. The main role of PCSOs is to support regular officers by giving crime prevention advice and helping tackle anti-social behaviour. Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton of Devon and Cornwall Po…

the use of cautions for criminal offences is to be reviewed, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced. The move comes after the BBC learned that almost 40,000 cases of assault were dealt with by cautions in England and Wales last year. The figures have led to fears among some that out-of-court punishments are being wrongly used. Mr Straw told the BBC he had "concerns" about the variations between the way different forces were using them. Cautions are formal warnings, issued at the discretion of the police if the offender admits their guilt. In England and Wales, half of all criminal cases are now punished out of court by way of cautions, warnings and fines - di…

hA babysitter who raped two young children he was meant to be caring for has been jailed for 10 years. Colin Hendry, 45, was earlier found guilty of raping the girls, aged five and seven, at houses in the Stirling area, and abusing a third girl. The judge, Lady Stacey, said Hendry had been assessed as posing "a medium risk" of further offending. She ordered that Hendry should be kept under supervision for a further four years for the protection of the public. At the High Court in Edinburgh, Lady Stacey told Hendry: "You will realise the court must impose a long custodial sentence in this case." He was also convicted of molesting a third girl from the age of nine …