UK Policing News

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a policewoman was found at a house in Manchester. Police discovered the body of the 37-year-old woman after they were called to Osborne Road, Longsight, at 9.15am on Tuesday. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody for questioning. "Inquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding the woman's death are underway. "Greater Manchester Police has referred this incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in line with normal procedures as a result of there being recent p…

A car dealer was jailed for 18 years at the Old Bailey today for ordering fire bomb attacks on the homes of two detectives. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0VuC3INMG So a question or two. First off, how do these people find out where Police officers live? Secondly, how much more brave will these bastards get? "Judge Martin Stephens jailed him for 18 years on each offence, the sentences to be served concurrently. Good sentencing, maybe he will regret his actions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8339762.stm Good job.

Police chief takes job at the Met Ian McPherson began his police career in Lancashire The chief constable of Norfolk Police has been appointed as the new assistant commissioner with the Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) said Ian McPherson will be responsible for the delivery of borough policing in the £176,943-a-year post. Mr McPherson moved to Norfolk to take the top post in January 2007. Kit Malthouse, vice chairman of the MPA, said they had found someone who "firmly puts the public first". He added that the MPA looked forward to a new era, under new Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, with a "reinvigorated focus on fighting crime". A st…

Officer hurt in youth bus attack http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...o#ixzz0VuK0CHK4 A police community support officer (PCSO) was hurt when college students attacked a bus in south-east London when they were unable to board it. The route 51 bus was attacked in Orpington High Street on Tuesday when about 40 teenagers were left behind. Police said the PCSO, 25, boarded the packed bus after several students to allow the driver to move off. Those left behind kicked the front and rear doors and tried to force the emergency exit open, police said. Seven teenagers, aged between 16 and 19, were arrested for public order offences, violent disorder and assaulting po…

From the BBC 'CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr was snatched from a street in Milan An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans - all but one of them CIA agents - and two Italian secret agents for the 2003 kidnap of a Muslim cleric. The agents were accused of abducting Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from Milan and sending him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured. The trial, which began in June 2007, is the first involving the CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" programme. The Obama administration has expressed its disappointment at the convictions. "We are disappointed by the verdicts," state department spok…

Anti-war protesters have vandalised billboards for the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0VKWsQzGa Nasty people doing the usual nasty things. But we on UKPO, do not go along with these lines, we have the opposite thoughts as proved in this picture. If you happen to spot a coach with a HUGE poppy stuck to it`s front, or rear, then you Kenworthy is in the area. :lol:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8334774.stm The UK's chief drugs adviser has been sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, after criticising government policies. Professor David Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C. He accused ministers of devaluing and distorting evidence and said drugs classification was being politicised. The home secretary said he had "lost confidence" in his advice and asked him to step down. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is the UK's official drugs advisory body. Following his sacking, Prof Nutt told the BBC he stood by his claim that cannabi…

A Metropolitan Police officer has been found not guilty of racially abusing two teenagers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8340634.stm Nice to see our Police are clean, even under such scrutiny. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

COPS were in shock last night after rushing to a 999 call and finding the body of a colleague. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...S&ATTR=News Our thoughts are with her family, i expect there will be a long enquiry over this. Man arrested on suspicion of murdering woman police constable. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/cri...-constable.html Sad indeed.

R.I.P. Exemplo Ducemus :sad: BBC link Defence News link

Don't show gun gang film, urges city anti-gun campaigner Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 07:00A LEADING Nottingham anti-gun campaigner has urged a city-centre cinema not to show a film he says "glorifies" gun and gang culture. Clayton Byfield is concerned 1DAY, due to be shown at Cineworld at The Cornerhouse from Friday, may fuel postcode-based tensions. Mr Byfield, founder of No Gun Organisation, whose team works with hundreds of city youngsters on projects guiding them away from gang culture, said: "I've watched the trailer and there's bits on You Tube and it is very much glorifying gangsters. It's about how gangs have shoot-outs and postcode rivalry. "We have had that …

A man has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old who was stabbed after breaking into a house in Nottingham. Omari Roberts is accused of stabbing Tyler Juett, 17, and a 14-year-old as they broke into the house in Heathfield Road, Old Basford, on 13 March. Mr Juett, of Aspley, died later at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre. The Crown Prosecution Service said 23-year-old Mr Roberts' alleged actions were "not reasonable" and he should face prosecution. As well as the murder charge, Mr Roberts, 23, of Heathfield Road in Old Basford, is accused of wounding with intent. He appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court earlier and was sent for trial at Nottingham Crown Cou…