UK Policing News

Link here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8330930.stm Never been a fan of his since the "MORE FICTION THAN DICKENS" comments he made about a certain police officers blog. Also his subsequent appearance on question time left me so riled, the guy had his head in the clouds. I find it ironic, this guy is former minister for policing and crime, and along with Jackie SMURF the former home secretary ...they were in charge of the countries policing and safety.....no wonder its gone down hill when they cant control themselves and their own greed!!

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a Coventry fireman. Paul Gibbons, aged 41, died as a result of his injuries after an attack at Millsy's Cafe Bar in Earlsdon on Sunday night. Following the incident detectives based at Chace Avenue Police station launched a major investigation. The suspect was arrested this morning and is currently being quizzed by detectives at the Willenhall station. ** This occured on my OCU on Sunday night in a relatively trouble free wine bar, a place i have spent many an evening enjoying a drink, other press reports suggest he was felled by one punch and as he fell fractured his skull as his head h…

Absolute cockup by UKBA. And he wants to appeal whilst on the run. I can see why this would be 'ammo' for the BNP too!: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/8322219.stm Death driver's appeal from abroad Syed Raza Raza said a bollard had obscured his view A student convicted of causing a crash in Lincolnshire in which a father and son died has lodged an appeal against his conviction from Pakistan. Syed Raza, 27, formerly of Newland Street West, Lincoln, failed to return to the UK for the trial last month. In his absence a Lincoln Crown Court judge sentenced him to three-and-a-half years in jail for the deaths of Michael Rowley, 41, and his son Jonathan…

Source A woman broke down in tears today as she told a jury how a Beverley policeman pinned her against her kitchen units and tried to rape her. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said the attack took place as her young son was strapped into his pushchair in a nearby room. She told the jury at Leeds Crown Court today how the attack was carried out by Lee Rackham, an officer with Humberside Police. She said she got to know the officer following a domestic incident in which two officers, including Rackham, were sent to her house to investigate. In the days after, she claimed Rackham made numerous phone calls to her home and on one occasion turned up in h…

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Announcement of specialist unit armed with submachine guns causes consternation amongst authority members. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/2...d-police-london just to get the ball rolling, were these authority members, showing consternation whilst the gangs had the guns, or only now the Police have them? "In a break with the traditional image of the unarmed bobby on the beat," Does this tradition also include the MOPs not having guns? Or is The gaurdian only after the Police?

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-n...00252-25016306/ Hoping for a quick recovery!

Police chief's son brands women officers 'dykes' at riot training event A police chief was left embarrassed after his teenage son held up a banner describing policewomen as lesbians at a riot training event. Norfolk chief constable Ian McPherson's son Jack, 17, and several of his school friends had been told to taunt officers while playing the part of an angry crowd. However, the teenager took his provocation brief rather too far by unfurling a banner proclaiming: "All policewomen are dykes" and "I'm McPherson's son". Another comment referred to Mr McPherson's controversial decision to axe the force's diving unit last year Jack, an A-Level pupil at £11,043-a-year No…

Daily Mail Horrible story. Lets hope he makes it and these scumbags are held to account.

"Armed police patrols are a leap in the dark, says expert" Original Source - Evening Standard (not sure how reliable they [Evening Standard] are, but it's an interesting read) A gun crime expert today called for an immediate review of plans to have armed police on patrols of London's streets. Dr Richard Grimshaw said the move was a "leap in the dark" and there was "no clear justification" for it. A team from CO19 firearms unit will be deployed to estates and streets to try to prevent shootings after a rise in gun crime. They will begin next month after a series of pilot schemes in recent weeks. It will be the first time in Britain that armed officers have been put on…

Malcolm Searles used sirens and blue lights during the errand A former Metropolitan police officer who killed a pedestrian while on a personal errand in a patrol car has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. Malcolm Searles, 24, admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of Sandra Simpson, 61, as he went to deliver a birthday card last August. Mrs Simpson died after the crash in Bromley, south-east London. Searles, from Kent, used sirens and blue lights, while speeding, London's Southwark Crown Court heard. The court heard how Searles, from North View, Swanley, Kent, had been on a "hair raising joy-ride", during which he was clocked doing 104mph in a 40mph z…

With his greeting of 'Evenin' all', Dixon of Dock Green embodied the values of the solid, commonsense copper. But his reassuring salutation, which began each episode of the classic police TV drama from 1955 to 1976, is one which today's real-life officers should be wary of using. According to one force's official guidelines, it could confuse people from different cultural backgrounds. Warwickshire Police's handbook Policing Our Communities, issued to every member of its staff, gives advice on communicating with people from different ethnic groups in a section entitled Communication, Some Dos & Don'ts. It states: 'Don't assume those words for the time of day, such …

A police chief was forced to apologise after his teenage son held up a banner describing policewomen as "dykes" during a training exercise. Chief constable Ian McPherson's force had asked local students to help out by acting as rioters taunting officers. But Norfolk Constabulary trainers were left shocked when boss's son Jack, 17, unfurled a banner proclaiming: "All policewomen are dykes". Jack, an A-Level pupil at posh Norwich School, was removed from the training session at RAF Coltishall. His father was contacted and cut short a meeting so he could drive to the airbase where he and Jack stood up and apologised. Jack said he had used the slogan because he thought i…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8320000.stm The chief inspector of constabulary says some police are failing to class all acts of violence as crimes. The watchdog reviewed decisions by officers to class some reports of violence and assault as "no crime". It found that more than a third of the cases from the sample of 479 incidents had been wrongly categorised as not warranting further investigation. Denis O'Connor, the chief inspector, said the findings meant some victims had not got the service they deserved. 'Cause for concern' He said Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) would be launching a major review next year into how the forces are recording seri…