UK Policing News

In the news today an 8 year old girl has sadly committed suicide at her home address, the news story also says that her 5 year old brother had been taken into care by the local services. My question is if you went into a house and found an 8 year old child had committed suicide would you look at maybe taken the 5 year old brother into care for his protection just because of this being abnormal? Thanks for any response

According to a newspaper yesterday (albeit The News of The World), " Cash strapped police forces are forcing thousands of experienced cops to take early retirement - to plug a black hole in their finances While police numbers actually rose by 1,911 over the last financial year, 1/3 of forces in England & Wales actually cut back. New Home Office figures reveal that more than 2,000 middle-ranking officers in 16 forces were pushed into early retirement packages while still younger than 50 - effectively making them redundant. Worst hit were the Yorkshire forces, with South Yorks & Humberside losing 148 & 133 officers respectively. North Yorks had the biggest pe…

Quite a sad story really. A desperate wannabe, or something perhaps a little more tragic? Still, a million quid is alot of money!

Source Teesside Evening Gazette I wonder how prisoners could help?

Source Wishing everyone involved a speedy recovery

Son's story: 'PC was like a bully'By Claire OwenCommentA POLICE officer accused of assault against a tugboat captain, who later died, has been branded a bully by the man's teenage son. Kieran O'Reilly, 16, was giving evidence in the case of PC Gary Jay, who denies charges of assault against the boy's father Ronnie and his mother Moira on June 14 last year. Southend Magistrates' Court heard yesterday that the police officer pushed both his parents while he was investigating a dispute between Mr O'Reilly and his other son, Ronnie, now 13, at their home in Berkeley Road, Clacton. advertisementKieran said: "The police officer was very aggressive and was trying to get a res…

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A fire service is planning to close one in four of its stations and axe a third of fire appliances under a cost-cutting drive, union leaders claimed today. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0R5CctwQO Not only our Police being cut to ribbons. :smiley_strop1: :smiley_strop1:

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-...entid=149673640 The Government has been accused of "misleading" the family of murdered policewoman Yvonne Fletcher over whether her killer could face justice in Britain. More shenanigans from our government?

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Source VICIOUS thugs who punched this man so hard he was left with HALF A HEAD have got off scot free. Horrified Steve Gator had to have the front of his skull removed by stunned surgeons after his head was smashed against a pavement in the sickening attack. And now the 26-year-old has been told that the teen attackers who disfigured him will escape justice after his case was dropped. Steve, of Romford, Essex, was attacked after confronting one of the yobs who had been taunting him about his cousin. Another of the violent louts hit him so hard that he was sent flying and struck his head on the path. Steve plunged into a coma for two weeks as his shattered mum a…

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-n...00252-24575580/ THE life of a 15-month-old baby girl was saved by three rookie constables on their first day on the job. Nice one doc!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

Just seen this on the BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8248282.stm This just sounds very odd, I wonder if it was really plain clothes police, some muggers trying it on or this guy making it up. There has to be more to this story. edit : spelling