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Gun-toting gangsters jailed after campaigner collected brazen internet poses Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0QciHlxx0 There are some daft people about. I thought firearms offences were now a mandatory 5 years, so what is the 4 years about?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8246223.stm Sometimes forget how dangerous the job can be.

very worrying if this turns out to be a massabuse case

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/125543...ranslation-bill POLICE in England and Wales spent more than £25million on translations in dealing with foreign nationals last year – enough to pay for more than 650 officers. And the more foreign nationals we allow in, the higher the bill goes.

Source BBC A reminder as to just how many idiots there are out there ......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8245049.stm A 74-year-old man from Devon has been barred from speaking to anyone aged under 18 in England and Wales. More on this story http://www.rocketnews.com/2009/09/man-74-g...-speaking-asbo/ The anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) against Frederick George Amery of Mapstone Hill, Lustleigh, was granted by Torquay magistrates. My question is, can he sing to them? Hip pop

Brazen British gang members who posed with an array of weapons have had their photos used against them. Joe Brent-Mitchell and Jamie Howde, of Sheffield's notorious Parson Cross Crew, were each jailed for more than four years after being snapped grinning with a sawn-off shotgun. Although the firearm was never found, weapons experts verified its authenticity in court. A 17-year-old was also found guilty of a similar charge. The photos were uncovered on the internet by an angry local who posted them to a "name and shame" Facebook group. Make sure you check out the photos on the article: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/859365/f...g-thugs-unstuck

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8242859.stm I was visiting there today and I did not come across any protestors. Did anyone else visit or was on duty there?

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http://www.essex.police.uk/news/n_cont.php?articleId=4944 In line with popular public demand, Essex Police has increased its police officer numbers by more than 500 in the last five years. This takes the force’s current police officer strength to just over 3,600 officers. The numbers sound good to me, but i as a MOP have no idea if that is the numbers of new Officers the Essex Police were looking for. BTW, this cost cutting, what did they entail?

A special constable who leaked confidential details from the police national database is suing a force, saying her own data protection rights were breached after colleagues found out and called her a 'silly cow'. </H2> Lawsuit: Tracy Laing at the hearing Police worker Tracy Laing launched an unfair dismissal appeal against the Kent force, despite admitting breaking the law. The 38-year-old accepted she committed an offence and that the force was right to suspend her from her duties in November last year. But she said colleagues should not have been informed about her misdeeds. 'I then received calls and my mobile didn't stop ringing - I received a text from…