UK Policing News

Source I didn't think this was possible fake DNA!? This could lead to serious complications if the criminal community take advantage of this and begin to scientifically set innocent people up! As the report says this has been over looked!

Stabbing attacks leave 10 injured Ten people, including two police community support officers, have been stabbed in a series of attacks in an inner-city area of Bristol. A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The injured, who were all male, have been taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. It is believed they suffered minor injuries. The man was arrested on a cycle path near to Russell Town Avenue. Police said a penknife had been recovered. Three ambulance crews attended the scene and the area was sealed off by police to allow for forensic examination. Argument in street A number of different crime scenes were involved, police sai…

Source I thought this story was very intresting considering the debate we were haveing in the other thread now this has come to light, it doesnt look any better! One met PC claiming £100,000 overtime

Quelle surprise!! Defoe has Mr Loop Hole as he is know to represent him. Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer Jermain Defoe is to start legal action against Essex Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. Mr Defoe's solicitor, Nick Freeman, said the footballer had authorised him to start proceedings relating to his arrest on 27 July. Mr Defoe, 26, was stopped in his Range Rover and arrested on suspicion of driving while disqualified. Essex Police said it was investigating the claims. A statement from the force said: "Essex Police is conducting an internal investigation and is liaising with Mr Defoe's legal team to ascertain the details of his complain…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/au...e-police-advice Chief constables across England and Wales have been told to ignore a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights and carry on adding the DNA profiles of tens of thousands of innocent people to a national DNA database. I care not much if Police have the database, but this is one in the eye for the Human rights lot. :clapping: :clapping:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8207809.stm A woman made a desperate 999 call as masked men wielding baseball bats and a machete burst into her bedroom and attacked her in Manchester. Not often the Police put out 999 calls into the media, and is it not wonderful as to how quickly the police have made these arrests!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

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Source How awful, what a disgusting thing to do, as the article states it is traumatic enough to be burgled but to then have the very person who as broke into your home and taunt you about it on your facebook page, disgusting I thought burglaries were down in sussex, this guy if not caught quickly will bring that percentage back up! I hope who ever is doing this will be caught quickly and brought to justice!

POLICE officers in Hampshire have been banned from listening to the radio in their offices because they're breaking the law. The force-wide ban has been put in place with immediate effect by the Deputy Chief Constable Simon Cole, who has ordered that TVs and DVD players are also removed unless being used for operational reasons. Dep Chief Con Cole broke the news to staff in an email after other forces, in particular Wiltshire, were approached by the Performing Right Society who demand a 'substantial' licence fee for public broadcasts. The force took legal advice which stated that use of a radio or TV in a multi-occupancy office amounts to a public broadcast and ther…

Im all for the use of CCTV cameras to help in the prosecution of offenders, but is this UAV one step too far?? There are already over 5 million CCTV cameras in Britain alone and I think I am right in thinking that Britain is the most watched country in Europe?, now these virtually silent UAV machines are up in the sky filming me? Im not sure I agree personally I think the concept is brilliant and will save forces money by perhaps not haveing the ASU overhead at festivals etc, but is this taking the Big brother Britan too far?? Source

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=9195 Four new inspectors of constabulary have been announced by Home Secretary Alan Johnson. No idea who these people are, maybe someone can inform us.