UK Policing News

The UK’s Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems are failing because of a serious shortage of traffic police to follow up on the information gathered, a top police officer has warned. Forces across the country are increasingly relying on a network of about 2500 fixed ANPR cameras to identify anything from terrorist activity to road tax dodgers. However, a number of loopholes are rendering the technology useless and there is a lack of back-up to respond when a suspicious vehicle is identified, one detective chief inspector told Autocar. “If you go into any control system that is using ANPR, you will see it picking up problems constantly, but they just donâ…

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...curity-van.html GUN cops dramatically swooped on a teenager suspected of trying to rob a security van. Not so much the story, but what a picture!!

Who said that Police discretion was a thing of the past... The introduction of the National crime recording standards saw to that, but perhaps not so anymore... "Common Sense Policing" is the focus of WMP. Link - http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/latest-...ase.asp?id=1546 Video Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRm7GRTPJCc ^^ CC Chris Sims talks about "Common Sense Policing" THE country's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O'Connor, is to visit West Midlands Police today (Thursday), to see how the adoption of 'common sense' policing is working across the force. Since April, the force has empowered officers around decision-making and allowed them to use …

A man who was spotted carrying a handgun has been shot with a Taser stun gun by police at Gatwick Airport. The man, in his 40s, was disarmed by officers after he arrived at South Terminal in the early hours. The alarm was raised after a passenger on a bus he boarded in Crawley, West Sussex, saw him with a gun, Sussex Police said. Gatwick Airport said there was no suggestion that threats had been made to passengers or aircraft. Sussex Police said a man was arrested and is currently being questioned. 'No-one harmed' Ch Supt Paul Morrison said: "This incident was dealt with promptly by my officers. "Such incidents are rare and the speed and professionalism in whi…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...er-wrapper.html A police officer described today how he was attacked by a mob after asking a schoolgirl to pick up a burger wrapper. I will wait for outcome on this case to give my view.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...ical-abuse.html Parents can slap and even kick their children when chastising them, one of the country's top judges has said. Not sure about kicking your kid, but the result of court case looks ok to me.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NotGuilty2Guilty/ Looks like a good idea to me.

A man who threatened to stab four police officers in the heart and held a two-hour stand-off is launching legal action because a police sergeant swore at him. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0Mr2Z4vQT Odd that one, the most angry person on the scene was this oink. BTW will the courts see things against the Officer who dared use a naughty word?

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has made an "exception" to the force's dress code by allowing officers to display union jack badges. Sir Paul's intervention came after about 2,700 people signed an online petition on the Number 10 website. Armed officers on patrol at Heathrow Airport had worn the badges in support of the Help for Heroes charity, but were then told to remove them. Sir Paul said officers should be able to "openly support" British troops. The online petition said 100 officers with SO18 Aviation branch had bought the badges to support the armed forces charity. Calling for an end to the "ban" on displaying the badges, the petition s…

Hi all, Im sure many people have been throuh one of these that you have to attend before they give you the link to complete your app.pack, if anyone has been on these what happens at them? what are we to expect!? cheers Bart!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgo...est/8172064.stm Is it a dog or a cat?

Police should turn more of a blind eye to drug dealers to help reduce violent crime, according to a new report. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0MlL2REQL Considering programs like Road wars is mostly about stopping the drugs trade, the program will get canceled. Mind you with this thinking, MAYBE Police should turn a blind eye to any other crime, the crime figures come down and less people (on paper) get hurt. Think tank, think again.