UK Policing News

source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/22/kent_police/

Amy Winehouse has been cleared of assaulting a dancer at a charity ball. Burlesque dancer Sherene Flash claimed the 25-year-old hit her forcefully in the right eye after she asked the singer for a photograph. The incident happened while backstage at the Prince's Trust Ball in Berkeley Square, central London, last September. But District Judge Timothy Workman, sitting at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, dismissed the case against Winehouse. Delivering his verdict, the judge said: "Having heard the evidence from all the witnesses, I cannot be sure that this was not an accident. The charge is dismissed and the defendant discharged." Winehouse, dressed…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...urt-fracas.html

Link how disgusting i hope his attackers get sentenced for a very long time

gangster has been convicted of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky who was shot dead during a bungled armed robbery at a travel agents. Sharon Beshenivsky: Gunned down during a bungled armed robbery Mustaf Jama, 29, was part of a gang that gunned down the popular officer and wounded her colleague, Pc Teresa Milburn, during the raid in Bradford in November 2005. Jama was convicted at Newcastle Crown Court following a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict at a trial in January. Mustaf Jama fled to his native Somalia - despite being Britain's most wanted man at the time - using a friend's passport. He was finally brought back to the UK to face justice in 2007 afte…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...ters-Games.html Police were dragged into a furious row today over new powers to stop protesters during the London 2012 Olympics. Nice idea, i best not say my thoughts on the Olympics, might get taken away and fined. But that is not the point, point is, this country needs money, here is yet another and IMO a brilliant way of making some!! :clapping: :clapping:

A WPC and a girl police worker had sex with FIVE coppers during a drunken orgy at a leaving do. First the pretty constable in her late 20s performed a sex act on her cop boyfriend in a packed bar. Baying cops were said to have filmed it on mobiles. Then a 19-year-old civilian took four boys in blue in their 30s to the boozer's loo for a marathon sex session. An internal investigation has been launched into the incident at the Pineapple pub in Vauxhall, South London. All seven, who were off-duty, are accused of bringing the Metropolitan Police into disrepute. The teenager, who appears on Facebook in a skimpy black bra, works with the officers at Kennington nick. …

Police test special 'drug torch' By Duncan Crawford Newsbeat reporter A special drug torch used by police to catch people who snort cocaine is now being used by door staff at pubs and clubs in Blackburn. The so-called 'cocaine torch' uses ultra-violet rays. Police in Lancashire say it lights up bright green if traces of the drug are found on people's faces. Pc Andy Duxbury, licensing officer in Blackburn, told Newsbeat how it works: "The nasal hairs on the inside of the nose and around the nose area illuminates bright green," he said. "You can see if they've taken cocaine. That gives us the power to search them and see if they've got any further substances…

Man guilty of Beshenivsky murder Mustaf Jama's brother has already been convicted of murder A man has been found guilty of the murder of a policewoman during a bungled robbery in Bradford. Pc Sharon Beshenvisky, 38, was shot dead outside a travel agency in Morley Street in November 2005. Mustaf Jama, 29, has been convicted of her murder after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. He had previously admitted a charge of robbery. The officer, who had three children and two stepchildren, was responding to an alarm call when she was killed. G*damn too right. Let's just hope life means life and that he gets it.

Woman 'detained' for filming police search launches high court challengeGemma Atkinson claims she was handcuffed after recording search of boyfriend on her mobile phone Paul Lewis guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 July 2009 14.26 BST Article history A woman is to challenge the Metropolitan police in the high court, claiming she was handcuffed, detained and threatened with arrest for filming officers on her mobile phone. Lawyers for Gemma Atkinson, a 27-year-old who was detained after filming police officers conduct a routine stop and search on her boyfriend, believe her case is the latest example of how police are misusing counterterrorism powers to restrict photography. Atk…

Poor dogs. I hope there's a damn good reason why they were left. If the officer was out saving life or limb (or whatever), but as it was parked at a police HQ it's unlikely the handler was at a job.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4931900.stm

21 July 2009 A STREET thief who attacked a man after he had deposited cash in his Birmingham bank bit off more than he could chew. The suspect fled with a plastic bag containing nothing more than three bank books after his victim had just deposited cash at Lloyds Bank. But his bad luck was about to get worse. As he ran from the scene of the theft in Kingstanding Road, Kingstanding, he was spotted by an off duty West Midlands Police officer – and his dog. The dog handler, who was just coming off shift with his canine colleague, followed the man in his car. When the suspect turned into Hurlingham Road and the off duty officer and his dog gave chase, he vaulted over …

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...ort-crimes.html A text message service for victims of crime to reach their local bobby has been axed after being used just three times a day. More great idea and wasted money from this wonderful government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8161026.stm I like the fact that the commissioner, quite rightly, reported it to the complaints department but also defended his officers before doing so!