UK Policing News

Tasered man was engulfed by flames pa.press.net A man thought to have been sniffing petrol burst into flames after police shot him with a Taser gun him as he ran at officers carrying a container of fuel. Ronald Mitchell, 36, was in critical condition at a Perth hospital in Western Australia state following Monday's incident in Warburton, an Aboriginal community 950 miles north-east of Perth. Western Australia police said they were responding to a complaint at a house when Mr Mitchell ran outside carrying a cigarette lighter and a large plastic bottle containing what they believe was fuel. When he refused to stop running toward them, one officer Tasered him. The…

Source Cop: Give me sex and I'll let you off Published: Today A POLICEMAN has been held over claims he told women suspects he would not charge them - if they had sex with him. The detective, 41, was bailed and suspended while colleagues investigate allegations involving at least 23 girls he arrested since 1998. Police sources say he picked on young, attractive suspects - mainly shoplifters and homeless women. On other occasions, he allegedly offered drug bribes to junkies who had stolen to feed their addiction, and hounded released girls at home for more "perverted" favours. The source added: "If the allegations are true, it's appalling what he's been doing. "H…

Source Best to look at the link where you will find the photographs. Basically, Crimewatch are assisting with the search for the hooligans from Millwall that blighted Hull City's first season in the premiership. If you recognise anyone, shop them!

A convicted paedophile and rapist has been awarded damages for wrongful arrest in a case costing the taxpayer more than £20,000. Robin Frampton, 53, from Southampton, who was placed on the sex offenders' register for life after an indecent assault on a prostitute, was arrested in Selby, North Yorkshire, for breaching the terms of his licence. The case was later dropped at court and Frampton was on Monday awarded £3,075 compensation after a judge at Leeds County Court found he had been wrongfully arrested and imprisoned by North Yorkshire Police. Frampton lost an additional claim against the force for malicious prosecution. North Yorkshire Police were ordered to pay…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8161154.stm A pretty much non-story, however the below caught my eye Surprised no-one questioned this!!

Link This is interesting, does anyone know which force has the highest amount of Taser per officer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/8160171.stm A 29-year-old man accused of killing Pc Sharon Beshenivsky has told a court he was a mere "foot soldier" in the armed robbery in which she died. No comment, but will try to keep trial up to date.

The UK terror threat level has been lowered from "severe" to "substantial", the Home Office has said. The level was raised in 2007, meaning a terrorist attack was "highly likely". The downgrading means there is a "strong possibility" of an attack. Home Secretary Alan Johnson said there remained a "real and serious threat" from terrorists and the public would see little change in security measures. The level is set by the UK's Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC). The JTAC, which is a unit within the security service MI5, sets the level based on the intelligence available about terrorist intentions and capabilities. According to BBC home affairs correspondent Dan…

From BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8155441.stm

The police are failing to use CCTV to catch as many criminals as they could, a senior officer has told the BBC. Det Ch Insp Mick Neville of the Met police's CCTV unit said most forces do not have systems to retrieve, process and distribute CCTV crime scene images. Officers in some London boroughs are failing to solve any tier one and two crimes such as serious assaults and robberies using CCTV, he added. A new study says there may be a million fewer UK CCTV cameras than thought. DCI Neville told the BBC's The World At One and Newsnight that, while his own force had made errors, the picture for the rest of the country "isn't good". He added: "Because we had CCTV f…

Terrorism stop-and-searches have been suspended in Hampshire after police used the powers almost 3,500 times but made no terror-related arrests. Hampshire Constabulary used section 44 of the Terrorism Act to stop people 3,481 times in 2007/2008 and held 36 suspects for non-terrorist activities. It said it wanted "to be more in line with other forces". Thames Valley Police used the powers 244 times and made 40 non-terrorism arrests. Assistant Chief Constable David Pryde, of Hampshire police, said: "After [a] review, we determined that it would be appropriate to be more in line with other forces. 'Prone to abuse' "We now have suspended Section 44 Stop and Search u…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/ju...-discrimination DNA database plans based on 'flawed science', warn experts • Criminologists say scheme ignores reoffending rates • Concerns over 'racist' imbalance of profiling "Flawed scientific thinking" in the government's proposed changes to the DNA database will leave it open to further challenges by the courts, experts have said, in a stark attack on Home Office plans to overhaul the current system. The proposals, set out as part of a government consultation after the existing DNA database was found in breach of human rights last year, are based on exaggerated scientific claims and ignore the realities of persist…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8154898.stm Tarrant ex-wife parking row fine The court heard Mrs Tarrant was "abrupt and rude" Chris Tarrant's ex-wife Ingrid has been fined £2,700 over a confrontation with a police officer over a parking ticket. She had to be chased, wrestled to the ground and handcuffed during the incident in Cobham, Surrey, on Christmas Eve. She was convicted of failing to stop for a Pc, causing an unnecessary obstruction, resisting a Pc and wilfully obstructing a Pc. Tarrant, 54, denied the charges at Staines Magistrates Court. She was abrupt and rude to Pc Peter Groves when he tried to issue her with a ticket for obstruction, after l…

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news...vel-substantial The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), which operates independently of Ministers, has changed the UK threat level from international terrorism from SEVERE to SUBSTANTIAL. Keep them eyes open.