UK Policing News

Interested in your thoughts and opinions on this one... Link - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...e-criminal.html Story - Policeman ordered to undergo further training after swearing at abusive criminal A police sergeant has been ordered to undertake a "management advice course" because he swore while dealing with a violent and abusive criminal who had threatened officers during a two-hour siege. By Paul Stokes Published: 6:02PM BST 26 Jul 2009 He may also face legal action from serial offender Glen Francis whose complaint was upheld by a disciplinary hearing. Francis, 35, flew into a rage when officers called to arrest …

He better hope he has a sympathetic cell mate!!! A former royal protection officer is facing jail after being convicted of a £3m betting and property scam. Paul Page, 38, of Grays, Essex, had denied conning colleagues and others out of five and six-figure sums as part of a false investment scheme. He was found guilty of fraud, but cleared of a charge of intimidation. During his trial at Southwark Crown Court, he claimed colleagues played poker for cash and traded porn in breaks during Buckingham Palace shifts. Many of Page's "innocent dupes" included police officers guarding the Queen, the trial heard. Page - who will be sentenced on 30 July - was told by Judge…

The Met Police Commissioner has stated that officers can now wear union flags in support of our troops. They are not tie pin type metal badges. But the cloth ones worn on the left sleeve of a service man/womans shirt. May I suggest that if you support our troops you start wearing them now. The best place to wear them is velco`d onto the front of your body armour. They can be obtained from USMC http://www.usmcpro.com/ amongst other places. Scotland Yard DROPS ban on officers wearing Union Flag badges backing our troopsBy Stephen Wright Last updated at 3:00 PM on 29th July 2009 Comments (176) Add to My Stories U-turn: Officers will now be able to wear the Union …

this appear in the local paper today.... http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4515649.Hi...our_own__cops_/ PRIVATE security officers equipped with handcuffs and stab vests are coming to the streets of Southampton to protect residents from crime, the Daily Echo can reveal. Residents are being urged to pay £3.15 per week or a one-off payment of £163.80 for protection from “dangerous, unpredictable criminalsâ€. But an MP and a senior councillor have accused the firm behind the scheme of “scaremongering†and warned residents not to part with their money. It comes as the city council is expanding its own team of patrol officers, dubbed “stormtroopers†by one oppos…

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Link I think there is more to this story than what is reported, why the hell would a 13 year old girl have a sub machine gun in her wardrobe???

Awww... Good on them! Link - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...-for-a-mum.html Story- LOVING sister Lorna Bradley acted as surrogate mum as her brother Steven Ponder and his partner Ivan Sigston, both policemen, became Britain's first gay couple to father a baby. </h2> Lorna handed over her surrogate baby to brother Steven and his gay partner just 48 HOURS after the emotional birth. The mum of three did not hesitate to volunteer to have their baby when special constable Steven Ponder revealed he wanted a family with PC Ivan Sigston. And both men were present when Lorna, 31, gave birth at her terraced home in Worthing, Sussex - with the b…

What's not mentioned here is there was also a SC with the two regular officers, who pressed the red button when it all kicked off... fortunately she was unhurt - but a very scary job, which goes to show no arrest can ever be considered 'routine'...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...speaks-out.html Man arrested after yobs attack stepson speaks out.. Thou this case should not be discussed, does make one wonder how far one can go to protect one`s self.

Middlesbrough Police are involved in a major search for a missing five-year-old boy called Rhys Moorhead. Rhys disappeared while playing at his grandparents' house Rhys is believed to have gone missing from his grandmother's house in the Marton area of Teesside. Police have said "all available resources" are involved in looking for him. Gerard Tubb, Sky's North of England correspondent, said Rhys had gone missing with the tricycle he had been playing on. Tubb said: "Police will have made initial inquiries and it looks like they have come pretty quickly to the conclusion that this could be a major incident. "I am told that all available resources are involved in the…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...ll-officer.html It's all gone Pete Tong now

A nice story for a change. I hope they can overcome the legal obstacles without too much difficulty.

Saw this before leaving for work this morning. It showed the stop search policy in London. For once the article showed the police officers in a good light though, as always seems to be mentioned during this type of policing, that people were only being targeted because they were black or black and wearing a hood. There is no link on the BBC site yet but when one comes up today I'll edit the post and add it in. Main thing I wanted to ask was to our officers in London was, is it something that is working and do you have to put up with accusations of racism if you stop anybody who is not white? What is the best way of dealing with this type of accusation? Cheers in advanc…