UK Policing News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8094641.stm New drug test kits have been introduced by police in Suffolk to give a quicker analysis of substances found in searches. More can be found on this story http://www.suffolk.police.uk/ But i cannot find the story.

The Daily Mail has just posted the below story, and this time they've made a right mess of it. According to them, the male was punched 3 times to the head, but the video that they've posted of the incident clearly shows his shoulder being punched! It's only just gone on their web site, so there's no comments as such, but it will be interesting to see how this one goes, as they've clearly got it wrong! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...pect-times.html Mobile phone video shows police tasering and punching suspect three times A video taken on a mobile phone shows how police repeatedly tasered and punched a man as they arrested him in a crowded town centre…

No inquiry into police car death The police watchdog has dropped an investigation into the death of a 72-year-old man killed by a police car answering a 999 call in east London. He was hit by a marked car at Ridgeway in Chingford on Saturday afternoon. The man's death was referred by the Metropolitan Police to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). However, the IPCC said it was satisfied that the vehicle was sounding its siren and flashing its lights, and had been travelling at an acceptable speed. "The IPCC is satisfied that the police car had its lights and sirens activated and was travelling at an acceptable speed for a police car responding to an em…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...d-TV-stars.html Police chiefs sent a curt warning to officers not to use excessive force with the homeless – just two weeks before undercover celebrities slept on the streets for a TV documentary. This e-mail forgot to mention, go easy on Coach drivers, for they not know what they do. :lol:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8106590.stm The Court of Appeal has ruled that a criminal trial can take place at Crown Court without a jury for the first time in England and Wales. Is there any difference in the way the court will be run, looks like another cost cutting exorcise to me. Plus i was kind of looking forward to serve on a jury, never yet happened.

Have you ever had one of these leaflets given to you? How would you react if given one? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/20...d-search-police

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Police blogger 'to be identified' Police officers 'Night Jack' is a serving detective constable who writes anonymously The High Court has refused to preserve the anonymity of an award-winning policeman who has blogged about the force and government ministers. Mr Justice Eady refused an injunction to prevent the Times identifying serving officer "Night Jack", winner of an Orwell prize for blogging. The judge said said blogging was "essentially a public rather than a private activity". Night Jack's lawyer said preserving his anonymity was in the public interest. Hugh Tomlinson QC said the thousands who communicated via the internet under a cloak of anonymity would be…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/jun/...drink-drugs-g20 A big police operation involving an unmanned drone, horses and drugs sniffer dogs will be launched at Stonehenge tomorrow as huge crowds descend on the ancient site for the summer solstice... One can see trouble ahead. :thumbsup: But, a good place to hand out UKPO flyers.

Copper stolen from police station Two men have been arrested after copper was stolen from a new police station which is being built in West Lothian. A security guard chased the alleged thieves at the new Civic Centre in Livingston before calling for help from police officers on bikes. The officers were able to go down lanes which were not wide enough for police cars. Police said two men, aged 21 and 17, were the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinbu...ast/8109455.stm Good result!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...-Australia.html Police arrived in the nick of time to save a suicidal British man who was found semi-conscious with a cord around his neck - after a tip off from a woman in Australia. See what i mean, the Police have spies everywhere. :lol: Well done those two officers thou!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

Exclusive: Cops hit man with £50 fine - for dropping £10 note in the street Jun 11 2009 By Mark McGivern Stewart Smith with his dropped £10 Image 2 Cops doled out a £50 fine to a man who dropped a tenner in the street. Unemployed Stewart Smith, 36, had just bought a £3 T-shirt at a charity shop when he accidentally dropped the £10 note and his receipt. He walked on a few yards before being collared by two beat cops, who hit him with a £50 fixed penalty fine. Stewart, of Dalrymple, near Ayr, had borrowed £20 from his mother Sheila on Tuesday, the day before his benefits were due. He said: "I had come out of the Capability Scotland shop in Ayr with a £3 T-s…

The article does not mention it yet, but this relates to the robbery at Menzies World Cargo which netted the thieves £1.75m, which has never been recovered. This case has collapsed three times at the Old Bailey. The Court of Appeal has ruled that a trial can take place without a jury for the first time in England and Wales. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, made legal history by agreeing to allow the trial to be heard by a judge only. The case concerns four men accused of an armed robbery at Heathrow Airport in February 2004. This will be the fourth trial concerning the alleged crime. The judge made the ruling following concerns of alleged jury "tampering". BB…

A treatment centre for injured police officers has been undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_y...ire/8106521.stm I had no idea the Police had there own hospitals, let us all hope you won`t be needing them.