UK Policing News

Will it result in words of advice or more serious action?? Three police officers face disciplinary action after "misleading" information was added to the custody record of an injured prisoner who later died. Callum McLean, 41, was taken to Ashton-under-Lyne station after being found drunk and injured at a bus stop. CCTV showed he was visited once before being found "unresponsive" in his cell which was a "failure in duty of care", the police watchdog said. Greater Manchester Police apologised for "failing" Mr McLean's family. Mr McLean was found sleeping at a bus stop in Gorton on 10 April and was taken into custody over a warrant for failing to appear in court. He…

The Court of Appeal has limited police powers to keep pictures of protesters in case they go on to break the law. Judges said police had been wrong to retain pictures of a lawful arms trade activist who was not suspected of any criminal offence. The Metropolitan Police said they acted reasonably in retaining pictures of the campaigner, Andrew Wood from Oxford. Welcoming the judgement, Mr Wood said that the onus was now on the Met to review its retention policies. The court has told the Met to destroy the photographs if it does not challenge the ruling in the House of Lords. The force has indicated it will not appeal. Mr Wood argued that police had harassed him an…

Link: Northampton Chronical

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...wrong-girl.html Two men and a woman who tied a teenager to a tree, poured petrol down his throat and set him alight in a grisly recreation of a scene in a horror film are facing life in jail for his murder. Do we mimic what we watch on TV? WD to the Police for getting this conviction!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...man-rights.html A foreign rapist has cost the taxpayer £20,000 in legal aid after claiming his human rights were breached by people seeing him in handcuffs. Will all prisoners now get compensation for being in handcuffs? If so, i need to be arrested, say once a week, good income.

Drink-drive paramedic struck off Friday, May 29, 2009, 10:00 AN ON-CALL paramedic has been thrown out of the profession after being caught twice the drink-drive limit while behind the wheel of an ambulance car. A tribunal heard Jonathan Knight had been driving through Plymouth when he was stopped after attempting to perform an illegal U-turn in front of a police car. The Heath Professions Council (HPC) was told that tests at the police station showed Knight was twice the drink-drive limit with 89 microgrammes of alcohol to 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg. The tribunal also heard Knight had four cans of beer on the passenger seat of his ambulance. T…

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...-in-Surrey.html Police Budget Cuts 'Irrational and Indefensible' 28-May-09 Chief Constable says the enforced loss of 50 jobs will inevitably give the public a less capable police service... Bit obvious, but is this happening everywhere?

One man has died and seven police officers have been taken to hospital after a noxious substance was found at a farm in Surrey. Police were called to the farm because of "safety concerns" Police were called to Burpham Court Farm in Guildford at about 0100 BST where they found a man in his 50s suffering from breathing problems. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The officers were taken to the Royal Surrey County Hospital as a precaution, and are expected to be released later. A police spokesman said officers were called to the farm - a rare breeds conservation centre - because of "safety concerns". "Following a call to Su…

The prison doctor, psychiatrist and social commentator has written a long (so not included here) article attacking the Macpherson report

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...yle-powers.html A growing army of private security guards and town hall snoopers with sweeping police-style powers is being quietly established, the Daily Mail can reveal So how much will i have to pay, in order to be allowed to pull over motorists who are on the phone whilst driving?

The fact that this person even decided to sue is beyond me, however, its good to see that just occasionally, judges do get it right! A recent case that may be of interest....MICHAEL HENRY v CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THAMES VALLEY POLICE (2009) Although a police officer had made an error of judgement by driving too close to a dismounting motorcyclist in order to effect his arrest, thereby causing him injury, that error of judgement did not amount to negligence. The court was required to determine liability in a claim for personal injury sustained by the claimant (H) in an accident involving a police car of the defendant force. H was riding his motorcycle at night. The police c…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...te-culture.html A senior judge has warned of a rise in vigilante crimes caused by slow police response times. From this article i can see two reasons other then the one given by Richard Bray. "The judge is entitled to his opinion but it is one we do not share. In the case he refers to, the incident in question was not reported to us so we were not in a position to respond." Firstly "'Nobody bothers to phone the police any more" Maybe if they did ring the Police, things might get done. Secondly "Ian Smith was given a suspended jail sentence of 50 weeks and ordered to pay £1,000 to the victim. Jamie Smith received a 40-we…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...confidence.html CE+CI+CS+VCxC=PC: The formula a female police chief constable devised to win back public confidence Ready? It means focus on Community Engagement (CE) and dealing with Critical Incidents (CI) plus delivering Customer Satisfaction (CS) and tackling Volume Crime (VC) multiplied with Communication © results in Public Confidence (PC) Does this gobbledegook work?