UK Policing News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8032579.stm Police have criticised May Day anti-war protesters for pelting officers with missiles and causing criminal damage. So, no complaints against the Police yet? Probably did a bang up job as usual!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

A man has been shot dead outside Wandsworth Prison in south west London. Emergency services were called to the jail at about 2.30pm after reports of a gunfire. The Metropolitan Police are hunting two men seen running awayfrom the scene. It is believed the man was leaving the prison after visiting an inmate. A spokesman said: "We were called at 2.30pm to Heathfield Road after reports of a man shot outside the prison. "We found a man with gunshot wounds. Ambulance staff were treating him at the scene. He subsequently died. "Two men were seen running away towards Alma Terrace. Searches are ongoing. Several nearby roads have been cordoned off." The shooting took place i…

If this is borne out, then he is beneath contempt. Source BBC

A policewoman has pled guilty to illegally accessing information about dozens of Chinese people on Lothian and Borders Police computers. Constable Anna Wong admitted 28 charges of breaching the Data Protection Act at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday. She was not present in court and the case was continued until next week. Wong, 26, is currently suspended from the force and faces a misconduct hearing over the offences, which took place between March 2006 and June 2007. Defence solicitor David O'Hagan told the court: "She's a policewoman and she accessed the information, simply accessed but didn't pass the information on. "There was a number of Chinese individual…

Two robbers have been found guilty of shooting a police officer during a raid at a Lancashire pub. Wayne McDonald, 47, fired at Pc Katie Johnson when she disturbed a robbery at the Hospital Inn in Bamber Bridge. At Preston Crown Court, McDonald was found guilty of wounding with intent and robbery but was cleared of attempted murder. David Tyrell, 39, of Swinton, was also cleared of attempted murder but convicted of wounding with intent. He had earlier admitted the robbery of more than £12,000 from the pub. Emergency call Rudolph Mancini, 55, and Peter Plaskowksi, 28, a former chef at the Hospital Inn, were convicted by the jury of robbery for their involvement in p…

Avon and Somerset Thoughts to the family

Source: BBC News Its scary how many of these have happen recently Hope the officer gets better soon.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090504/tuk-po...ay-dba1618.html The standard of driving tuition , or pressure of work , or both . ?

From the BBC: LINK Basically the list of people barred from entering the UK has been published for the first time. I sort of agree with the statement but I suppose the best place to stop it is at the beginning before brainwashing people with some with their views. The people in more detail

A BEEPING air freshener triggered a full-scale bomb alert in Frodsham. Bomb disposal specialists were called after a beeping box was found inside a red telephone box next to the Cholmondeley Arms pub, Church Street, by a passer by at about 4.30pm on Sunday. People were evacuated from nearby premises and the junction between Church Street and Main Street was sealed off as dozens watched the drama unfold. Cholmondeley Arms landlady Jayne Brookman said: “It distressed the children but not us. My daughter was in the bath so I had to rush her out in her towel. My nephew was scared to death and screaming in the street.†Following a controlled explosion by Royal Logistics…

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was injured in a hit-and-run incident in the West Midlands. The 30-year-old was struck by a car in Sandyacre Way, Stourbridge, as he investigated reports of a burglary in the early hours of Monday. He was taken to hospital but has since been released after treatment. Three men and three women have been arrested, a spokesman for West Midlands Police said. Officers had been responding to reports of men acting suspiciously in Hammond Way. When they tried to block a silver Subaru in and speak to the driver the car sped off, hitting the officer who was injured. BBC news

POLICE closed all three lanes of the M27 near junction five shortly before 11am this morning for a training exercise. They were learning how to get a car that fails to stop off the motorway by using four police cars to surround a vehicle. A police spokesman said the closure of the westbound carriageway only took place for a short while and that it was necessary for police to practise such manoeuvres on motorways. Source: Daily Echo