UK Policing News

Policeman refuses to pose on bike A Lancashire police officer refused to pose on a bike at a charity photo shoot because he had not passed his cycling proficiency test. The officer, Pc Tony Cobban, told photographers that he would not be able to climb on the mountain bike in Preston. Charity, Prime Focus, had raised money to buy bikes from Halfords for police community support officers (PCSOs). A force spokeswoman said Pc Cobban was following "force guidelines". 'Appropriately trained' Nigel Morrall, manager of Halfords, said: "The photo shoot had been arranged to publicise the fact the the charity had managed to raise the cash to provide more bikes for PCSOs…

A POLICEMAN has been left with a serious head injury after being hit with a Samurai sword when trouble flared on a South Tyne-side street. The officer was rushed to hospital with a wound to his head after the alleged attack in Simonside at 3am today. Eyewitnesses described a man wielding a Samurai sword and going "crazy" in Henderson Road, smashing up cars in the street, before walking into a nearby property. A terrified resident called police, and when officers turned up, the man reportedly reappeared from the property with a Samurai sword in one hand and a machete in the other. One resident told the Gazette: "I was in bed when I heard loud shouting, and when I look…

I read this in yesterday's paper and was shocked that a Drugs Charity is viewing substance misuse as a means of tax revenue. Where is the incentive for users to get clean if we provide them with drugs, no questions asked, not to mention more people having access to drugs.

source: Sky News What an awful incident. Thoughts and prayers go to her family, friends and colleagues

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/...Him_Entering_UK I have no idea how offensive this man is, but he seems to have a point. Glad to see the Home Secretary has standards she applies to other people. Hazel Blears should not leave the country, just in case they don't let her back in!

I know it's not a 'rule' as such, but it would be a good idea to put a news story in quote tags so that the people below don't quote the whole bleedin' thing (I know they can delete the majority of the text, but for some reason they don't!). I have no power to make this a rule or enforce it, but it would be good if people did it voluntarily.

Marcus Anthony Nichols, 24, has been sentenced to a total of 30 years in jail for possession of a loaded MAC 10 machine gun with silencer and possession with intent to supply in an operation which has removed £20m worth of drugs from London's streets. Nichols, 24, unemployed of Angle Green, Dagenham, was arrested as part of a proactive intelligence led operation, codenamed Filsham, by officers from the Met's Central Task Force on 22 May 2008. Detective Inspector Colin Stephenson, from the Met's Central Task Force, said: "Since January 2008 Operation Filsham has systematically dismantled a number of criminal networks in East London in possession of guns and selling cla…

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/convictions/...rder_of_officer Two men have been jailed after one attempted to shoot a police officer who was chasing him. "Michael Mitchell, 32, of Babington Road, Streatham was, Thursday 7 May, sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempting to murder a police officer, possession of a firearm and possession of drugs with intent to supply. His accomplice, Turhan Mah-Wing, 21, of Lansdowne Way, Clapham was sentenced to 6 years and 9 months in prison for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and dangerous driving." 25 years sounds good to me, the other, dangerous driving, that should be 25 years easy. To those who put out thi…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8035002.stm Manchester will this autumn become the first city where people can sign up for an ID card, Jacqui Smith says. So a voluntary basis, will you be taking up this offer? I will not, my fear being, is, i maybe the only one, and the info will be left on an underground train.

See here for story Does anyone out there know this individual? If they do, kindly tell him from me that he is a prat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8037349.stm Two police forces are to set up a joint firearms support unit saving about £437,000 from their individual budgets. Found a new way of taking money out of the Police purse, or a real attempt to strengthen the Police in the area.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/c...icle6244005.ece Britain’s biggest police force has agreed to limit its use of controversial stop-and-search powers after critics claimed it was discriminating against minority groups. Maybe it is time for a new reason to stop and search. Call it Knife crime, i am guessing it will be the same sort of people getting stopped. I would have no problem getting searched, and all they find on me is a set of keys, and UKPO flyers. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yo...ire/8038929.stm Family, friends and former colleagues of a murdered policewoman will unveil a memorial in her honour later. "Police officers up and down the country put their lives on the line every day, never knowing what could happen. "Thankfully, few have had to make the ultimate sacrifice made by Sharon Beshenivsky. So true!!, May she rest in peace, as it is an ongoing case, best not to be discussed in depth!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8037042.stm

A police officer was being questioned by detectives today on suspicion of faking a fatal car crash to cover up the murder of his policewoman lover. Pc Claire Howarth, 31, died from head injuries in hospital shortly after she was rescued from the wreckage of her silver BMW which had apparently slewed off the road into a tree with her partner at the wheel. Traffic police called to the scene in Bolton, Greater Manchester, in the early hours were suspicious about whether she had sustained her injuries in the collision. The dead woman’s 26-year-old partner and also a serving police officer with the Cheshire Constabulary, was arrested on suspicion of murder …