UK Policing News

Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih Obih was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2005 A man has been jailed for life and told he will serve at least 25 years for the murder of a police officer. Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih, 29, stabbed Bedfordshire Pc Jon Henry twice in the chest as he tried to arrest him in Luton town centre on 11 June 2007. Obih, of Winsdon Road, Luton, denied murdering Pc Henry but admitted killing him on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was also found guilty of attempting to murder a window cleaner. The 36-year-old policeman was one of four officers called to George Street, Luton, after window cleaner Stephen Chamberlain was stabbed, Luton Crown…

All the regs are on compulsary 12 hour shifts doing scene guards & door to doors and specials have been called in to do High Vis foot patrols in and around the area. Lets hope the rain stays away this evening!!!! http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/39Murdersty...flat.5098925.jp http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/is...man/7960100.stm A serial arsonist may have been behind the death of a man in a suspicious flat fire in the Isle of Man, police say. The unnamed victim, who was in his 60s, was found by fire crews at the property in Demesne Road, Douglas, on Sunday. Manx police say three separate blazes were started in the area in the hours leading up to the fata…

http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/index....?articleid=1501 York police are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of a York woman who has gone missing from home. 35-yr-old Claudia Elizabeth Lawrence was last seen on Wednesday afternoon (18 March) by work colleagues at York University in Heslington. She left work at her usual time, around 2:15pm and has not been seen since. Detective Chief Inspector Lucy Pope who is leading the investigation, said: "We are becoming increasingly concerned for Claudia's safety as it is completely out of character for her to be missing for so long. "Claudia's family are becoming increasingly distressed at her disappearance an…

A MOTORCYCLING "menace" who reached speeds of up to 142 mph on a busy Devon road on his ramshackle bike has been jailed for 10 months. Michael Robillard, 23, had no insurance, only a provisional licence and his Suzuki had parts held together with a bootlace, spare bolts and threads, Exeter Crown Court heard. VIDEO on Page: http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/VIDEO-1...icle.html Scenes from a high-speed police chase after his bike was spotted in Teignbridge were shown to the court. …

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/496...b-rejected.html What do you guys think? IMO, he a nut, probably with a chip on his shoulder. He plays every card he can (race, discrimination etc) and is still going. What is his lawyer telling him... :whistle2:

Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090321/tuk-p...ed-6323e80.html I think its stupid that a member of a Political Party can be sacked from his worse place for his views/support. The BNP is a recognised party and one the government acknowledge. Yet a police officer was sacked for being on therei list. He says he was put on it by a family member, regardless, I don't think ones views should lead to dismissal from ones work place. There are teachers who dislike children, should all them be sacked too. Now, I know on the application form for the Police it asks if you have or ever will suppoer the BNP, but its a sad state off affairs is one cannot have an opinion of such a…

http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/local-n...-over-rank.html The lead Detective who caught Rhys Jones killer has left the force in a row over his rank. Seems sensible to leave the job, with a pension like that coming. But why the demotion?

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POLICE in Hampshire will take delivery of 50 new Taser guns in the next few weeks as part of a Government push to help officers deal with “dangerous people†without resorting to firearms. Until now, use of Tasers has been restricted to dedicated firearms officers but the new weapons will be used much more widely, by specially trained police response officers, where there is serious violence or threats of serious violence. The guns, which look like fluorescent pistols, use compressed air to fire two darts that trail an electric cable back to the handset. When the darts strike, a five-second 50,000-volt charge is released down the cable, temporarily paralysing the …

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/InjuryAward/ Please give you support to the above petition which highlights the unfair deduction of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit from an officer`s Police Injury Award. Your support and recognition are greatly appreciated as this may very well affect you in the future if you are unfortunate enough to be seriously injured on duty. Many thanks. David

Police to get 6,000 extra Tasers The guns deliver a 50,000-volt shock An extra 6,000 Taser stun guns are to be used by police in England and Wales at a cost of £8m, the Home Office says. The funding follows a 12-month trial in 10 forces to extend their use to trained frontline officers. There are already 6,700 firearms officers able to use the weapons, which can temporarily disable a suspect. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says they are safer for the police and public but human rights body Amnesty International has called them "potentially lethal". The guns fire needle-tipped darts up to 21ft (6m) to deliver a disabling, 50,000-volt shock. 'Extremely disappoin…

Well it is The Sun!!!!! BARMY police chiefs wasted £200,000 investigating their own officers — for “stealing†five bottles of Vimto. Transport cops Rob Mitchell, 40, and Kris Catterall, 38, found the mixed-fruit cordial in a tatty cardboard box beside a rail line. Police rules say the pair should have booked it in as lost or stolen property but they decided to share it with colleagues instead. Incredibly, when it was spotted in a mess room cupboard the constables were suspended on full pay for 18 months — before the ludicrous case was dropped. Lawyers had mulled it over for eight months before ruling out charges, but the pair still faced an internal probe…

When asked what he would do if he was not a Prince, William said: "A long time ago I wanted to be a policeman, when I was younger. I soon learnt that probably wasn't a good idea." FROM..... http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/P...t_Arm_Wrestling :smiley_notworthy: