UK Policing News

A British National Party (BNP) member was attacked with a hammer when protesters arrived at a campaign event in Greater Manchester. Violence broke out as 30 people surrounded a BNP vehicle outside the Ellesmere Pub in St Helens Road in Leigh on Friday evening. Tony Ward, 48, was hit with a hammer and later treated in hospital. A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, Greater Manchester Police said. Officers arrived at the pub to discover the BNP's trailer had been overturned, said a police spokesman. A traffic diversion was put in place on St Helen's Road, while the trailer was removed and the road was closed. It has since reopene…

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...ghed-beard.html A Muslim police officer claims he was forced out of his job by colleagues who made fun of his beard and called him a 'f***ing Paki'. PC Javid Iqbal, 38, said white officers openly discussed in front of him how they were ' better' than their ethnic-minority colleagues. The married father of two also claims officers pulled faces at each other if told they had to go out on patrol with him and forced him to walk home from a job instead of picking him up. PC Javid Iqbal: 'My beard is an important part of my identity' Mr Iqbal says he was sacked after fellow-officers in Luton launched a 'smear and wit…

I am a Fox News contributor on counter terrorism here in the US, this article has just been brought to my attention, amazing that the 'Agency' has so many resources in the UK. http://www.copts.com/english1/index.php/20...reat-to-the-us/ Be safe, Regards, Steve

http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/UPDA...-the.5056651.jp UPDATED: Man charged after PCSO shot with air rifle Wednesday, 1.40pm - A MAN has been charged after a PCSO was shot in the back with an air rifle while he was on duty in Grantham yesterday afternoon. Marvin Ward, 26, of London Road, Grantham, was today charged with common assault and firing an air weapon beyond a premises. Police swooped on a flat in London Road, believed to be above Helen's Flower Shop, after a shot was fired at PCSO Alfie Kent from a first floor window at around 2.15pm. PCSO Kent was struck in the back by the pellet. Fortunately the police officer was wearing a 'stab vest' which prevente…

This is not good. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7942749.stm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...ap-targets.html Is this another argument for privatisation of the police service? Surely if a private company had confidence ratings as low as this it would face competition and be replaced. Post edited to reflect actual news story and not a made up one - Altair.

New Chief constable for west midlands police is drum roll please chris sims from staffordshire police shame to see sir paul go but heres to hoping that mr sims is just as good

http://www.bapcojournal.com/news/fullstory...ike_action.html After an announcement by the company to cut 11% of the workforce to cope with the global economic situation staff at Airwave have threatened strike action. I have a spare mobile phone, if the Police need it, it has £5 of calls still left in it.

A Labour peer who sent and received text messages minutes before he was involved in a fatal crash on the M1 has been jailed for 12 weeks. Lord Ahmed, 51, was driving his Jaguar when he hit a stationary car in the outside lane of the motorway on Christmas Day 2007. The driver of the vehicle, Martyn Gombar, 28, was killed. Lord Ahmed, of Rotherham, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court. He had admitted driving dangerously. The crash happened near to junction 35 of the southbound carriageway at Rotherham. Mr Gombar was Slovakian but was living in Leigh, Greater Manchester, at the time of his death. His Audi car was stationary facing the wrong way in the third la…

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7935115.stm A white police officer mocked two black police community support officers (PCSOs) with ape impersonations, a tribunal has heard. PCSOs Wayne Bell and Clint Charles said Pc John Harrison also used a stereotypical West Indian accent and street slang to taunt them. They are seeking damages of up to £30,000 each from the Metropolitan Police for race discrimination. The Met has denied the claims at the employment tribunal in Watford. The men also claim the force did not investigate their complaints properly. Pc Harrison also denied all the allegations. Mr Bell, 40, from Westminster, central London, joi…

I think it's inaccurate and simply wrong to accuse police of using 'sus law' for the S.1 searches that were carried out - it's clearly a political gimmick. All of the protesters were trespassing, and taking consideration that they intended to break into the power station I would say that there is grounds. This was clearly an aggravated trespass as they were there to cause disruption on private land to what is ultimately a lawful activity - so there was clearly a power to demand names and addresses as well in my view. I would like to know why the lib-dems think it's acceptable to support such illegal and unlawful behavior by the protesters.

Before anybody jumps down my throat nothing quoted here is OPSEC, and can easily be found trawling the interweb and is posted here for information only If you don't live in Northern Ireland you could have been mistaken that things had quietened down a lot from the bad old days, unfortunately despite the good Friday and St Andrew's Agreement and even with Sinn Fein being involved in the Government of Northern Ireland doesn't mean that terrorism from republican splinter groups has gone away. The RIRA was formed in 1997 following a split in the Provisional Irish Republican Army. It is an illegal organisation in the Republic of Ireland and designated as a terrorist organisa…

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/A...Can_Be_Deported One less for our boys in blue to worry about!! BTW i think they will love this joker in Jordan, i doubt he is anywhere near as radical as some in that country. But worry not, if memory serves me correctly we have another one being imported from Guantanamo bay, so Officers out there, your jobs are safe!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

Police have been accused of using sleep-deprivation to intimidate climate change protesters in Kent. Protesters at last year's Climate Camp gathering at Kingsnorth were woken up by The Clash's I Fought The Law and the Hi-de-Hi! theme, a report claimed. The Liberal Democrats, who presented the study to Parliament, renewed their calls for an inquiry into the policing. Kent Police said the team responsible for playing loud music inappropriately was from another police force. About 1,000 demonstrators attended the camp in August to protest against plans for a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth. The Lib Dems said policing was disproportionate and outrageous. …

Police involved in shooting a man dead at Guildford Cathedral will not face criminal charges, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). David Sycamore, 39, who suffered from manic depression, was shot on the cathedral steps on 30 November 2008. The full IPCC report has been passed to the coroner. It will not be made public until after an inquest, at which it will form a major part of the evidence. Four firearms officers were taken off operation duties last year. An interim report released in December 2008 said Mr Sycamore told a friend he expected to die. Mike Franklin, IPCC commissioner for the South East, said: "I have considered the investigation r…