UK Policing News

http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.asp?R...FromSearch=True Publishing the single national target for the police, Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith today challenged the police service to answer to the public - and not Government. From today the only national police target set from Whitehall is to increase public confidence by 15 percentage points so that the crime and anti-social behaviour issues that matter to them locally are being addressed. I heard a caller last night on Talksport, whittling along on this very subject. He was not satisfied with the Police in his area. He had called the Police out 212 times within the space of 1 year. They had not done what he asked them…

Source - BBC Why is this only aimed at female victims??

Really brings it home how important your PPE is. This is my beat and I wouldn't think twice about going out without my stabbie on and it's a good job the officer concerned didn't. So strange how a 'normal' day can turn much much worse at the drop of a hat.

Cole was arrested in the early hours of today for being D&D. However, I dont quite understand why the BBC's website [in all its self proclaimed inpartiality] has to mention Cole's charity work, along with that of his wife. As though to say "he is such a good lad really you know?" Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole has been arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. Mr Cole was held after swearing at police officers outside west London's The Collection bar and restaurant, BBC crime reporter Ben Ando said. Police said a 28-year-old man was held in Brompton Road, South Kensington, at about 0215 GMT. He was taken to a police station and given an Â…

Apologies if this story has already been posted elsewhere (i did look) An off duty Notts PC has apparently arrested a mechanic servicing his car on suspicion of theft when he failed to find his sunglasses. Another unit was called to assist and after the mechanin had been arrested and searched, the sunglasses were later located in the back of the vehicle. News like this makes my blood boil A fine example of abuse of powers, let alone a waste of police time and resources - no wonder there is so much negativity expressed towards the police service these days. If the idiot had taken the time to search his car properly in the first place....... http://www.thisisnotting…

Source: http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/41...ug_behind_bars/ A man who carried out a trio of “disgraceful†assaults in Wimbledon, one of which left a female police officer facing permanent damage to her sight, is behind bars. Trevor White, 40, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for the vicious attacks, on a 62-year-old man and two police officers, which took place on December 11 last year. Judge John Samuels QC told Croydon Crown Court White had “completely lost all self control†during an afternoon of rage-fuelled violence. The court heard White had got out of his van in Wimbledon at 3.30pm on the day of the attacks and accused John…

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wale...55578-23095817/ North Wales Police: "We need to get tougher on speeding" Mar 9 2009 by Owen R Hughes, Daily Post DRIVERS face a speeding crackdown after a “softer†approach by North Wales Police has seen serious injuries from road smashes soar. Deputy chief constable Clive Wolfendale revealed that police had taken the “foot off the pedal†in its targeting of motorists. The force increased the speed drivers could exceed the limit before they were hit with mandatory penalty points and a fine instead of being offered speed awareness courses. These changes have seen driving courses dished out to more than 30,000 of the …

"I was astonished that he could say that laughing might be an offence. What is the country coming to?" Supt Kevin Hagger of the Mersey Tunnels Police said: "I wouldn't want to make a comment as I don't know the full details. "There is no record of the incident in the system so it seems the gentleman was just spoken to by the officer and the matter not taken any further." A spokesman for the Association of British Drivers, Brian Gregory said: "This is a shocking example of the police harassing innocent motorists simply because they are an easy target. "To suggest that a driver could be prosecuted for laughing is ludicrous beyond belief." Source: Sky News :D Oh I …

Terror Laws due to be passed this autumn, could provide Police with a new and significant power to stop individuals taking photographs. This follows reassurances from Home secretary Jacqui Smith that there is "no legal restriction on taking photographs in public places", which is why she will shortly be issuing police with updated guidelines on ... how to enforce legal restrictions on photography. Our Jacqui hasn’t completely taken leave of her senses. The real question is whether this particular bit of bureaucratic madness represents an official lightening of the stance on photography – or a tightening up. To begin with, some restrictions do exist – most notably…

Source Here Awful tragic news. RIP.

Good to see this had a safe ending, taking into account how dangerous it must have been, the outcome could have been very different.

Driver trapped underwater in car The woman had just been able to breathe despite being trapped A woman has been rescued after becoming trapped in her car underwater in an accident in Wiltshire. Her vehicle came off the A360 at Littleton Panell, near Devizes, and landed upside down in the water. A police officer who was the first to arrive at the scene of the accident jumped in to free the woman and carried her to the bank. She was taken to Bath's Royal United Hospital with injuries which are not considered life-threatening. The woman had just been able to breathe, despite being trapped upside down in the water for about 10 minutes. The officer who rescued he…

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/P...tockport_Murder A murder investigation has been launched after a policeman on foot was killed in a hit-and-run crash. Our thought are with their families.

How on earth can this judge think that a 33 year old woman sleeping with a vulnerable child does not warrant a jail sentence. The offence was aggravated by the fact that she was in a position of trust, and yet still he lets her walk free.