UK Policing News

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime...es-1623373.html The mother of Rhys Jones's killer was told today that she faces jail for lying to detectives investigating the schoolboy's murder. Away from the case itself, it does bring up a QI subject. Would you hand your kid over to the Police? Would you at least attempt to get your kid out of trouble without lying, yet without telling the truth either? I would even if it were a parking ticket, or i would film him not wearing a seatbelt. :whistle2:

Photographers angry at terror law Hundreds of photographers have staged a protest outside Scotland Yard against a new law which they say could stop them taking pictures of the police. The law makes it an offence to gather information on security personnel if that data could be used for a purpose linked to terrorism. The National Union of Journalists said the law could be used to harass photographers working legitimately. The Home Office said it was designed to protect counter-terrorism officers. The NUJ wants the government to issue guidance to police forces on how exactly the law should be used by individual officers on the ground. 'Treated as terrorists' …

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Daily Mail This isn't true is it? lol

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/feb...brothel-reopens A judge has ruled that a Soho brothel shut down by police earlier this month can reopen for business. I had no idea that prostitution had been legalised. "In court, sergeant Dean Else argued that "antisocial behaviour, crime and disorder, blatant acts of drug dealing and clipping in the local environs" were linked to the sale of sex inside 61 Dean Street." What exactly do the courts want from the Police, maybe film footage of a Officer first paying for sex then having it, to prove the Met`s case.

HAVE-a-go hero who pulled a policeman away from rioting football fans is facing prison after pretending he was a police officer to dodge a train fare. Tom Bardsley was praised for his bravery when he rescued an officer from a baying mob of Glasgow Rangers fans in Manchester last May. But the 24-year-old former soldier, from Salford, has been warned he could be sent to jail after being found guilty of impersonating a Ministry of Defence police officer so he would not have to pay for a journey home from Birmingham. Bardsley, a single dad who denied the charge, was accused of being a 'fantasist' when he appeared at Manchester magistrates court for trial. The court heard…

Police will be given new powers to tackle the increased use of dogs as offensive weapons in gang rivalry on housing estates across Britain. The Times has uncovered a flourishing black market trade in dogs that were banned under an Act of Parliament 18 years ago. Outlawed dogs, particularly the American pitbull, are being sold openly on the internet and paraded on housing estates across the country. Some amateur breeders, hoping to make thousands of pounds from a single litter, are cross-breeding pitbulls with mastiffs and Staffordshire bull terriers to get around the Dangerous Dogs Act. In an attempt to bring the trade under control, Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, is…

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced the next step in common sense policing by scrapping a police timesheet. This will free up an estimated 260,000 police hours to focus on cutting crime and driving up public confidence. Police officers will no longer have to complete the annual police activity analysis form accounting for their activity for each 15-minute working period of their shifts over a two week period – a step which alone frees up approximately 150 extra officers and staff. The announcement is the latest in a series of cuts to red tape and builds on actions already underway including: - axing the foot-long stop and account form earlier than promised  

A People In Defence news article 13 Nov 08 MOD Police (MDP) have reunited Royal Marines with 33 stolen medals, including Operational Service Medals for Afghanistan and Iraq, after leading an investigation which resulted in the prosecution of two suspects. Detective Sergeant (DS) Giles Hook, who oversaw the investigation into the thefts, visited Bickleigh Barracks in Plymouth, Devon, to hand back the medals. Among the 25 grateful recipients was Sergeant David Strickson, whose medals had been recovered from a collector in Perth, Australia. DS Hook said: "We're delighted that we've been able to recover these medals and ensure that they've been returned to their rig…

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090219/tuk-pr...is-dba1618.html The price of cocaine is set to fall further as more smugglers exploit new routes, an international drugs agency has warned. The only thing our government have got right, inflation is falling. :clapping:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7899143.stm Gordon Brown has said it is "very unlikely" that Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe could be recommended for release, following reports that he might be. But should serial killers ever be freed? Ever wish to see this person freed, or any like him? Any person who does sign him out, must have bad nights sleeping, wondering if he/she would kill again.

The price of cocaine is set to fall further as more smugglers exploit new routes, an international drugs agency has warned. Official figures uncovered last week showed a line of cocaine now costs as little as £1. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said prices will not fall unless action was taken to block new supply routes through West Africa and Eastern Europe. South American drug producers are switching supplies from the Caribbean and North Atlantic to avoid Royal Navy and US authorities, its annual report found. Stockpiles of the drug are building up in West Africa from where it is shipped to the UK and the rest of Europe either directly or via the …

Drug dealer cop is jailed A MERSEYSIDE police officer is behind bars today after he was caught with a “professional dealer†transporting 1kg of skunk cannabis. PC Sayful Islam was branded a “bad apple in the police barrel†by Judge Gerald Clifton. The officer was locked up for 18 months after he was stopped with £5,000-worth of high-quality cannabis in the boot of his BMW. The judge said: “The public rightly expect their police officers to obey the law, not being involved in its contravention in a serious matter like this.†Liverpool crown court heard suspicion fell on Walton Lane-based Islam, who had been with the force more than five years, during 2008. …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7899171.stm?lss The mystery of Ireland's worst driver Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the country's most reckless driver have emerged, the Irish Times reports. He had been wanted from counties Cork to Cavan after racking up scores of speeding tickets and parking fines. However, each time the serial offender was stopped he managed to evade…