UK Policing News

Source: AOL News http://news.aol.co.uk/armed-police-swoop-o...082156595275489 Toy gun-wielding revellers at a cowboy-themed party were left gob-smacked when armed police teams swooped on the pub venue. Roy and Val Worthington, from Castle Donington in Leicestershire, were celebrating renewing their vows with friends and family when a police helicopter and cars turned up. A member of the public had called the county's force after spotting a man walking down the street with what appeared to be a rifle over his shoulder. In fact, the weapon was a toy and the man was headed for the Worthingtons' silver wedding anniversary do at their local, The Moira Arms. Mrs Wor…

Police officers in south London have been paying tribute to a colleague killed in a road collision in Bromley. Pc George Small, aged 29, was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with an Audi on Bromley Common, late on Wednesday. The officer was off-duty, returning from a shift as a traffic officer based at Catford traffic garage. He lived in Surrey with his wife Polly and their 17-month-old son Franky and had been a police officer since 2003. Chief Inspector Derek Theobald from Catford traffic unit said: "George was an enthusiastic and hard-working officer who made an invaluable contribution in ensuring the streets of London are safer for the…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...ed-new-law.html Phone and internet firms will be forced to store for a year records of any call, email or website visit in the UK, under a law quietly introduced last night. So, the Police will be watching this post no doubt, that must be good for UKPO, good advertising. :thumbsup: "Under a new law, police, the security services, health authorities and even town halls will have the right to access people's phone call and email records" Can you see a few from lets say town halls selling on this info, to advertising companies?

http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/v3/new...ase.cfm?id=1769 Mohamad Abdulaziz Rashid Saeed-Alim, formerly nown as Nicky Reilly, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday 30 January 2009. Saeed-Alim, who attempted to detonate a bomb in the Giraffe restaurant in Exeter in May 2009, was given a life sentence and must serve a minimum of 18 years. ACC Debbie Simpson said:

 “The substantial sentence given to Mohamad Abdulaziz Rashid Saeed-Alim today demonstrates the seriousness of his actions and the carnage they could have caused.

 “The actions of Mohamad Abdulaziz Rashid Saeed-Alim on that day in May 2008 were pre-meditated and could have led to the death and seri…

A new neighbourhood policing team has been put together to target offenders on the East Coast Mainline. The team, set up by the British Transport Police, will cover the route from Grantham in Lincolnshire to Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland. The team will be based at York station but each will have their own geographical areas of responsibility. The officers will travel on the trains, talking to passengers and staff about issues that concern them. Ch Supt Terry Nicholson said: "We will be running regular operations and initiatives in the area to target particular offences and we want to make sure we are really working closely with local rail users and rail staff t…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7883277.stm Police officers in Derbyshire say new technology is helping to reduce paperwork by a third. Anyone here wearing one, when out at work? :thumbsup:

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Makes for interesting reading. The day I was punched in the face, I was so appropriately dressed I might almost have seen it coming. I was wearing glasses and holding a pile of library books. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/feb...ime-justice-cps

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It seems our pot smoking Home Secretary, who all Police Officers love has been a little naughty. Think one of our MET colleagues need to look further into this! Daily Mail Peter Obourn - Daily Mail

Macquarie who acquired Airwave from o2 just over 2 years ago have kept there promise that jobs would only be safe for an initial 2 year agreement. The axe fell today as they have stated that 12% of Operations staff and approx 10% of the rest of the company will be cut. :ph34r:

Two North Wales Police officers who were filmed kicking and throwing their pet dogs around have lost pay, but been allowed to keep their jobs. Pcs Anja Mason, 29, and Craig Macleod, 34, have both been docked 10 days' pay, the force has confirmed. They admitted causing suffering to the two dogs after a neighbour filmed the abuse at a house in Prestatyn. They were also given community sentences and were banned from keeping animals for five years. A hearing at Denbigh magistrates' court was told that RSPCA officers had been called to the home the pair shared on a number of occasions in spring 2008 by a concerned neighbour. However, on each visit, inspectors were un…

Check out his defence! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7881682.stm A police officer has told a jury that a motorway crash was so horrific a doctor could not identify how many people had been travelling in the vehicle. The remains of David and Michelle Statham, of Llandudno, north Wales, and their four children had to be removed from the wreckage by specialist teams. They died instantly in a crash on the M6 in Sandbach, Cheshire, in October. Portuguese lorry driver Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, denies causing death by dangerous driving. …

A policewoman has been charged with helping her son who is accused of murdering teenage model Amy Leigh Barnes, Greater Manchester Police has said. Melda Wilks, 49, has been suspended from West Midlands Police after she was charged with assisting an offender. She is due to appear at Bolton Magistrates' Court later today. Her son, 21-year-old Ricardo Morrison, was arrested by police and charged with his former girlfriend's murder in November. He remains in custody. Miss Barnes, 19, died of knife wounds in a Bolton hospital on November 8 last year. At 11.40am police were called to a house in Moss Street, Farnworth, following reports a woman had been stabbed. Morrison,…

The personal life of former Greater Manchester Police chief Michael Todd damaged the reputation of British policing, a report has concluded. Extra-marital affairs he conducted did not impact on his ability to do the job, the inquiry by West Midlands chief Sir Paul Scott-Lee found. But there was "significant potential for compromise" to his position as chief constable, the report said. Mr Todd, 50, was found dead near the summit of Snowdon last year. Sir Paul's inquiry was ordered to look into whether Mr Todd's personal life had adversely affected his duties as chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP). Details of his relationships with other women emerged …