UK Policing News

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2073989.ece ISRAELI fighter jets have launched new attacks on the Gaza strip today after warning that ground forces may be used as the operation continues The rights and wrongs of this war, intrests me not. What does intrest me is. "A PROTEST outside the Israeli Embassy in London descended into chaos today as demonstrators clashed with police." If you want the sympathy of the British public, leave the Police alone, cretins.

January 23, 2009 MAN TO BE EXDRADITED TO ENGLAND FOR HEMEL PC’S DEATH AFTER 30-YEAR JAIL TERM By Corporate Communication Dept A MAN who killed Hertfordshire Constabulary officer Frank Mason will be extradited to the UK after he serves a 30-year sentence in Ireland, it was decided today at Dublin’s High Court. Perry Wharrie, 49, was part of an armed gang who killed off-duty officer PC Frank Mason in April 1988, in Hemel Hempstead. He and accomplices Charlie McGee and James Hurley had been holding up a Securicor van when Frank intervened and was shot. Wharrie was released early on licence in April 2005, having served 18 years of a life sentence, but fled the county…

Suffolk and Norfolk are getting six new police stations under a £60m private finance initiative (PFI), it has been announced. Consultants McBains Cooper has won a contract with the Justice Support Services Consortium (JSSC) to provide the new buildings. It is set to be one of the largest PFI projects within the police sector. The six centres will house cells and offices. Work will start in June and they should be built by 2010. They will be based at King's Lynn, Aylsham, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. Keith Young, director at McBains Cooper, said: "The new developments are designed to be the most efficient and secure custody facilities …

Mods - I put this here because I see it as a question of image in the news, rather than just s roads policing issue. Feel free to relocate if you disagree. On our local BBC news since early this morning: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ria/7844457.stm Such a shame that having seen a dangerous driver do 59 in a 30, he just got a warning letter! When will the powers that be learn that it simply does not work! Allowing local residents to operate in this way seems more an admission that the police are undermanned seriously, and the release of the change from 39.2 to 37.7 mph and it being claimed to be a success, merely puts the police in a bad light! I sus…

I just went to a talk by Josef Perl who told us of his incredible story about how he survived the holocaust. I met him and I bought a signed copy of his book. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faces-Smoke-Story-...l/dp/0954123301

Anyone know if theres a site streaming Stabbed: The Truth About Knife Crime?. Seems BBC have taken it off iPlayer and I cant seem to find anything on Youtube. It sounded really interesting and I didn't manage to catch it. Incidentaly did anyone catch it and what did they think? Cheers folks

He certainly had a close shave!

MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971 (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2008 (S.I. 2008/3130): RECLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS http://www.knowledgenetwork.gov.uk/HO/circ...f9?OpenDocument Will this now mean, that if caught with cannabis, and you own up to it you will not get a warning?

Sky News Site The suspect must have got one hell of a fright when he turned round to see this guy's face :smiley_vomit:

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Yob...il/article.html A YOB who broke a police officer's rib after ripping a number plate from a car has been given a suspended jail term. More pointless sentencing. Not sure why the Police bother taking these oinks to court. So much for being tough on knife crime.

BBC News site So it's NOT just teenagers who indulge in Rowdy behaviour!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7836766.stm Being quite young i have not seen the changes first hand, i just hear the things that have happened in the past so it would be good to see who of you agree or disagree with this statement and why.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7839250.stm Two of Greater Manchester's most senior police officers have been caught up in an armed robbery at a fast food restaurant in Eccles. Even off duty, still on duty, got to admire the courage of these two Officers. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: I still think the knives would do more damage then the fast food. I am sure the thanks of all MOP`s go out to these fine Police officers. :smiley_notworthy:

A CONSERVATIVE Government would ban officers from having second jobs because the office of constable is 'just too vital' for them to be 'seen to be compromised in any way', the shadow police minister has said. David Ruffley made the comments after Police Review revealed that more than 4,300 officers in 29 forces across the UK have second jobs or outside business interests to make ends meet. Jobs range from grave restorers and lingerie saleswomen to equine dentists and falconers. Sixteen of the 31 Conservative shadow cabinet members have registered financial interests outside Parliament including William Hague, shadow foreign secretary, who earned around £200,000 last …

The head of Tayside police has apologised after being caught speeding on a hazardous stretch of the A9. Chief Constable Kevin Mathieson was travelling at 72mph in a 60mph zone near Kingussie last September. He accepted responsibility for the offence and was fined £60 and received three penalty points on his licence. The A9 between Perth and Inverness is seen as a dangerous stretch of road, with several fatal accidents occurring every year. Mr Mathieson had been driving to Inverness for an independent custody visitors' association conference when he was caught speeding. In a statement released by the force, he said: "There is never an excuse for speeding nor do I s…