UK Policing News

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Published Date: 23 December 2008 Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced a major cut in red tape for police officers after a successful pilot in Leicestershire and three other forces. Mrs Smith launched the rollout of new Stop and Account procedures during a visit to Handsworth in Birmingham. From next week, officers from all 43 forces across England and Wales will no longer be required to fill in forms every time they stop and question someone in the street, using airwave and mobile technology instead. The time saved by the new techniques will be the equivalent of 3,500 extra police officers on the streets, Mrs Smith said. Current Stop and Account procedures - wh…

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Here's news of joint patrols in Colchester, congratulations to Essex Police for excellent inter force relations, it's a pity one of the comments was negative, but hey probably a chav Source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7795835.stm

The use of civilian investigators in the police has been defended by Devon and Cornwall's chief constable. Fifty civilians are to replace police constables currently working with CID, who will instead go back on the beat. The Police Federation has criticised the "demoralising" move, calling it "just another nail in the coffin of the modern British police service". But Chief Constable Stephen Otter said he stood by his decision, which would put more officers on the street. "The most important thing here is that we're actually putting 200 extra officers out onto our streets at a time when other forces are reducing the number of officers," he said. "We're doing tha…

BBC News 27-08-08 BBC News 16th July 2008

A Broadmoor patient has pleaded guilty to killing former model Rachel Nickell, who was stabbed 49 times in front of her young son 16 years ago. The 23-year-old was attacked as she walked with her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common in south-west London on 15 July 1992. Robert Napper, 42, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. An Old Bailey judge said Napper would now be held in Broadmoor indefinitely. Mr Justice Griffiths Williams said: "You are on any view a very dangerous man. "You still present a very high risk of sexual homicide which can only be managed in a high security hospital." Paranoid schizophrenia Victor Temple QC,…

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/1...britain.tasers/ The British government is buying 10,000 Taser stun guns for police officers across England and Wales, Britain's Home Office said Monday. Looks like they are coming to a town near you.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...-watchdogs.html Jacqui Smith has dumped plans for directly-elected police authority members, saying she was worried about potential politicisation of the police So who is jacqui smith attempting to make police more accountable to, her or MOPs, maybe both. And does this (woman) suffer from paranoia?

The cost to the public purse of giving London’s police officers a free ride on the railways has risen to £24 million a year, The Times has learnt. The Metropolitan Police is facing Whitehall pressure over the cost of the perk, which enables its 31,000 officers to travel up to 50 miles (80km) beyond London without having to buy a ticket, even if they are off duty. Officers just show their warrant cards to inspectors. With police forces around the country being told to make efficiency savings, the future of ticketless rail travel for the Met is under review. Scotland Yard confirmed that its contract for the scheme with the Association of Train Operating Companies c…

A HAMPSHIRE man who blinded a police plane pilot as he attempted to take off has today been spared an immediate prison term. David Williams shone a laser pen into the cockpit of the force's spotter plane as it left Daedalus airfield in Lee-on-the-Solent. The pilot was temporarily left unable to see by the bright beam aimed at his eyes, and had to climb rapidly after leaving the ground, at around 11pm on June 5. Officers in the aircraft were able to use its infra-red cameras to find the source of the laser, and alerted colleagues on the ground. Williams, 20, of Cuckoo Lane, Stubbington, was arrested in a nearby park, and later charged with the offence of endangering …

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/R..._L11_Merseyside The parents of Rhys Jones say justice has finally been done after their son's killer Sean Mercer was jailed for a minimum of 22 years. That is one gormless looking dickhead. WD to all the Police involved, a fine job!! :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :thumbsup:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...est-copper.html I thought me standing 6ft and neary 16 stone would make scrotes think twice before they had a pop at me but this bloke is massive!

MP arrest officer accuses Tories Mr Quick said he was forced to move his family by the newspaper story A row has erupted between the senior police officer investigating Home Office leaks and the Conservatives. Anti-terror chief Bob Quick said the Tories were trying to undermine his inquiry following a newspaper story that he said endangered his family. Mr Quick says he was forced to move his family after details of their home were published. The Conservatives denied having anything to do with the story. The leaks inquiry saw the arrest of Conservative frontbencher Damian Green. In response to the Mail on Sunday story, Assistant Commissioner Quick said: "The T…