UK Policing News

From Times OnlineDecember 14, 2008 An armed raid on an exclusive jewellery store was foiled today by Flying Squad officers who arrested two men as they tried to steal tens of thousands of pounds worth of watches. The officers, supported by armed police, were waiting outside the branch of Watches of Switzerland in west London when two motorcycles pulled up with two men on each vehicle. The pillion passengers got off and ran into the store and began smashing the display cases, ready to grab tens of thousands of pounds worth of Rolex and Patek Philippe watches. But as the alarms started blaring the Metropolitan police officers stormed into the shop and caught two of the…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...-schoolboy.html A policeman who was jailed and then cleared of assaulting a drunken, violent schoolboy told of his nightmare today. Nice one, but maybe in future, tell the truth in the first place. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy:

A teenager has been found guilty of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones who was shot in a Liverpool pub car park. Rhys Jones was shot dead in the car park of a Liverpool pub Sean Mercer, 18, of Croxteth, was convicted of the murder after a nine-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court. Mercer was 16 when he shot Rhys outside the Fir Tree pub in August 2007 as the schoolboy walked back to his home from football practice. After the verdict was read out, Rhys' father Stephen Jones said: "Finally justice has been done for Rhys." Mercer, of Good Shepherd Close, was convicted by the jury after almost four days of deliberations. Fellow gang members James Yates, 20, of Dodman…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/17/glasgow-terrorism 32 years, good time, wd the judges, and well done the Police who sorted this matter out. :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

Dorset grandmother is sent police rifle by courier A GRANDMOTHER had a shock when she was sent a police training gun by mistake. A package containing a black Heckler & Koch modified rifle was delivered by a courier to Catherine Roots when it should have been sent to firearms officers at nearby Dorset Police HQ at Winfrith. Police later explained a gun supply company made a mistake with the postcode. Instead of writing down DT2 8DZ, Mrs Root’s postcode of DT2 8DT was on the package. Mrs Roots, who is aged in her 50s and runs a smallholding, said: “I was absolutely and totally shocked, and petrified. I get a lot of packages and I signed for it thinking it was…

This is a local news article from our area. Would love to hear comments on this story?

Daily Mail Link Police officers with convictions for gun crimes, benefit fraud and violent attacks are still serving, it emerged last night. The offences include discharging a firearm, possession of a cannabis plant, being drunk and disorderly, assault and theft. Many of the crimes took place while the officers were in post, supposedly protecting the public. Last night experts said the public would be alarmed by the revelations, which point to a fall in standards. MPs said they raised ‘serious questions’ over whether courts can trust the evidence given by police convicted of dishonesty. The list of crimes relates to Hampshire Police. Among its 4,000 officers,…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7739869.stm I found this interesting and unusually balanced.

Just been sent this on the email - short film about Kent Specials using drugs scanners and knife arches. Excellent work - anybody here on the forum on this film?! http://www.kenttv.com/operationpilot

Looks like some of our colleagues may have been misbehaving. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7780686.stm Sigh

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7776908.stm A man died when he was overcome by fumes from a petrol disc cutter he was using during a copper theft at a former steelworks, an inquest has heard. Hard to know how to put it into words. :bye:

Police officer faces jail after crashing stolen riot van: A FORMER police officer who crashed a riot van after stealing it from a police station was told today he could go to prison. Geoff Jackson, 29, crashed the vehicle into a central reservation after taking it from Paddington Green police station in London – said to be one of the most secure in Britain. Jackson, of London Road, High Wycombe, then fell asleep in the back of the van – apparently to sleep off alcohol he had consumed at a party the previous night. He admitted taking a vehicle without consent, careless driving and driving without insurance when he appeared before City of Wesminister Magistrates …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7779442.stm The former chairman of the Nasdaq stock market has been arrested and charged with securities fraud, in what may be one of the biggest fraud cases yet. Bernard Madoff ran a hedge fund which ran up $50bn (£33.5bn) of fraudulent losses and which he called "one big lie", prosecutors allege. Mr Madoff is alleged to have used money from new investors to pay off existing investors in the fund. His lawyer said he would fight to get through these "unfortunate events". The 70-year-old has been released on $10m bail.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7757908.stm Thousands of offenders in England and Wales are to wear high visibility vests while doing community service. Ministers have ordered 10,000 orange bibs with "Community Payback" on the back identifying them to the public. The government hopes the uniforms will increase confidence in community-based punishments which are seen by some as a soft option compared to prison. But probation groups warn the vests could "increase the risk" of offenders becoming targets for attacks. Harry Fletcher, assistant general secretary of the National Association of Probation Officers, told the BBC's Today programme: "Wearing the so-called vest…

Reporting on sky news now......................... more follows Breaking News10:42am UK, Sunday November 23, 2008 Four Northern Ireland police officers have been killed in a road accident in County Down. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers were on duty at the time of the accident on the Moygannon Road, the main route linking Warrenpoint and Kilkeel, Co Down. The four male officers were in a 4x4 police vehicle which is understood to have left the road in the crash which happened shortly before 4am. There is no evidence of a terrorist link to the tragedy at this stage. More follows ... bbc news --------------------- Four police officers die in c…