UK Policing News

Read this today...cant believe the cheeky git decided to sue!! (well, perhaps I can knowing the sort of people that do) Glad to see common sense prevailed... NICHOLAS ROBERTS v CHIEF CONSTABLE OF KENT (2008) A judge had been entitled to find that a police officer's decision to release a police dog to pursue the claimant and effect or assist a lawful arrest had been reasonable, given the claimant's conduct, and therefore lawful pursuant to the Criminal Law Act 1967 s.3(1) despite the claimant thereby sustaining serious bite injuries. The appellant ® appealed against a decision of the judge dismissing his claim for damages for personal injury against the respondent chie…

Off-duty officer stabbed in hand An off-duty police officer was stabbed in the hand when he arrested a man who allegedly assaulted another man outside a shop in a Dorset town. The attacker repeatedly punched a 52-year-old man in the face, before getting out a knife outside the Argos store in St Mary Street in Weymouth. A 42-year-old officer, who witnessed the attack on Tuesday, intervened. He suffered deep cuts to the hand. A 40-year-old man was arrested in connection with both attacks. The Dorset Police officer, who is based in Dorchester, was treated at the Dorset County Hospital but the man who was punched was not injured. Det Con Ed Meanwell said: "As a re…

A Labour Peer has been charged with dangerous driving after allegedly sending text messages shortly before hitting a car on the M1 on Christmas Day, 2007. Lord Ahmed has been called to appear before Sheffield magistrates in connection with dangerous driving offences. He is accused of crashing his Jaguar X-type into a stationary Audi A4 and killing its driver. The incident happened on Christmas Day, 2007. A text message was allegedly sent from the peer's phone three minutes before it was used to call the emergency services. The Audi was in the fast lane facing the wrong way. Its driver and passenger had got safely to the hard shoulder but the driver, 28-year old Martyn G…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7803653.stm Offenders have been abused and threatened because of high visibility vests worn during community service, the probation officers' union has said. I feel for the poor darlings.

I'm certainly outspoken in defence of Armed Police Officers but the below mentioned article took me aback slightly, the reality of it is I probably know these guys as some of their quotes about members of the Unit were coined by me. I'm sorry but I see this article doing no good for CO19's reputation whatsoever. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...penly-time.html

Youth accused of murder appears in court Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 10:30 A 17-year-old boy has been remanded in custody after being accused of murdering a pensioner with an axe. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Hull Youth Court this morning charged with murdering Irene Roberton, 65, at her flat in Euston Close, Bean Street, off Anlaby Road, Hull, in the early hours of Sunday morning. He was also charged with attempted murder and aggravated burglary. He stood to confirm his name and address and was remanded until January 7 when he will appear at Hull Crown Court. Hull Daily Mail When I initially heard about this, I thought "oh dear, burg…

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a paramedic and ambulance crew were shot at with plastic pellets while they were treating a patient. Crews were called to Watts Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, where a man had fallen from a lorry on 3 December. Paramedic Allan Norman, who was wearing a crash helmet, was first on the scene but was shot at along with colleagues who later arrived. None was injured. The boy was held on suspicion of common assault and released on bail. Ambulance staff continued to treat their patient and he was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7798849.stm Thats just disgusting - shou…

Kent Police force is facing the threat of legal action over the fatal shooting of a woman. Ann Sanderson, 37, was shot dead by an armed officer in the car park of a department store in Sevenoaks following a stand-off with officers in June 2007. A post-mortem examination revealed that Ms Sanderson, of Bethel Road, and known as Tosh to friends, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Kent Police said it had been served with a copy of a High Court claim form. The force said the papers had been served by lawyers acting on behalf of the administrators of Ms Sanderson's estate. It said it would not be commenting further. The Independent Police Complaints Comm…

Not a lot of information in the story as to the circumstances, but interesting none the less, especially given the recent discussion on here regarding the Ambulance Service and some peoples experiences with them.

Despite being innocent until proven guilty, I doubt this will do the already tarnished reputation of footballers any good. I'm assuming the others arrested were no footballers.

What an absurd article. Does the Daily Express really expect us to investigate offences where there are no leads? As ever people assume that the police operate with limitless resources. Do they think that if we are not investigating a particular offences then we are down the station sticking on a brew? Hasn't it occured to them that there aren't enough hours in the day to investigate every single thing so instead we have to prioritise crimes according their seriousness and the likelihood of the investigation going anywhere.

Two paramedics have been arrested on suspicion of neglecting to perform a public duty following the death of a man in Brighton. South East Coast Ambulance Service said the men, aged 35 and 44, and both from Brighton, had been questioned and bailed to a date in January 2009. The pair have been suspended from the ambulance service pending the Sussex Police investigation. Barry Baker died at his home in Braybon Avenue on 29 November. 'Full co-operation' A spokesman for South East Ambulance said: "South East Coast Ambulance Service has suspended two male members of staff from duty as police conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the sudden death…

Source: http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/pages/97...52C005A6BB6.htm Greater Manchester Police has received more than 5,000 999 calls over Christmas. Of all the 999 calls made between midday Christmas Eve and midday Boxing Day a significant portion of them were from people who did not need the police and 72 were hoax calls. Senior officers are today appealing to the public to only call 999 in an emergency – where there is a threat to life or a crime in progress. Call handlers must be allowed to focus their attention and resources on urgent calls where people actually need help from the emergency services. The following are some examples of calls received by GMP's o…

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it is illegal for the government to retain DNA profiles and fingerprints belonging to two men never convicted of any crime. The landmark decision could mean the more than 570,000 DNA profiles in the National DNA Database belonging to innocent individuals will have to be deleted. Police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland currently have powers to take DNA and fingerprints from everyone they arrest. The case was heard by the 17 judges of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The challenge was brought by two men from Sheffield. DNA was taken from Michael Marper, 45, when he was charged w…

Hopefully she's a local woman who'll be caught quickly. I know kids can be annoying at times, but it just goes to show how low some parts of society can be when a grown adult can kick a child in the face.