UK Policing News

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/c...icle5308835.ece I was astonished to have read this today. If he is found guilty, I only hope this idiot is prosecuted with the full weight of the law and that a proper example is made of him. I'm utterly speechless...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/no...air-knife-crime Has crime really gone down, this mother speaks of intimidation, the way i felt in court sitting in the witness room, a room that could well do without a topic written on the door. I feel that more protection for witnesses would make life easier for the Police.

BBC News I wonder what he had actually done?

Teenager's knife attacker jailed Beddar was described as a loner with a fiery temper A man who repeatedly stabbed a girl and left her for dead in a Lancashire park has been jailed for life. Jessica Knight, then 14, was listening to her MP3 player when French national Kristofer Beddar, 21, knifed her about 20 times. She underwent five hours of emergency surgery after passers-by found her in the park in Astley Village, Chorley. Beddar was found guilty of attempted murder at Preston Crown Court and told he would serve a minimum of 12 years. He had admitted wounding with intent, but claimed he had no memory of attacking Jessica and no motive to kill her. Beddar,…

A police officer from Northumbria has appeared in court following an investigation into prostitution. Victoria Thorne, 28, from Washington, Tyne and Wear, has been charged with misconduct in public office, after allegedly offering her services online. She appeared before magistrates in Newcastle alongside four people charged with prostitution offences. No pleas were entered and all five were bailed to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on 22 December. Neil Lock, 27, and his wife Natalie, 28, both of Abbotsfield Road, Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders, 59-year-old Nigel Lock, of Crescent Road, Manchester, and Oshar Marks, 56, of Ravenscourt Place, Gateshead, are cha…

MI5 Discover Al-Qaeda Buying Ambulances on Ebay London—MI5 have warned Britain's cash-strapped National Health Services that dozens of ambulances–along with old police cars and fire engines past their sell-by date–are being snapped up by al-Qaeda operatives in the United Kingdom to mount suicide bomb attacks. So serious is the problem that counter-terrorism officials at the Home Office have written to eBay, the Internet auctioneer, asking them to stop selling emergency service vehicles, equipment and uniforms. But eBay has insisted it can only halt the sales if a new law is passed by Parliament. That could take many months to enact. The use of ambulances…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/354...th-a-horse.html http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1996529.ece Ok, so this must be a new law, the covering up of a horses eyes, so it cannot be identified.

The men were arrested in the Whitechapel area of the city Thirteen British National Party (BNP) members arrested on suspicion of giving out racist material in Liverpool have been released without charge. The men were arrested by Merseyside police on 22 November after leaflets were distributed in the Whitechapel area of the city. A police spokeswoman said they were released after consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Nick Griffin, BNP chairman, said the booklets were anti-racist in content. At least this attempt to subvert the political system by the police has failed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7747416.stm This isnt a hard enough sentence!!! I hate people who hurt animals, theres no pissin need, if you cant give them love and look after them, dont bloody have them. Stupid gits!

Hi all, Article in the latest edition of The Railway Magazine, entitled Police perk 'worth 16 million pounds' states 'The Metropolitan Police is facing government pressure to end the perk that enables it's 31,000 officers to travel free on trains in the Home Counties, even if they are off duty. The idea is to cut crime, but TOC's(Train Operating Companies)say it will cost them 16 million in lost revenue in 2008/2009. Just wondered what the officers in the MET have been told about this and, if the privilege is taken away, would there be a bit of a stink over it?

Press Association Report LINKY No gag could be tight enough to warrant spending £300,000 on this waster! The Guardian has the figure at £250,000 but it's still WRONG! I can only live in hope that he makes some exceedingly bad investments!

A former police officer was jailed on Friday for 12 months for stealing two winning betting slips from a dead man. Gambling addict John Fleet stole the slips, worth a combined £59.21, from the body of Stephen Lawrence who had died suddenly at his home of natural causes, Plymouth Crown Court heard. Fleet, a Pc with Devon and Cornwall police, was sent to help with the removal of the body on July 30 and the court heard he took the two slips and cashed them the following day. Source ****************************************************************************************** **** I cant believe this - I thought we were supposed to treat the dead with dignity and respect. …

Police sorry for drug raid mix up The plants were bought at a garden centre four years ago for £2 Police have apologised to an elderly couple after officers raided their home in Bristol believing it to contain a cannabis factory. Ivor Wiltshire, 77, and wife Margaret, 79, returned from holiday last month to find their front door smashed in. After finding nothing it later emerged a £2 plant in their garden had been giving off a smell similar to cannabis. "A couple of pensioners hiding a cannabis factory - you couldn't make it up," said Mr Wiltshire. An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: "We can confirm that we executed a warrant as part of our investiga…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicest...ire/7766743.stm Your country needs you. :thumbsup: Leicestershire Police are trying to lure back officers who have moved abroad to police with a 10K bung.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...arched-car.html I assumed, obviously wrongly that barristers were in the main, normal. Amazed she did not play the race card.