UK Policing News

Prosecutors are to decide whether to take action over the death of a Greater Manchester Police officer shot in a training exercise. Pc Ian Terry, 32, from Burnley, Lancashire, was shot in the chest by a colleague in Manchester in June. The case was referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). It has now passed evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Naseem Malik, IPCC Commissioner for the North West, said: "It is appropriate in this case for the IPCC to submit the file of evidence collected during our investigation to both the Crown Prosecution Service and the Health and Safety Executive. "…

Man stabbed in road rage attack A VAN driver who let his three young children witness him stabbing an Eastbourne court worker in a road rage knife attack has been jailed for four years. Shaven-headed builder John Lucas, 43, plunged a 3in-long blade into Rick Williams' neck and ear after he accidentally collided with the back of Lucas' wife's car. Lucas lashed out with the craft knife after his hysterical wife told him Mr Williams ADVERTISEMENT had deliberately driven into the family's Toyota Avensis and tried to drive off. The father-of-three was at home but went to the scene of the minor prang and repeatedly stabbed Mr Williams, Brighton Crown Court heard. Prosecu…

Is security lacking somewhat if they manage to build a "stockade" out of security fencing, quite a time consuming task, without any apparent intervention by security staff http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7770513.stm

A police officer tried to blackmail sex offenders and a suspected criminal after getting their details from a computer, the Old Bailey has heard. Pc Amerdeep Johal is accused of sending menacing letters to 12 people in east London, for which he hoped to make £419,000 in July last year. Mr Johal worked at West End Central police station on the Met Police's criminal intelligence system Crimint. He denies 12 counts of blackmail and one of misconduct in public office. David Markham, prosecuting, said Mr Johal, 29, from Ilford, east London, also sent out text messages to other suspected criminals from the computer offering to help them commit or conceal crime. In so…

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!