UK Policing News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7648664.stm The Met Chief is expected to announce his resignation later today. Few questions.... How much will Tariq et al be blamed for this? Is the Jean Charles De Menez enquiry about to slate him/make his position untenable? Who will replace him? What will his legacy be - good or bad?

Officer resigns over BNP badge A Greater Manchester police officer has been forced to resign after he was seen wearing a British National Party (BNP) badge at a football match. Stuart Janaway, wore the BNP badge to a game at Old Trafford in September 2006, while he was off duty. A misconduct hearing was held last Friday after an investigation by the force's Professional Standards Branch. As a result, police said Mr Janaway was "required to resign". 'High standards' Acting Assistant Chief Constable Terry Sweeney, head of the Professional Standards Branch, said: "Item six of the Chief Constable's Order of 2004...makes it clear that officers are banned from bein…

I know this not a news story but I am getting board of all the negative story's that are being posted on this section, I know the public love it when we cock up but the the News Section on PS.Com is starting to read like an anti police forum. Any chance we could start finding positive news story's please.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Health/An...ould_Be_Treated Here we go again. More mitigation for idiots. They will now call it the "don't give a F*** syndrome".

A Thames Valley Police officer has been given a 12-month suspended jail term after being found guilty of carrying a knife in an off-duty incident. Det Con David Muddiman was convicted under the Public Order Act after being involved in a disturbance with youths in Grove, Oxfordshire, on 1 January. The 44-year-old officer, based at Didcot, must also complete 200 hours of community service and pay £625 costs. He resigned from the force after being sentenced by Swindon magistrates. 'Inappropriate' behaviour He was suspended from the force when he was found guilty on 5 September following a three-day trial, and an internal disciplinary inquiry had been due to take p…

Zero tolerance the answer - ex-policeman 02 October 2008 01:00 The murder of Frank McGarahan in a busy city centre street has shocked the community and re-awakened concerns over public safety. A former police officer, who chose to remain anonymous, has his say. Frank McGraham was beaten, kicked and punched to death after trying to stop the beating, but his brother and a bouncer from a nearby nightclub also sustained injuries (including a broken jaw). After living in and around Norwich most of my life I admit that I hate it. I've been in to the city centre three or four times recently, on a weekend evening, to pick my daughter up from nightclubs as I don't feel it's …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7648614.stm One dangerous individual off the streets ..for 4 years anyway..

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/D...Shopping_Centre

Surprised that this hasn't been posted already. The part about the compaints about Stop and Search has it's own thread so I have left off the text about that area fromt he article so this is more general and warrants it's own thread IMHO. However Mods if you disagree please merge or whatever.... Complaints against RUDE police reach record levels

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?D...p;in_page_id=34 Well done that judge, i was expecting them all to be arrested, false imprisonment etc. :clapping:

Police broke law by chasing suspect into home http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Police-b...sing.4549442.jp Date: 02 October 2008 By BRIAN FERGUSON A MAJOR review of how police search residential homes is set to be ordered after a woman found guilty of obstructing police in "hot pursuit" of a suspected vandal had her conviction overturned. Appeal Court judges ruled that two Grampian Police officers had no right to enter and search Jacqueline Gillies's home without a warrant when they spotted the man they sought inside her flat as she tried to close the door. The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (Acpos) said it would be studying the case and would a…

A Cleveland Police officer has been charged with assault following an Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation. It is alleged that Pc Simon Atkins, 36, who is based in Middlesbrough, used excessive force on a 32-year-old man during his arrest. The man sustained facial injuries, including the loss of teeth, during the incident on 30 September 2007. Pc Atkins will appear before Teesside Magistrates Court on 6 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7647064.stm

By Sky News SkyNews - Wednesday, October 1 08:48 am Police have criticised a crowd of people who encouraged a suicidal teenager to jump from a shopping centre car park. (Advertisement)Shaun Dykes, 17, died after he fell from the site on the roof of the Westfield shopping centre in Derby on Saturday afternoon. The teenager, a student at Heanor Gate Science College, climbed over a railing on the top level of the shopping centre's car park at 2.30pm on Saturday. A group of onlookers gathered to watch while trained negotiators spent three hours trying to coax him down. Witnesses said the mob taunted Shaun, who lived in the Derbyshire village of Kilburn, and shouted: "Go …

Peckham gun pair jailed Met Vest saves officer after suspect shoots him during routine motorbike check Two men have been convicted of firearms offences following an incident in which an officer was shot in the chest. The officer’s Met Vest saved him from serious injury. David English, 21, from Peckham, was sentenced to life, with a minimum of eight years. Faybian Nembhard, 22, also from Peckham, got seven years. The incident occurred in March 2007, when officers in Peckham spoke to two men about a motorbike. As the officers checked the ownership of the bike, another group approached. A fight broke out, during which English fired three shots from a ha…

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1747343.ece and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...d-arrested.html