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This young lad was a very very good friend of my little sister. he was such a sweet lad and his family are lovely and absolutly devestated i would like to say the way the police are dealing with this is exceptional they have handled very emotional and angry teenagers very well to get the evidence they need im sure they are close to catching those involved God bless dommy Head injury man dies in hospital Mr Barritt was attacked outside a shop in Walton An 18-year-old man has died in hospital after suffering a serious head injury in an attack in Essex on Saturday. Dominic Barritt, from Clacton, was attacked outside the Food and Drink Store in the High Street, Walto…

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Fallen UK police officers honoured 29 August 2008 Sunday 28th September 2008 marks the fifth National Police Memorial Day, an annual event that honours police officers throughout the United Kingdom who have given their lives in the line of duty. National Police Memorial Day is designed to remember every officer killed on duty since modern policing began more than 175 years ago and aims to recognise the courage and dedication shown by all police officers across the UK every day. As with the previous four years, the Police Federation of England and Wales is working in partnership with the Home Office and other police associations across the UK to ensure the day is …

Story here. I really don't know what to say about this =/

A woman who auditioned for the X Factor has walked free from court after crying rape against her former fiance. Gemma Capon invented the allegation after she and Graham Tysoe's turbulent six-month relationship came to an end. The 20-year-old, who has twice auditioned for the hit ITV show, told detectives he forced his way into their home and attacked her on the living room sofa. Mr Tysoe, also 20, was arrested in front of colleagues at the pub where he works as a chef and held for almost 24 hours. He was interviewed, had his DNA, fingerprints and mugshot taken and was subjected to intrusive forensic examinations. When police confronted Capon with discrepancies in her…

The Guardian A press recruitment ad for special police constables featuring a shop with a sign stating "sweets, mags, drugs" has been banned after a complaint that it implied local newsagents were involved in the drugs trade. The press ad, which ran in the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, was run by the National Policing Improvement Agency to try to recruit people to help reduce crime in their local community by becoming special constables. Shot in front of a newsagent, the ad featured a policeman entering the shop, which had signage stating "sweets, mags, drugs". A footnote said: "It's your community. See what's really happening." The Advertising Standards Authority rec…

Browsing t'internet today, I came across this article. Makes interesting reading. Apparently the government are to release £2.5m in funds to enable the forces across the UK to recruit and train upto 6000 new Special Constables.. linky>> Tom

Well I've never met one of these 'accredited' persons. Do any officers on here have experience of any dealing with them, and if so have they helped to deliver 'effective neighbourhood policing' as the Home Office says they are?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Not...ival%2BViolence We just cannot have a good time in this country, what the hell is wrong with this place. So let us get drunk and lob things at the Police.

Self-checkout systems in UK supermarkets are being targeted by hi-tech criminals with stolen credit card details. A BBC investigation has unearthed a plan hatching online to loot US bank accounts via the checkout systems. Fake credit cards loaded with details from the accounts will be used to get cash or buy high value goods. The supermarkets targeted said there was little chance the fraudsters would make significant gains with their plan. With the help of computer security experts the BBC found a discussion on a card fraud website in which hi-tech thieves debated the best way to strip money from the US accounts. The thieves claim to have comprehensive details of US …

Any truth in what this woman says? Seems to me yet another attack on policing in this country - everyone wants 'something to be done', yet when 'someone does something' it's criticised and attacked, making any effort counter-productive. It doesn't say what this woman does now, whether or not she is or was a serving officer, however, being as she was so close to the problem you might think she had valid points above. I'm not so sure. To me it seems divisive and actually adding to the problem - to me she's giving to young people that they are being stigmatised and therefore they should be feeling that they are stigmatised.With problems we've had, and are having, you'd think…

The Investigation - R4 Could be interesting to hear her perspective.... The Metropolitan Police has been criticised for its use of stop and search in tackling knife crime. Laura Richards, former head of the Met's homicide prevention unit, told the BBC stop and search could make gangs stronger and the problem worse. Ms Richards said the Met had ignored recommendations from numerous reports on how to tackle knife crime - such as targeting known individuals. The Met defended its tactics, saying it had community support. Last month the Met set up a special taskforce in London using stop and search, sending teams of officers into stabbing hotspots. Killer profiles…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7567430.stm An 89-year-old man has been rescued after being swept into the swollen River Wharfe in West Yorkshire. Two police community support officers (PCSOs) and a police officer pulled the man to safety at about 1340 BST on Sunday. The man was tangled in debris in the river at Wetherby which had become swollen due to heavy rainfall. The fire service and the RAF helicopter assisted in the rescue and the man was taken to Harrogate District Hospital. Insp Michael Green from West Yorkshire Police said: "The officers entered the swollen and fast-flowing river and were able with difficulty to facilitate the rescue of the man.…

Police patrols are to this week target key locations in south London in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour, drug taking, and knife carrying on trains. Knife crime and anti-social behaviour will be targeted The British Transport Police (BTP) will deploy 70 officers in the crackdown, called Operation Chicago 2. Officers will be at key interchange locations across the south of the city. The first phase of the operation in the first few weeks of the summer holidays has resulted in 120 arrests and six weapons being seized. As well as officers, the police teams will also use drug detecting dogs and BTP's mobile metal detecting arches. The key aim is to disrupt crimin…