UK Policing News

A COP shot dead on a training exercise made lifetime friends wherever he went and was a role model to his colleagues, mourners at his funeral were told today. Around 250 Greater Manchester Police officers joined more than 100 family and friends of PC Ian Terry in paying their respects at St John the Evangelist Church in Worsthorne, Burnley. PC Terry, 32, from Burnley, was killed during a role-play exercise with armed officers at a disused warehouse in Manchester earlier this month. Loss ... mourners attend funeral Newsteam He had been a firearms officer with GMP since 2002 after joining the force in 1997. Two mounted police officers led the funeral procession wi…

Police chiefs are being criticised for holding catwalk parades to show off their new-look uniforms. The black shirts and "easy-to-maintain" trousers are being modelled by officers at six displays over two days at the Royal Norfolk Show, near Norwich. However, the Taxpayers' Alliance group has said the shows are a waste of time and money. But a Norfolk Police spokeswoman said it was a way of presenting the new uniform to the community. The new look was unveiled by the force in March as part of a drive to become more "customer-led", which included putting more sergeants and inspectors on the ground. 'Sheer idiocy' The clothing was designed to improve performance…

"Lee Porritt was jailed in 2000 for stalking a student, battering her and raping her in a car park" "Patients at the secure Broadmoor hospital in Berkshire say they were allowed to watch 18-certificate titles including notorious gang-rape movies after they were approved, and then brought by staff" "You get a requisition form out of the office. You put them in on the Monday and they get sent off. A guy goes out and buys your DVDs" "Porritt said he was among patients getting handouts of £60 a week to spend on luxuries – £3 MORE than he got in benefits on the outside" "People have £1,000 music systems in there as they are allowed to buy whatever they want" "We have…

Harman pushes discrimination plan Harriet Harman sets out plans to MPs Equality minister Harriet Harman has set out plans to allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job candidates. She said firms should be able to choose a woman over a man of equal ability if they wanted to - or vice versa. The new Equalities Bill will also force employers to disclose salary structures in a bid to close the gender pay gap. The plans, which will be adopted first across England then Wales and Scotland, will also ban all age discrimination. Setting out the plans in a Commons statement, Ms Harman said the proposed bill - due later this year - would "address t…

The tape recorder has been a constant in police interviews for the last 20 years but it could soon be consigned to the bin. Plans to conduct and store interviews in digital format could radically speed up the time it takes to bring criminals to justice, say experts. The majority of forces still rely on analogue recorders, with many having up to half a million tapes in storage. No timeframe has been set to switch the 43 police forces in England and Wales. Networked evidence Time is running out for analogue tape which has already become a dead format on the high street; something that has an impact on police use of tape recorders. "Spares are getting harder to f…

What is the Police take on this bunch? http://fitwatch.blogspot.com/ It has got to be worrying when they say, they will follow Officers home.

A 12-year-old white schoolboy is among 120 people being dealt with by police in a new project combating Islamic-inspired violent extremism, it was revealed today. The child, who has only been identified by the initials BC, was reported by his school in West Yorkshire after he was found circulating video clips of terrorists beheading Westerners. Sick films were distributed to classmates on their mobile phones, prompting a teacher to march the boy to the local police station. Sick: The boy sent the horrifying videos to classmates on their mobile phones Police revealed the child arrived in Britain as an asylum seeker in July 2005, and at the age of eight allegedly assist…

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1319820,00.html Here is a news story from sky. Dont get me wrong I obviously use Forums but I would never use sites such as Facebook, particularly if I was in a job like the Police where people want as much dirt on you (no matter how small) as possible. It also again gives ammo for the general public to lay into the Police when stories like this get printed (just look through the comments below) Such a shame really as a few officers actions make it news and therefore some members of the general public thinking worse of the Police still.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...ry-suspect.html I todays news! Please if you have a spare minute or 2 read this, trust me it'll cheer you up!

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thief was filmed on CCTV stealing a satellite navigation system from an undercover police car in Bristol for the THIRD time in four months. James Milsom, 21, was filmed breaking into the vehicle, just six weeks after he was released from prison for stealing a sat nav from another unmarked police car. Smash and Grab: James Milsom caught on camera stealing a sat nav The pictures revealed it took him only six seconds to smash the window and grab the sat nav from the vehicle parked in Cumberland Road and make a quick getaway in broad daylight. Milsom, from Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, was released from jail less than six weeks ago. It was the third time in four month…