UK Policing News

New parking laws come into force New parking regulations take effect on Monday which could see offending motorists receiving parking tickets by post. The move includes the name "parking attendants" being changed to "civil enforcement officers", larger fines for some offences and lower ones for others. Those enforcing the laws are also being encouraged only to wheelclamp persistent offenders, with clamping being used only as a last resort. The new regulations will also mean councils outside London can, for the first time, use CCTV cameras to enforce parking rules. The parking and traffic enforcement councils have set up a "one-stop shop" - in the form of a website ca…

Friday 28 March 2008 13:15 HM Revenue & Customs (National) Sisters jailed for 39 years in £5m heroin smuggling case Two sisters have been jailed for a total of 39 years after HM Revenue & Customs Officers foiled their plan to smuggle more than £5 million of heroin into the UK concealed inside furniture in the back of a van. Jacquline Merceij (39) and her sister Manon Merceij (45), who were found guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court last month of attempting to smuggle 114 kilos of heroin through the Port of Harwich, have been jailed for 21 years and 18 years. Passing sentence, His Honour Judge Christopher Ball said: "It is a very depressing occasion consid…

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../nstreet128.xml I live round there, i saw nothing, maybe eye test in order. bUT nice one to those who took part. Whilst in that area, anyone on here close the A10 yesterday after boy was stabbed on Stamford hill junction, my life chaos everywhere ?

Early release of terrorists banned Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been forced to announce changes to a "get out of jail early" scheme after revelations that two convicted terrorists benefited from the controversial measures. The Government confirmed that Yassin Nassari - who was arrested at Luton Airport with blueprints for a rocket in his luggage - was freed from the maximum security Wakefield Prison 17 days early. The second man released was named by sources as Abdul Muneem Patel, a teenager who had been serving a six-month term at Glen Parva young offenders' institute in Leicestershire for owning an explosives manual. Opposition politicians said it was remarkabl…

Quick thinking police officers have arrested three people for robbery and other offences in two incidents on Sunday 23 March, 2008. The first offence took place shortly after 2am. Police Constables James Torrie and Phillip Salsbury were travelling along the A350 at Stoney Bridge, Trowbridge when they saw a car parked in a lay-by and a man crouched down in a telephone kiosk. The officers stopped and found the men in possession of a drill and all were subsequently arrested on suspicion of going equipped with the intent to steal. The vehicle was also recovered. As a result of these officer’s actions, a 28-year-old man from Bristol has been charged with attempted theft a…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...7/nutube127.xml The world has gone nuts.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/39222/...-yobs-on-street I believe this is an ongoing process in New zealand, where many of the laws they have, are close to what we have hear. Road policing there is almost the same as here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770 Fours hours, long lunch break hey :whistle2: :whistle2:

Source:BBC news Police authority budgets capped Ministers want to protect council tax payers from excessive rises Seven police authorities and one city council in England will have their budgets capped for forcing council tax rises beyond the government's limit. The authorities are Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Surrey and Warwickshire. Local Government Minister John Healey said it was necessary to take action. But the Association of Police Authorities (APA) said the police owed it to communities to set their tax at a level that ensured effective policing. Inflation-busting rises City authority Portsmouth City Council also f…

The lingo on this video, is a little nasty, if easly offended, do not watch. As for this #####, a 10 year jail sentence would be in order.