UK Policing News

Chief Constable Sir Willie Rae addressed a press conference relating to the incident at Glasgow Airport. He told the assembled media: Around 1515 hours this afternoon, Saturday 30 June 2007, a Jeep Cherokee drove into a front door at the check-in area of the terminal building. The vehicle caught fire on impact. Emergency services were immediately in attendance and two men, from the vehicle were arrested at the scene. One was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital where he is presently detained suffering from severe burns and is in a critical condition. The other man has been detained in police custody. The vehicle involved is still at the scene and will be subject …

The UK's national terrorism threat level has been raised to "critical" after attacks in Glasgow and London. Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the public to be vigilant and added: "I know the British people will stand together, united and resolute." The announcement came after a meeting of the government emergencies committee Cobra, following a burning car being driven into a Glasgow airport terminal. On Friday, two car bombs were found in central London. Ministers, police and security service officials held their third meeting of Cobra in three days on Saturday evening, this time with a video link to ministers in Scotland. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the securit…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/6240850.stm Was a colleauge of mine involved and i was second on scene for this, was not a fun night at the time. was aweful to see a colleauge in the that situation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6694773.stm You hear about it all the time, but it only hits home when it's people you work with! :confused: Luckily it's not serious.

Some inmates serving jail terms of four years or less will be released early to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales, Lord Falconer has said. It would mean about 1,200 prisoners being released up to 18 days early on licence, he told the House of Lords. It would not include those convicted of serious sexual or violent offences, the justice secretary added. He also said 1,500 new prison places would be created - the first of these available from early 2008. His statement comes as the prison population breaks the 81,000 barrier for the first time. The Conservatives have condemned the plan to release prisoners early. Their home affairs spokesman Edward Garnier s…

NOTORIOUS gangster Curtis Warren was today set to return to Liverpool after being freed from a Dutch jail. Warren, the most infamous gangster in the city’s history, was due to sail back to the UK this evening. The 43-year-old criminal mastermind was then expected to head straight for his family home in Toxteth to visit a sick relative. Warren, nicknamed “Cockyâ€, was locked up for 12 years in 1997 for his part in a plot to flood Britain with cocaine and other drugs worth £125m. His sentence was increased to 16 years for the manslaughter of a Turkish inmate. Now he has won an appeal against further convictions for running a drug ring from his cell and being a mem…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6697791.stm Hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers must re-sit their promotion exams after a series of mistakes. The force said staff shortages and technical problems had forced them to scrap results for 562 candidates hoping to become inspectors. It will cost £73,000 for the exam, taken on 12 March, and selection process to be repeated, the Met said. A spokeswoman said supervision on the day had been "inadequate" but the candidates were not to blame. 'No cheating' She said: "The issues that led to the need for the re-sitting of this exam lie entirely with the logistical management of the day. "We do not assume or believ…

11-05-2007 New Zealand Press Association Stabbed policeman out of intensive care The Hamilton policeman stabbed four times in the back and shoulder yesterday is making good progress and is out of intensive care in Waikato Hospital. Acting Sergeant Andrew Grice, 34, was stabbed at a Fairfield house in Hamilton about 6.30pm on Wednesday when he was called to a domestic incident. He had a punctured lung and injuries to his shoulder, back and arm. Today he was in a stable condition in a ward at the hospital after being moved out of the hospital's high dependency ward. The 31-year-old man alleged to have stabbed him appeared in Hamilton District Court yesterday charge…

Police stun gun expansion planned -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More frontline police officers could soon be carrying 50,000-volt Taser stun guns under government plans. Tasers - which temporarily disable a suspect - can be used only by firearms officers confronted by an armed person. Home Secretary John Reid will tell the Police Federation of England and Wales he wants non-firearms officers working in specialist units to have the weapon. But Amnesty International says Tasers can be lethal and wants a public inquiry before their use is extended. The campaign group claims the stun guns have been linked to more tha…