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11 Menezes police face no action Mr Menezes was mistaken for a suicide bomber Eleven officers involved in the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes will not face disciplinary action, the BBC has learned. They were among 15 Metropolitan Police officers interviewed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). No decisions have yet been made on the four most senior officers investigated. Mr Menezes, 27, was shot eight times at Stockwell Underground station after being mistaken for a bomber a day after the failed London attacks in July 2005. A spokeswoman for the Menezes family said they were "gravely disappointed" by the IPCC decision. She desc…

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The police must be more accountable to the public, Conservative leader David Cameron has said. Mr Cameron also praised London Mayor Ken Livingstone's efforts to boost community policing in the capital. The Tory leader's comments follow the fatal shootings of three teenagers in south London in less than a fortnight. On BBC One's Politics Show there needed to be a "big cultural change" in the police and that he favoured elected police commissioners. Public accountability In the interview to be broadcast on Sunday, he said he thought police felt put upon by Home Office regulations and targets, rather than focusing on the people they were meant to be serving. "And…

A man has been arrested following the stabbing of a police officer in Fife. The policeman suffered arm and stomach injuries in an attack after he and a colleague had stopped a van in Kirkcaldy at about 1700 GMT. The officer, from the Glenrothes area, is expected to be discharged from the town's Victoria Hospital following treatment to his injuries. The 24-year-old arrested man, from Kirkcaldy, is due to appear before the town's Sheriff Court on Monday. The policeman was stabbed as the driver and passenger of the stopped van tried to escape. Police say they are still looking for a second man in connection with the incident. CO BBC

Met police ponder handshake snub Scotland Yard says personal beliefs must not be put above police duties, after a constable refused to shake hands with Sir Ian Blair Sir Ian "questioned the validity of the request", Scotland Yard said Scotland Yard says personal beliefs must not be put above police duties, after a constable refused to shake hands with Sir Ian Blair. The Muslim woman officer refused to shake hands with the Metropolitan police chief on religious grounds. It happened when Sir Ian inspected 200 recruits at a passing out parade. The Met says the officer puts the job's requirements above her personal beliefs, which she only exercises where there is …

The number of police officers in England and Wales has fallen for the first time since March 2000, Home Office figures have revealed. The total dropped by 173 officers from the end of March last year to 141,873 at the end of September. The government has made recruitment a priority since the rapid decline in numbers during the late 1990s. In 2004, the number of police officers in England and Wales exceeded 140,000 for the first time. The figures also show a 35% rise, year on year, in the number of police community support officers (CSOs) to 8,517. These were first introduced into England and Wales in 2002 under the Police Reform Act in response to concern over a…

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