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Image copyright PA A police officer's use of a Taser on a man outside a Bannockburn pub was not "reasonable or necessary", Scotland's police watchdog has ruled. The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) said the officer should undergo refresher training and reassessment in the use of the weapon. The incident happened in Quakerfield last September. The Pirc report said the 28-year-old man did not appear to be "posing any imminent threat to officers". It said six police officers went into the pub to arrest the man who was wanted in connection with an alleged assault. The man was escorted to the door, but there was a struggle and …
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UNDER new laws drivers using their mobile phones to pay for food at a McDonald's of KFC drive-thru could be fined £200 and given six penalty points. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8954416/mcdonalds-kfc-drive-thru-smartphones-pay-fined-points/
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SIX hundred crimes a day are being "screened out" by Greater Manchester Police as the force is forced to swallow £183m in budget cuts. GMP, the third largest force in the country, has lost around 2,000 frontline officers since the government's austerity drive was introduced in 2010. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8918719/crimes-investigated-manchester-police-cuts/
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Shoplifters are walking into shops and stealing hundreds of pounds worth of stuff in plain sight. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/shoplifting-quality-save-chorlton-problem-16169084 A depressing read but not surprising considering the lack of police officers, when will the Government wake up?
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West Midlands Police released body-worn camera footage on April 26 showing the moment a trained cage fighter attacked and injured a police officer as they questioned him inside his Stourbridge, United Kingdom, home on February 11, 2018. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/watch-chilling-moment-cage-fighter-16187200
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Guns and tasers seized following NCA operation 28 April 2019 A man has been charged with possession and the supply of firearms after a National Crime Agency operation in Norfolk. 44-year-old Jurijs Ragozins from Kings Lynn was arrested by officers from the NCA's Armed Operations Unit on All Saints Street in the town on the afternoon of Friday 26 April. Following his arrest, and searches in the Kings Lynn area 12 handguns, ammunition and 29 stun guns have been recovered. Two further handguns had previously been recovered as part of the investigation. The weapons will now be subject to full forensic analysis. Last night Ragozins was charged with offences of posses…
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Disturbing footage which shows a plain clothes officer beating a teenage suspect who is already handcuffed and offering no resistance is being investigated by police https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6958483/Met-Police-probes-video-undercover-officer-striking-handcuffed-teenager-17-baton.html Lee Jasper always comes across as someone who actually wants rioting, a strange individual.
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Met sergeant given a final written warning over his actions in custody PS Robert Phair from Met Detention faced a gross misconduct hearing that concluded on Wednesday, 17 April. The officer faced allegations that on two occasions in October 2016, whilst on duty as a Custody Sergeant, PS Phair used unnecessary and excessive force on two detainees. The Chair and panel members considered all of the evidence provided by the appropriate authority. It was concluded that in regards to the first allegation occurring on 21 October 2016, which the breaches of the standards’ of professional behaviour; Authority, Respect and Courtesy, Use of Force and Discreditable…
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https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/17597398.man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-attempted-murder-after-off-duty-police-officer-stabbed-in-rayleigh/?ref=rss A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an off-duty police officer was stabbed at a house in Rayleigh last night.
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A group involved in the manufacture and supply of up to 3,000 counterfeit identity documents has been jailed. Following a proactive investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service, officers found the group had been involved in the supply and production of false identity documents at two venues in north London and were laundering the proceeds of their criminal enterprise through bank accounts they were controlling. Detective Chief Superintendent Alexis Boon, from the Met’s Specialist Operations Command, said: “This group was producing thousands of false identity documents and supplying and selling them on for profit. “Thanks to the excellent investigative …
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A security guard reportedly disappeared with £1 million after abandoning his G4S cash-in-transit van in south-west London. The driver is said to have fled with 40 deposit boxes and left the vehicle in a residential street in Clapham on Tuesday. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/g4s-security-guard-flees-with-£1m-from-cash-in-transit-van-he-abandoned-in-residential-london-street/ar-BBWgcjG?ocid=spartandhp
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A MAN, 21, was stabbed to death in a string of four knifings in just seven hours in Lawless London. Police were scrambled to attacks across the capital - West Drayton, Harlesden, Wembley and Merton - between 3pm and 10pm yesterday. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8924505/man-knifed-harlesden-fatal-london/ When are the government going to give more money to get more officers on our streets to make London streets safe again if not London will soon be come lawless.
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Just imagine. She could be the new Home Secretary. As to being prosecuted, I wonder if she will be? Link
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A convicted money launderer tried to fly to Dubai with £1.5m A convicted money launderer who tried to fly to Dubai with £1.5m in his suitcases has been ordered to hand over the money permanently. Mohamed Imran Khan Sathar Khan, 35, was jailed for three years and nine months last September after admitting two counts of money laundering. On 29 August 2018 he checked four suitcases in at Stansted Airport – each weighed 20kg and all were rammed with £10 and £20 notes. National Crime Agency officers launched an investigation after Border Force officers stopped Khan, of no fixed abode, from boarding the aircraft. A forfeiture order made for the cash was signed off by Can…
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Lyra McKee: Killing has led to 'palpable change' in community sentiment towards policing 20 April 2019 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPSNI released CCTV footage following Lyra's murder The killing of journalist Lyra McKee has led to a "palpable change" in community sentiment in support of policing, a senior detective has said. …
