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https://news.sky.com/story/merseyside-police-accused-of-victim-blaming-on-social-media-11477078 Just reading this online, I thought it sums up pretty much everything that is wrong with things at the moment. The council and police have tried to raise some awareness of quite a big issue as anyone who works big cities or busy NTE environments will know. What I want to know is WHO in their right mind has complained?! And even then, why are the council and force so spineless and soft that they have apologised and removed the tweets. Are the people that are complaining about this happy for this to continue and people to continue to put themselves in t…
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The family of a man who died in police custody a decade ago will have to wait until at least 2019 to see officers face a disciplinary hearing, the Guardian has learned. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/21/met-police-sets-2019-date-for-hearings-into-death-of-sean-rigg-in-2008
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Home News Three sentenced after shotgun was found hidden in a bag of cuddly toys Return to News 21 August 2018 Two female friends and an accomplice have been sentenced after a shotgun was found hidden in a bag containing cuddly toys following an investigation by the joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police’s Organised Crime Partnership (OCP). Billy Stokes, 28, and Terri Pemberton, 24 were jailed for two years and 18 months …
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Hillsborough charges against Sir Norman Bettison dropped 21 August 2018 Related TopicsHillsborough trials Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir Norman Bettison had faced four counts of m…
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Parliament car crash: Man arrested as pedestrians injured 14 August 2018 A man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament, Scotland Yard say. A number of pedestrians have been injured, the Met Police said. The incident happened at 07:37, prompting a ma…
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Home News Three arrested in NCA operation in East Sussex Return to News 18 August 2018 Three men have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences following a National Crime Agency operation in Hailsham, East Sussex. The men were detained by officers from the NCA's Armed Operations Unit on an industrial estate off the Hailsham by-pass. Two firearms were recovered at the scene. All three are now in custody. NCA and Sussex Police …
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Three people were stabbed to death and two teenagers disembowelled in just 48 hours in separate attacks across London. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6071987/Police-battle-save-disembowelled-teen-three-stabbed-death-London.html
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Police chased a pair of suspected moped muggers across London in a dramatic pursuit that ended when the riders crashed into a van in Camberwell. The two men were reportedly attempting to snatch phones from members of the public in Hackney on Friday lunchtime. Police were called shortly before 1pm and began pursuing the suspected thieves in Bethnal Green. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-chase-moped-muggers-across-london-in-dramatic-pursuit-from-bethnal-green-to-camberwell-a3914501.html
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Three London police officers charged with perverting course of justice after Hounslow crash https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/three-london-police-officers-charged-with-perverting-course-of-justice-after-hounslow-crash-a3914566.html
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Return to News 17 August 2018 Four men who smuggled cannabis with a street value of more than £2.1m into the UK have been jailed for a total of 28 years following a NCA investigation. The organised crime network, headed by Kevin Downes, 57, hid three-quarters of a tonne of the Class B drug in bags of dog biscuits in an attempt to conceal the smell. Along with his brother, John Downes, 58, and fellow gang members Brian Chapman, 64 and pensioner Thomas Abrahams, 73, the four were jailed at the Old Bailey today (Friday 17 August). Brothers Kevin, 57 and John Downes, 58, from Bermondsey, South London were jailed for nine years and 10 months and seven years an…
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Return to News 17 August 2017 Nine members of an organised crime gang alleged to be involved in trafficking heroin and cocaine into the UK have been arrested as part of an NCA led investigation Over three days this week, officers in the UK and in the Netherlands arrested the eight men and one woman in connection with the importation of drugs worth around £12million. The alleged offences took place over a 12 month period from June 2016 to June 2017. NCA officers were assisted by Dutch police colleagues in the latest stage of this long-running international operation. The first seven arrests took place in the West Midlands and the Netherlands. Early morni…
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A specialist police unit backed by the City has foiled £25 million of frauds in the past six months, it was announced today. The Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) tackles crooked bank staff, online card fraud and scams, to bolster the security of the banking industry. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/city-police-squad-foils-25m-of-fraudulent-online-scams-a3912896.html
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A large gang of masked protesters have clashed with riot police after blocking a busy east London road in an angry protest over the death of Rashan Charles. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/masked-gang-blockade-kingsland-road-and-intimidate-drivers-in-flash-protest-at-death-of-rashan-a3599091.html
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Scotland Yard is deploying convoys of vehicles with 70 or more officers to knife crime hotspots in a fresh tactic to combat violence. The line of police vans, unmarked cars and patrol vehicles arrive on estates or streets blighted by crime — but instead of raiding homes, police meet and talk to local people. The tactic is being used by the Met’s Violent Crime Taskforce in an effort to engage with communities battling a surge in gang activity and stabbings. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-to-deploy-70-officers-to-hold-meet-and-greet-sessions-at-knife-crime-hotspots-a3913006.html
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New fingerprint scanners are set to be rolled out across London, giving Met Police officers greater power than ever to identify members of the public in the street. A number of forces have used similar devices since 2012 but the UK's largest police force has developed its own technology, dropping the cost so it can roll out six times as many scanners in the field. The cheaper product means that 600 of the Met's 30,000 officers can run a suspect's fingerprint across police databases in under a minute. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-officers-roll-out-new-fingerprint-scanners-to-identify-suspects-on-street-amid-backlash-a3910766.…
