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Eight jailed for smuggling drugs into prisons by drones 13 December 2017 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPolice have released footage of the gang caught in the act.The ringleader of a gang who smuggled drugs and phones into prisons using drones has been jailed for seven years and two months. Former armed robber Craig Hickinbottom organised the flights from behind bars, Birmingham Crown Court …
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Eight jailed for smuggling drugs into prisons by drones 13 December 2017 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPolice have released footage of the gang caught in the act.The ringleader of a gang who smuggled drugs and phones into prisons using drones has been jailed for seven years and two months. Former armed robber Craig Hickinbottom organised the flights from behind bars, Birmingham Crown Court …
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Salford house fire: Murder charges over deaths 13 December 2017 Two people have been charged with murder over the deaths of three children in a house fire in Salford on Monday. Demi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died, in the fire in Walkden while Lia, three, and mother Michelle, 35, remain in hospital. Zac Bolland, 23, and Courtney Brierley, 20, both of Worsley, Salford have also been charged with a…
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5162283/Police-condemned-advertising-day-non-white-men.html Apparently you need to tick at least one of the following boxes to be welcome; Black or minority ethnic Gay or Lesbian Transgender Be female Have a learning disability
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Scotland Yard today announced body-worn video cameras have been given to 21,000 front-line officers in London - the largest deployment of its kind in the world. The Met said it had almost completed a £10 million year-long project to roll out cameras across the force in a bid to increase public trust in the police. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/scotland-yard-roll-out-21k-bodyworn-cameras-to-frontline-officers-in-largest-scheme-across-the-globe-a3715566.html
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An on-duty police officer who died along with a 91-year-old woman in a crash on the A4 in Berkshire was due to become a father. PC James Dixon, whose wife Samantha is heavily pregnant, died when his motorcycle was in collision with a car near Hare Hatch on Tuesday. The 39-year-old had appeared in the Sky TV programme Road Wars. The pensioner, who was a passenger in the car, was also killed while the female driver was taken to hospital. The incident, which happened on Bath Road, has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The IPCC said PC Dixon was on a training exercise and was not responding to an emergency or pursui…
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One of the UK's highest ranked police officers was handed £67,000 so that she could move house as part of a 'benefits in kind' payout totalling more than £100,000 Full Story - Daily Mail
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A couple who say police officers assaulted them in their own home have received a five-figure settlement. Aldires Bugia, of Camden, said an officer "kicked open" her front door in April 2013 and two officers started punching her husband. The Metropolitan Police believed a man wanted in connection with a drug deal was at the flat. It made the payment to settle an out-of-court a claim of unlawful arrest and police brutality. Ms Bugia said she and her husband, who has not given his full name, were woken up by six officers in the middle of the night. 'Punched and grabbed' As Ms Bugia opened the front door, one of the officers "kicked it open" and …
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A police officer has been filmed punching a man in the face as he was being detained under the Mental Health Act. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/01/police-officer-filmed-punching-man-face-restrained/ The mobile version used by most rags to berate the police. The version released by Avon and Somerset Police to counter claims of excessive force. Nice to see the force publicly backing their offices!
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Scotland Yard has apologised after a police officer was filmed telling a DJ it was a "fact" black people commit more crime after pulling him over as he drove a Bentley through central London. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/a-car-full-black-guys-9596451
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Senior police officer fined after breaching Official Secrets Act A senior West Midlands police officer today pleaded guilty to a charge under the Official Secrets Act. Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale admitted a breach of the act during an appearance before Westminster Magistrates Court. ACC Beale, who is based at force headquarters in central Birmingham, was fined £3,500. Following his guilty plea, the force will now consider misconduct proceedings. Deputy Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe said: “Today ACC Beale faced grave consequences for a mistake in an otherwise exemplary police career. This is a very serious matter and to face crimin…
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Private security staff are set to guard crime scenes in the West Midlands under an initiative designed to free up police officers for catching criminals. Full Story - Birmingham Mail
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MSPs have passed legislation aimed at merging railway policing north of the border into Police Scotland. The Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill is the first step towards the national force taking on the role of British Transport Police (BTP). There had been a lengthy debate over the plan, with police bosses warning it could be "massively complicated" and "a real challenge". The bill passed by 68 votes to 53, with the Greens backing the SNP. Labour and the Conservatives have opposed the merger and the bill throughout, and the Lib Dems - who had supported the legislation in the stage one vote in order to pursue amendments at committee stage - also voted ag…
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Between the 15th and 20th November 2017, British Transport Police officers in Scotland have seized more than £160,000 worth of drugs during arrests at Scottish stations. The arrests demonstrate the significant work undertaken by officers in Scotland to prevent and stop the movement of illegal substances. The first arrest was at Edinburgh Waverley station on Wednesday (15/11) evening. A man was detained and charged with being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs. Some £80,000 worth of drugs was recovered. Then on Friday (17/11) a man was detained at Aberdeen station. He was charged with possession of a controlled drug, possession of a firearm, possess…
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Five police officers will not face prosecution after the death of a mentally ill man in custody, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has ruled. Sean Rigg's family said it was "shameful" the CPS had upheld its decision from 2016. The musician, 40, died from a heart attack at Brixton police station in south London in 2008. In 2012 an inquest jury found that police used "unsuitable" force after arresting Mr Rigg. The CPS chose not to authorise charges against any of the officers last year because the evidential threshold was not met. A review began at the request of Mr Rigg's family. Crushed hopes Mr Rigg's sister, Marcia Rigg, said in a fam…
