UK Policing News

Police officers have abandoned an investigation into a Cambridge student who tweeted that 'all white people are racist'. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/student-racist-white-tweet-police-13443858 I recall people on here saying he should be charged with inciting racial hatred to which i agreed, suprised he has got away scot free.

Police will use facial recognition software to scan the faces of tens of thousands of revellers at this year’s Notting Hill carnival even though civil liberties groups believe such an action would be discriminatory. Full Story - Guardian " But critics say the use of real-time biometric tracking has no basis in law and that the plan to deploy it during the carnival is institutionally racist, as it targets Britain’s main annual African-Caribbean celebration" How is it racist? The police are trying to clamp down on the extreme large scale violence we get every year at this event, if large gangs of black youths were not causing issues every year there would nev…

A woman was shot in the vagina and left with life-changing injuries in a sex game gone wrong, a court has heard. She was engaged in sexual activity with David Andrew Jeffers at a hotel in Manchester in January when the weapon fired. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/woman-shot-in-vagina-in-sex-game-gone-wrong-a3604696.html

Will be interested to see the sentence Pogmore gets for this next week.

A former race and equalities adviser to Ken Livingston has provoked outrage after he tweeted an 'offensive' image of a husband and gun-toting wife, who he said is what 'you need when you get pulled over by racist cops Full Story - Daily Mail

Source - BBC

Police officers in the South of England have told the BBC that increasing levels of violence mean they are at greater risk of serious assault than ever before. Figures show more than 8,000 officers have been attacked and injured across the Thames Valley, Wiltshire, Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire since 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-40807308/police-officers-say-assaults-are-just-part-of-the-job

A moped gang armed with hammers, knives and guns terrorised mobile phone shops across London in a seven-month £1 million crime wave, a court heard. The 17-strong group targeted Three stores, smashing their way in at night and snatching up thousands of pounds’ worth of handsets in minutes. They used mopeds to get to and from the raids, attacking security guards who got in their way and injuring two police officers who tried to thwart one of the break-ins. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moped-gang-terrorised-shops-across-london-armed-with-hammers-knives-and-guns-a3603126.html

Larges knives, machetes and "Zombie knives" were among the items found Residents and police officers have joined forces to search for dangerous weapons hidden in public spaces in east London. Weapons including "Zombie knives", machetes and baseball bats were among the items found during the three "flash sweeps" held across Tower Hamlets. The scheme involves police knocking on residents' doors and asking if they would like to take part in a search. The Met said it was another way "to take knives off of the streets." Large kitchen knives, needles, hammers and poles were also confiscated during the searches. Zombie knives are defined as those used fo…

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A man lured a police officer into his flat before barricading the door and launching a terrifying knife attack. http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/martial-arts-instructor-lured-police-officer-into-his-home-before-attacking-him-with-a-knife/story-30467236-detail/story.html stuff of nightmares!