UK Policing News

A marauding mob of youths hurled bottles at police after a block party in north London descended into violence. Riot police and armed officers descended on the Stamford Hill Estate shortly before midnight on Tuesday night, while a police helicopter hovered overhead. As the dramatic scenes unfolded the area, in Lynmouth Road, was placed on lockdown and a large cordon was put in place. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/stamford-hill-mob-of-knife-wielding-youths-hurl-bottles-at-police-after-block-party-a3569566.html

A police helicopter has been tracking the violence near the Stamford Hill estates. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/819444/police-fighting-stamford-hill-london-riot-stabbing-sword-machete-helicopter Shomrim have tweeted Quite worryingly a video circulating on Twitter appears to show a youth trying to attack a police officer with a machete. Hope i am wrong

Nurses, teachers and firefighters will be thousands of pounds worse off a year in real terms by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/19/the-guardian-view-on-public-sector-pay-time-for-a-rise?CMP=twt_gu

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West Midlands Police has been warned officers are at “breaking point” after shock figures revealed 700 were off work last year with psychological disorders Full Story - Birmingham Mail This video is used in the above article, has TM ever admitted she was wrong in respect of cutting police numbers? Has she ever admitted that she was wrong to say the police fed were " crying wolf" over police cuts? Or since 2015 has she had her fingers in her ears saying blah blah blah?

Image captionPolice officers are being threatened by both republican and loyalist paramilitaries, said Dep Ch Const Drew Harris About 16 police officers either move home or have special security measures installed at their house every year because they are under threat. The average figures since 2010 were confirmed by the PSNI. They came after a senior police officer said officers were coming under threat predominately from dissident republicans, but also from loyalist paramilitaries. "There is a steady drumbeat of that," Det Ch Const Drew Harris said. "We could expect every month one or two officers to be in the position where they're having to …

A thug who stabbed a Met police officer twice with a 12-inch Rambo-style hunting knife because he thought he was “staring at my bird” has been jailed for 12 years. Andrew Beadie, 20, attacked the plain-clothes officers in an alleyway beside the Bow Bells pub in Bow, plunging the “fearful” weapon into his abdomen twice after slashing at his arms. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/thug-who-stabbed-met-cop-with-12inch-knife-because-he-was-staring-at-my-bird-is-jailed-for-12-years-a3567201.html

Westminster is on lockdown after armed police arrested a man with a knife outside the Houses of Parliament. Officers were spotted running towards a man outside the Houses of Parliament, before Tasering him at the gates on Friday morning. Police Tasered the man after he reached for a knife when approached by officers, Scotland Yard said. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/westminster-armed-police-hold-man-at-gunpoint-outside-houses-of-parliament-a3566706.html

Police have seized a horror weapon in a chase through south London. Officers said they recovered the sword-like weapon after a man ran from a car. An image taken by officer in Kennington showed an enormous knife with a curved, serrated blade. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/horrifying-machete-seized-atfter-police-chase-through-kennington-a3565931.html

Just breaking on the BBC news a report of shouts of knife knife knife and someone being Tasered

Anyone in the process with Essex or even any other force? I thought it would be nice to have a place where we can all help each other. Oh first post and new member here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk