UK Policing News

"Why I've changed my mind about carrying a gun" https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2017/jun/05/police-20-years-firearms-public-safety

Source -BBC Sounds like the police commissioner has well and truly put her foot in it.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/shocking-footage-shows-moment-demonstrators-13170901 Just reading this article, had a look at the video within it which shows two officers knocked to the ground. What a bunch of brainless ignorant fools in the video. Could have ended up a lot worse if they wanted to cause any serious harm to the cops.

Police commissioner Alison Hernandez spoke to BBC Radio Cornwall A police chief who said she would consider letting gun owners act as armed civilians in the event of a terror attack has found herself at odds with her own force. During a radio phone-in, Devon and Cornwall police and crime commissioner (PCC) Alison Hernandez said she would "really be interested" in the idea. The force said armed civilians could risk being shot by officers. Ms Hernandez has since said she was not advocating use of guns by the public. Deputy Chief Constable Paul Netherton said it was "definitely an emphatic 'no'" that people should be arming themselves against such a …

A senior police officer with a scandal hit force has been sacked twice for groping a colleague, in a move that has cost the taxpayer and estimated £400,000. Full Story - Telegraph

The public is giving “lots of support” to police in London over the decision to step up the use of stop and search in their battle to combat knife crime, the Met Commissioner said today. Cressida Dick said that street searches were a “very powerful tool” for officers as she spoke of her deep concern about a surge in knife crime which has led to 37 fatal stabbings in the capital so far this year. She emphasised that Met officers carrying out searches must be “courteous” and “use intelligence” to target prolific offenders. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cressida-dick-public-supports-police-on-stop-and-search-a3562851.html

This is the horrific moment a woman who refused to let go of her handbag is dragged down the street by moped thieves. The video, released by police, shows the woman in her 30s being pulled down Hassocks Road in Wimbledon for yards as the rider speeds off. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/horrific-moment-woman-who-refused-to-let-go-of-handbag-is-dragged-down-wimbledon-road-by-moped-a3563156.html

This is the moment thieves were caught on CCTV stealing a safe containing £150,000 worth of jewellery from an affluent home in London's West End. In the footage, two of the suspects can be seen struggling to haul the safe out through the building's front door before making off with it in the back of a Renault Scenic. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moment-brazen-thieves-steal-safe-containing-150000-worth-of-jewellery-from-west-end-home-a3562981.html

A police officer was rushed to hospital after he was surrounded by a gang of thugs and kicked in the face in a “shocking and cowardly" attack. The 32-year-old Met officer, broke his nose and fractured his jaw after he was viscously assaulted while trying to make an arrest in Brentford on Saturday evening. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/brentford-assault-police-officer-surrounded-by-thugs-and-kicked-in-the-face-in-shocking-and-cowardly-a3562271.html

New guidance issued by a police counter-terror unit has warned hospitals and GP surgeries that they may be targets for attacks. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hospitals-counter-terrorism-office-warning-target-attack-guidelines-a7784196.html Just one of many "crowded places" rather than a specific threat.

COPS were ordered to clear out their axed station and load the removal van themselves. Full Story - Scottish Sun See the point of the ex-officer who has commented "it sickens me to see what the service has become — more concerned with budgets than proper deployment of police.” however maybe they were moving confidential documents? Or even the cost of having removal guys was too excessive?

This is the moment bikers and police confront a group of men in a backyard in south London after a tracker led them to a stolen motorcycle. The £1,700 bike had been locked in a parking bay in Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea, when it was swiped on the afternoon of Friday, May 26. The victim discovered it had been stolen after returning from lunch, immediately checking the tracker and discovering it had been taken to a location a little over a mile away, in Heath Road. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moment-bikers-use-tracking-app-to-confront-men-ripping-apart-stolen-motorcycle-a3555661.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/07/british-police-arrest-suspect-spotted-facial-recognition-technology/ Saw this mentioned this morning, quite interesting to read. I know it was discussed recently about trying to use facial technology with body cam but seems it is being trialled with smart cameras. If used correctly it could be quite valuable especially when mentioned about football crowds and tracking persons after disorder etc.