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For the first time, a British police force will recruit people directly to become detectives without them working as beat officers in uniform. The Metropolitan Police hopes the scheme will fill some of the 600 detective vacancies in the force. It also hopes to attract people with different skills and backgrounds who might otherwise not want to join. Up to 80 detectives will be taken on initially, with further recruitment rounds likely to follow. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40101551 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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"I'm a serving firearms officer and the Government is wrong to claim police cuts have nothing to do with recent attacks" http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/london-terror-attack-bridge-borough-latest-firearms-officer-government-wrong-police-cuts-theresa-may-a7772506.html Another great (anonymous) article from the independent.
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With all the photos in the press of the public approaching, engaging and speaking to armed police just as they would their unarmed collegues, does it finally put to rest the anti-arming argument that arming all police will change forever the relationship between the public and the police? PS I'm not debating SHOULD we be armed just whether one of the main pillars of the argument not to arm has been dealt a death blow.
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London attack: Three arrested in east London 8 June 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Unknown/Met Police Image caption Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba have been named as the London Bridge attackers Police investigating the London terror attack have made three fresh arrests, following ra…
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Police forces around the country have reviewed their General Election security arrangements amid fears that polling stations could become terror targets. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/07/police-consider-extra-security-polling-stations-amid-fears-could/
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Fraudsters have set up fake fundraising pages in a twisted bid to raise money for victims of the London Bridge terror attack. Donations website JustGiving confirmed it had deleted three appeals after establishing they were not genuine. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-bridge-terror-attack-crooks-set-up-fake-funds-in-sick-bid-for-cash-a3558836.html Hate scumbags who do this and the police round up the scum. Donations to the British Red Cross UK Solitary Fund can be made online, by phone on 0300 023 0820, or by texting UNITY to 70607 to donate £10.
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Police shot dead three suspects within eight minutes of the attacks on London Bridge and Borough Market Extra police resources are needed in the wake of recent terror attacks, London's mayor and Met chief have said. Sadiq Khan said the city had lost "thousands of police staff" since 2010 and Cressida Dick said she would "obviously" be seeking extra resources. The call comes as another police chief and the Police Federation called for forces' resources across England to be boosted to fight terrorism. Theresa May said the Met Police force was already "well resourced". Seven people were killed near London Bridge when attackers drove into pedestrians …
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'Van hits pedestrians' on London Bridge in 'major incident' 3 June 2017 From the section UK Police are responding to reports a van has hit pedestrians on London Bridge in central London. Witnesses have said that armed officers are understood to be at the scene after a white van hit pedestrians. The Metropolitan Police say they are dealing with an incident on the bridge. Transport for London said the bridge has been clos…
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London attack: Met defends dropping inquiry into attacker 6 June 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Met Police Image caption Attackers Khuram Butt (left) who was known to police and the security service and Rachid Redouane The Metropolitan Police have defended a decision to downgrade an inquiry into one…
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Police are investigating a chilling video in which a man brandishing a machete threatens to blow up mosques and kill Muslims. In a disturbing racist rant, the man peers into the camera while strapped with what appears to be a grenade and warns he wants to behead followers of Islam. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/merseyside-police-investigating-racist-video-machete-man-threatening-blow-up-mosques-kill-muslims-a3556896.html
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London attack: Theresa May says enough is enough after seven die 4 June 2017 From the section UK Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWatch: How the attack unfoldedThe prime minister has said "it is time to say enough is enough" as she condemned a terror attack on "innocent and unarmed civilians" which left seven people dead and 48 injured in London. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at abo…
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Conservatives 'no plan to raise income tax' 3 June 2017 From the section Election 2017 Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said the Conservatives have "absolutely no plans to raise income tax", in an apparent change of policy. Prime Minister Theresa May scrapped her party's 2015 commitment not to raise VAT, National Insurance or income tax, the so-called "triple lock". Mr Johnson signalled an apparent change of direction…
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This is the dramatic moment Londoners confronted a pair of hammer-wielding moped thieves as they used an angle-grinder in a brazen daylight attempt to steal a bike. Footage shows two men attempting to steal the vehicle from outside an office block in east London before shocked onlookers try to tackle them to the ground. One of the helmet-clad men appears to threaten people with a hammer as they walk past the thugs in Back Church Lane, Whitechapel. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/dramatic-moment-londoners-confront-hammerwielding-thugs-during-brazen-moped-theft-attempt-a3555241.html
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A violent thug who repeatedly stabbed a plain clothes police officer with in an unprovoked attack is facing a “substantial” jail term. Andrew Beadie, 22, already had a string of convictions and had just been released on licence when he launched the unprovoked attack in east London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/bow-stabbing-violent-thug-who-repeatedly-knifed-police-officer-in-unprovoked-attack-faces-jail-a3550101.html
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A police officer has been jailed for lying to protect his brother after a car crash in east London. PC Miladur Khan, 30, of the East Area Command Unit, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/policeman-jailed-for-lying-to-protect-his-brother-after-crash-a3553176.html
