UK Policing News

A thug who spat in three police officers’ faces as they tried to help him in a busy A&E department has been jailed. Darren King, 29, was chased by police following a fight in Harrow in the early hours of the morning on February 17. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/jailed-thug-who-spat-in-the-faces-of-three-police-officers-in-busy-north-london-ae-a3550241.html

Damon Smith claimed he left the device on the Jubilee Line train as a prank A student who made a bomb filled with ball bearings and left it on a Tube train has been jailed for 15 years. Damon Smith put his homemade device into a rucksack and left it on a Jubilee Line train in October 2016. The 20 year old claimed it was a prank but was found guilty of possession of an explosive substance with intent. Sentencing, the Old Bailey judge told Smith "the seriousness of what you did cannot be overstated". The court heard had the device exploded, it would have gone off as commuters left the North Greenwich station platform. Smith, who has …

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/police-cuts-policy-amber-rudd-tories-conservatives-election-2017-labour-officers-a7712646.html I realise this is from a couple of weeks ago, but thought it may be of high interest on here and I believe it wasn't posted initially. Interesting and at the same time, worrying. With all this 'brexit' process, and Mrs May talking of a 'hard brexit' I personally believe more austerity cuts (including to the police) will be inevitable in the next few years.

British Transport Police have launched armed patrols on trains across the country in the wake of the Manchester bombing as part of “radically increased” security measures. As Britain remained on high alert for terror attacks, for the first time in the history of the force it placed specialist firearms officers on trains nationwide on Thursday afternoon. BTP said passengers can expect to see a firearms presence on their trains whilst the country is at a critical threat level. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/armed-police-officers-patrol-trains-nationwide-for-first-time-in-history-a3548786.html

A Met Police officer has become the first “bi-gender” officer in Britain. It comes after Scotland Yard launched a diversity initiative encouraging officers to “be themselves at work”. The officer now has two warrant cards, one in their male name and the other in their female name. They can report for work in either male or female uniform. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-officer-becomes-britains-first-bigender-pc-a3546881.html

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Britain’s most senior police officer has been urged to rethink her support for stop and search as race relations experts warn that an increase in its use will further alienate communities and make it harder to tackle the knife crime epidemic in London. Full Story - Guardian Simon Woolley seems to be saying the police are to blame for black youths/young men not trusting them, he argues increasing the use of stop and search on black males will likely increase resentment towards the police. Is it not time people started taking responsibility for what is happening in their communities instead of blaming the police all the time?

A police officer issued an astonishing 27 tickets in just ONE HOUR to badly parked cars in Birmingham. Full Story - Birmingham Mail I know Bordesley Green and the surrounding areas quite well, people park where they want, where they see a space they park, regardless if it is illegal or not. Nice to see this police officer cracking down!

A dedicated police squad has been set up to protect hospital staff from violent patients amid rising Accident & Emergency chaos http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/17/police-squad-deployed-protect-nhs-staff-attacks/

Victims of crime will be asked to write their own police statements online under a new 'self-service' plan by one of the country's biggest forces. Full Story - Daily Mail

My town had 18 officers on the beat 10 years ago. Now there are four. The service we provide is woefully inadequate - but not for the want of trying... https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2017/may/20/police-cuts-fewer-officers-unrelenting-pressure