UK Policing News

A police van was caught on camera toying with an apparent queue jumper by repeatedly nudging forward to stop them making a last-minute cut in on a slip road. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4450954/Police-van-BLOCKS-queue-jumping-driver.html I guess a lot of people will be glad the police blocked the "last minute" driver, but was it the right thing to do? Safety of other road users travelling in that lane? Good to have a word with them, regarding their driving?

Horse riders in the Vale of Glamorgan are wearing body cameras and high-visibility bibs that look like police uniform to slow down drivers. Jocelle Lovell has been campaigning for drivers to "pass wide and slow" since her 13-year-old daughter was thrown from her horse in Penarth. South Wales Police said the bibs were "clearly intended" to resemble police uniforms and "confuse" the public. It said riders had been "abused" by the public because they felt "misled". But an inspector has encouraged the use of cameras to capture evidence of poor driving. Ms Lovell said some drivers "genuinely don't know what to do" while others "swear, beep h…

Faults with Police Scotland's body-worn video camera system are increasing at a time when the force is considering a national rollout, the BBC understands. More than 300 issues were logged including the assigning of devices to officers and downloading of footage. Numbers are low but data obtained by the BBC shows some officers called the system "inoperative" and "unusable". Police Scotland said most problems had been with the force's own computers, not the cameras. Ch Insp Nick Topping added that the number of reported defects were low considering the devices had been deployed "tens of thousands of times across four years". Body-worn cameras were …

A “despicable” man has been jailed after raping a five-year-old girl and warning her mum would die if she told anyone. Jerry Ablorh, 41, from Thornton Heath, was sentenced to 13 years at Croydon Crown Court after being found guilty of rape and two counts of sexual assault by penetration. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fiveyearold-girl-raped-by-man-41-in-terrifying-attack-in-south-london-a3526591.html JAIL IS JUST RIGHT FOR THIS SCUMBAG.

Faults with Police Scotland's body-worn video camera system are increasing at a time when the force is considering a national rollout, the BBC understands. More than 300 issues were logged including the assigning of devices to officers and downloading of footage. Numbers are low but data obtained by the BBC shows some officers called the system "inoperative" and "unusable". Police Scotland said most problems had been with the force's own computers, not the cameras. Ch Insp Nick Topping added that the number of reported defects were low considering the devices had been deployed "tens of thousands of times across four years". Body-worn cameras were …

Faults with Police Scotland's body-worn video camera system are increasing at a time when the force is considering a national rollout, the BBC understands. More than 300 issues were logged including the assigning of devices to officers and downloading of footage. Numbers are low but data obtained by the BBC shows some officers called the system "inoperative" and "unusable". Police Scotland said most problems had been with the force's own computers, not the cameras. Ch Insp Nick Topping added that the number of reported defects were low considering the devices had been deployed "tens of thousands of times across four years". Body-worn cameras were …

Faults with Police Scotland's body-worn video camera system are increasing at a time when the force is considering a national rollout, the BBC understands. More than 300 issues were logged including the assigning of devices to officers and downloading of footage. Numbers are low but data obtained by the BBC shows some officers called the system "inoperative" and "unusable". Police Scotland said most problems had been with the force's own computers, not the cameras. Ch Insp Nick Topping added that the number of reported defects were low considering the devices had been deployed "tens of thousands of times across four years". Body-worn cameras were …

The Derby Telegraph can today reveal shocking claims of officers and staff taking home goods from a police property store. Full Story - Derby Telegraph

Police and security agencies foiled two suspected “active terror plots” within hours in a series of dramatic raids and arrests across London. Armed officers shot a 21-year-old woman and fired CS gas rounds when they stormed a terraced house in Willesden on Thursday night. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/willesden-terror-raid-shot-woman-screamed-dont-touch-me-at-paramedics-after-armed-police-stormed-a3526231.html more with the BBC NEWS.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39741196

MPs have blasted the government's lack of a robust contingency plan to tackle the delayed deployment of a new Emergency Services Network (ESN)—warning that it represents a "potentially catastrophic blow" to 999 responders and could be "a tragedy in waiting." For something that is meant to be in use shortly I'm yet to hear any positive news. I am inclined to agree with the headline and the rest of the article.

The 19-year-old had ISIS as his mobile phone PIN code A teenager who plotted to blow up crowds in Oxford Street in a terrorist attack has pleaded guilty to terror offences. Haroon Ali Syed, 19, from west London, had ISIS as his PIN code for his mobile phone and was planning to detonate a nail bomb in the busy shopping street. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/hounslow-teen-plotted-to-blow-up-oxford-street-crowds-with-nail-bomb-in-terror-attack-a3525831.html