UK Policing News

Thousands of police officers are expected to assemble in London for the funeral of the PC murdered in the Westminster terror attack. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/pc-keith-palmer-funeral-5000-police-officers-set-to-line-streets-to-remember-heroic-westminster-a3510976.html Anyone from PoliceUK going to London tomorrow? I understand officers across the U.K. are being asked to partake in a two minutes silence, at 2pm, at the front of their police stations (where possible).

Thousands of police officers are expected to assemble in London for the funeral of the PC murdered in the Westminster terror attack. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/pc-keith-palmer-funeral-5000-police-officers-set-to-line-streets-to-remember-heroic-westminster-a3510976.html Anyone from UK Police Online going to London tomorrow? I understand officers across the U.K. are being asked to partake in a two minutes silence, at 2pm, at the front of their police stations (where possible).

Thousands of police officers are expected to assemble in London for the funeral of the PC murdered in the Westminster terror attack. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/pc-keith-palmer-funeral-5000-police-officers-set-to-line-streets-to-remember-heroic-westminster-a3510976.html Anyone from Police Specials going to London tomorrow? I understand officers across the U.K. are being asked to partake in a two minutes silence, at 2pm, at the front of their police stations (where possible).

Police officers have started using a car-sharing club which could cut costs and the size of its own fleet, The Scotsman has learned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/police-start-using-car-sharing-club-vehicles-to-cut-costs-1-4409251 Interesting move, hopefully it works out cheaper!

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39355940 Media captionMoment area around Houses of Parliament evacuated A woman has died on Westminster Bridge in central London in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. A police officer was also stabbed in the nearby Houses of Parliament by an attacker, who was shot by police. Several pedestrians were struck by a car on the bridge, before it crashed into railings. Police said there were "a number of casualties... including police officers" and a "full counter-terrorism inquiry" was under way. Prime M…

Police officers have started using a car-sharing club which could cut costs and the size of its own fleet, The Scotsman has learned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/police-start-using-car-sharing-club-vehicles-to-cut-costs-1-4409251 Interesting move, hopefully it works out cheaper!

A Fast and Furious-style gang who blew up cash machines and escaped in 150mph modified cars were finally caught because of a McDonald's breakfast. The crooks, who used a stolen lorry as their mobile HQ, stole hundreds of thousands of pounds in ATM raids across England and Scotland. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/fast-and-furious-gang-who-blew-up-atms-caught-by-armed-police-because-they-stopped-for-mcdonalds-breakfast-during-getaway/ar-BBzt1hD?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartandhp All so in the BBC NEWS.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39508339

Two Sussex police officers have been charged with assault. Eastbourne-based PC Robert Rangeley, 35, and Lewes-based PC Paul Bridger, 32, are both accused of assault occasioning ABH. The charges relate to an incident in South Street, Eastbourne, where paramedics treated a man aged 33 for a head injury in the early hours of 5 January. The man was taken to hospital for with injuries to his head, face and hand. PC Rangeley and PC Bridger are due to appear before Hastings magistrates on 26 April. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-39504848

Paul Gladwell, 38, from Colchester, was first detained by staff at the holiday site in Pakefield, Suffolk Three officers could face criminal charges over the death of a man following his arrest at a holiday park. Paul Gladwell, 38, of Colchester, was detained by staff at Pontins in Pakefield, Suffolk, on 14 February. He was then arrested by police on suspicion of assault and became ill on his way to custody. He died two days later in hospital and the police watchdog has served the officers with gross misconduct notices, the Daily Gazette reports. Following Mr Gladwell's death on 16 February, Suffolk Police referred itself to the police watchdog th…

A young man has been charged with plotting to carry out a terror attack armed with a knife, police said. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-charged-with-plotting-to-carry-out-terror-attack-armed-with-knife-a3508426.html

A young girl is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being bitten by a dog in Kent. The attack happened in the Jenkins Dale area of Chatham at 17:26 BST. The girl, who police said was of "toddler age", was taken to a London hospital in a critical condition. The dog was shot dead by police firearms officers. Two people have been arrested in connection with the attack and are in custody as police inquiries continue. Neighbours told the BBC the injured girl lived locally. Amanda Ayres, 52, who called for an ambulance after witnessing the attack, said: "I can't get her face out my head - her lips were blue. "The mum came ov…

Two dogs "were humanely destroyed" and another two were seized, police said A man has been charged after a man and a woman suffered dog bites in a park in Greater Manchester. Armed police shot dead two pitbull-type canines in Queens Park in Bolton on Sunday. Daniel Hennessy, of Curzon Road, Halliwell, Bolton has been charged with two counts of allowing dogs to be dangerously out of control and one count of affray. The 39-year-old is due to appear at Bolton Magistrates' Court later. Officers were called to the park in Chorley New Road to reports five dogs were dangerously out of control. Police said a woman had been bitten on the ha…

Police have shot dead two pitbull-type dogs after a man and woman were bitten. Armed officers were deployed to Queen's Park in Chorley New Road, Bolton, at 10:20 GMT on Sunday after reports that six dogs were dangerously out of control. A 60-year-old woman had been bitten on the hand and a man was bitten on the leg, Greater Manchester Police said. A man, 38, was arrested on suspicion of affray and allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in public. Officers are searching the area for another dog which is believed to be part of the group. Two dogs "were humanely destroyed and two dogs have been seized", pol…