UK Policing News

Students at Cardiff University had their group chat interrupted by a police officer as he sent a selfie using Facebook Messenger http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/police-officer-goes-viral-sending-selfie-group-chat-helping/

Students at Cardiff University had their group chat interrupted by a police officer as he sent a selfie using Facebook Messenger http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/16/police-officer-goes-viral-sending-selfie-group-chat-helping/

An 18-year-old student who racially attacked police officers after being refused entry into a west London club has been spared jail as the judge didn't want to "send lady to jail" for the crime. Full Story - Ibtimes Since when did a female who is classed as a "lady" spit, punch, claw and use racist language? The judge has either lost the plot or has a different definition to what a lady is to the rest of us.

PC Kelly Ellis is one of an increasing number of UK police officers who are undertaking firearms training. Her friends have dubbed her Lara Croft - after the Tomb Raider action hero - but she says the training is the hardest thing she has ever done. Over three months, Dominic Casciani - reporting for the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme - had unique access to some of the new recruits being assessed in Cheshire. Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39260906

PC Kelly Ellis is one of an increasing number of UK police officers who are undertaking firearms training. Her friends have dubbed her Lara Croft - after the Tomb Raider action hero - but she says the training is the hardest thing she has ever done. Over three months, Dominic Casciani - reporting for the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme - had unique access to some of the new recruits being assessed in Cheshire. Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39260906

PC Kelly Ellis is one of an increasing number of UK police officers who are undertaking firearms training. Her friends have dubbed her Lara Croft - after the Tomb Raider action hero - but she says the training is the hardest thing she has ever done. Over three months, Dominic Casciani - reporting for the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme - had unique access to some of the new recruits being assessed in Cheshire. Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39260906

PC Kelly Ellis is one of an increasing number of UK police officers who are undertaking firearms training. Her friends have dubbed her Lara Croft - after the Tomb Raider action hero - but she says the training is the hardest thing she has ever done. Over three months, Dominic Casciani - reporting for the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme - had unique access to some of the new recruits being assessed in Cheshire. Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39260906

Police in a Berkshire town have said they will not send out officers to deal with shoplifters who steal goods worth less than £100. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/10/police-tell-town-will-not-chase-shoplifters-steal-less-100/

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A man sparked a bizarre police chase after driving away from a south-east London building site in a digger. Police were called to the industrial site in Bexley just after 1am on Monday to reports that a JCB had been stolen. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/bungling-thief-sparks-bizarre-jcb-police-chase-through-south-london-a3488581.html

Two officers were hurt and another man was rushed to hospital after a car was allegedly driven at police in west London. The driver attempted to plough into the officers before driving off after officers approached his vehicle at about 2.50am on Monday near Holland Park roundabout, police say. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/holland-park-crash-three-injured-after-car-driven-at-police-officers-in-west-london-a3488191.html

More than 200 attacks have been recorded in the past four months Undercover police officers have been travelling around parts of West Yorkshire on a decoy bus to tackle anti-social behaviour. The "Trojan" bus is being used in Bradford, Huddersfield and Todmorden, following a spate of attacks on First Bus vehicles by youths. West Yorkshire Police said buses had stones and objects thrown at them. In the past four months more than 200 incidents have been recorded by the bus company. First Bus said there had been 17 vandal attacks in the Bradford area in the past month, including windows being broken, robberies and bus engines being switched off. …

A Muslim detective who was awarded an MBE by the Queen is suing the Metropolitan Police over claims of racism. Detective Constable Nighat Hubbard is also claiming she was a victim of sexism while serving in the force. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/muslim-detective-sues-met-police-over-racism-and-sexism-claims-a3487516.html

A London police officer who admitted downloading more than 65,000 indecent images of children has been sacked. PC Peter Ba-Han, of Dawley, Shropshire, was suspended from duty after police seized a computer and external hard drives from his home in May 2013. Ba-Han, 55, who is due to be sentenced later in March, claimed he did not know what the images were "at the time of downloading". He was found to have breached the Met's standards of professional behaviour. Richard Martin of the Met Police's Professionalism Command said: "Ba Han's abhorrent behaviour has been exposed and he has rightfully been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service." …

A brawl involving a group of school children erupted on a quiet suburban street, witnesses said. Onlookers described how at least 30 youths started “rocking and shaking” a police van as boys and girls piled in and started trading blows shortly before 4pm in South Norwood. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-swarm-street-amid-chaos-as-30-youths-caught-up-in-mass-brawl-a3486121.html