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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-marksman-who-shot-dead-12470117 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38692204 Firearms in Policing have become a hot topic recently but at the moment there is an enquiry into the death of Stuart Grainger when a catalogue of errors appears to be unfolding. What happens when things go wrong. So far there is huge criticism of a fatal Police shooting. It appears that Intelligence was way out of date, and that there was apparent incompetence by the people in charge. There is perhaps little doubt that the officer firing the fatal shot was acting in good faith. When thing…

Footage of a driver who fitted a flashing blue light on his Vauxhall Astra has been released. Northampton Magistrates' Court was told that Martin Chapman, 35, of Connaught Street, The Mounts, had been spotted by road cameras using the flashing light on 38 separate occasions. In one instance he was seen narrowly missing a cyclist as he drove through the wrong side of a busy junction on Cliftonville Road in Northampton on 6 July. Chapman pleaded guilty to five counts of using a vehicle fitted with a "blue warning beacon" without permission and was found guilty of nine further driving offences. He will be sentenced at Northampton Crown Court i…

PC Paul Briggs was injured in a crash on his way to work for Merseyside Police An injured policeman whose wife won a legal battle to end his life support has died. Paul Briggs, 43, suffered a brain injury in a crash on his way to work for Merseyside Police and had been in a minimally conscious state for 18 months. A judge ruled in December that Gulf War veteran PC Briggs should go on to a palliative care regime at a hospice. Paul's wife Lindsey, 40, said her family was "devastated" by his death. Merseyside's Chief Constable Andy Cooke said PC Briggs' death was a tragedy. The force is flying the flag at half mast in his honour, he a…

Modernisation requires debate over what forces should prioritise in face of changing crime, says Sara Thornton https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/13/police-need-to-drop-boss-knows-best-leadership-says-met-contender

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-marksman-who-shot-dead-12470117  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38692204 Firearms in Policing have become a hot topic recently but at the moment there is an enquiry into the death of Stuart Grainger when a catalogue of errors appears to be unfolding. What happens when things go wrong. So far there is huge criticism of a fatal Police shooting. It appears that Intelligence was way out of date, and that there was apparent incompetence by the people in charge. There is perhaps little doubt that the officer firing the fatal shot was acting in good faith. When…

copyright Met Police Image caption Five officers were injured when they were "rushed" by a "large crowd" in Deptford Police officers were punched and had cigarettes poked in their faces as they tried to stop an illegal rave in south-east London. They had been called to Deptford High Street on Friday night after people were spotted entering a disused bank. Police discovered an unlicenced music event was about to take place and tried to stop it. They said they were "rushed" by a "violent" large crowd. Five officers were injured, although none needed hospital treatment. Lewisham police tweeted that officers had also been spat at. Tw…

A YEAR ago I found myself chatting to a Police Detective. Third generation of her family in the service but leaving on mental health grounds. I listened and what I found was a force at a dangerously low ebb, says Nick Knowles “Everyone hates the Police” she stated. I laughed and said that’s plainly not true, it’s just something people say, but she insisted. http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/755346/police-need-our-support Nothing new to any serving officers but worth a read just the same, well done Nick Knowles.

Three police officers were allegedly bitten by a man and a dog during a violent attack in north London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/three-police-officers-taken-to-hospital-after-being-bitten-by-man-and-dog-in-islington-a3442341.html

Met Police News Detectives investigating the serious attempted assault of a police sergeant in Hackney and a robbery continue to appeal for information and witnesses. The police sergeant was on patrol in Stoke Newington Hight Street near the junction with Tyson Street, N16 at 17:41hrs on Wednesday, 11 January, when she came across a knifepoint robbery in progress. Despite being alone, the female uniformed sergeant bravely pursued the male suspect. When she caught up with him, he produced a knife and swung it violently towards her. It was originally thought that the sergeant had been punched in the arm while detaining the suspect but upon investiga…

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Cumbria Police is recruiting police staff investigators who could be CID-trained or retired officers to work specifically on "non-recent allegations" An unprecedented rise in the number of historical sex crime allegations has forced a police force to recruit extra staff. High-profile prosecutions have led to a huge increase in the number of people reporting abuse to Cumbria Constabulary, it said. Det Ch Supt Andy Slattery said the rise had been about 25% in each of the past two years. "It's a huge increase, a huge burden for us," he said. "But what it does show is that people have got the confidence to come forward and report things. …

Vital" police community support officers (PCSOs) and special constables are being recruited by a police force. Cleveland Police said additional funding from the police and crime commissioner would pay for 34 extra posts this year and next. Twenty special constables and 15 PCSOs were hired last year. Deputy Chief Constable Simon Nickless said they "play a vital role" in keeping neighbourhoods safe and it was "a demanding but hugely rewarding" job. Police and crime commissioner Barry Coppinger said the investment showed a "continuing commitment to neighbourhood policing". The new recruits will work alongside regular police officers and be…

Police bodycam captures hammer attack A convicted murderer has been jailed for life for a "horror film" hammer attack on two police officers. Jamshid Piruz, 35, lashed out at constables Jessica Chick and Stuart Young with a claw hammer during a West Sussex break-in on 7 January 2016. He pleaded guilty at Hove Crown Court to burglary and two counts of attempting to cause GBH with intent and affray. Piruz was previously jailed in the Netherlands for killing a woman. PC Chick told the court: "I have never been so scared in my life." PC Young, who was hit in the neck in the Crawley attack, described it as "akin to a horror film". …

A man will go on trial later this year charged with the attempted murder of an undercover police officer in east London. The officer, in his 40s, was attacked in an alleyway in Bow last November. Andrew Beadie, 20, of Basildon, Essex, will go on trial in May charged with attempted murder, having an offensive weapon and assault by beating. Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Janine Morris, of Bow, who had been charged with attempted murder. Mr Beadie will enter a plea in April before a trial at the Old Bailey on 15 May. The defendant, who appeared by video link from Belmarsh prison, was remanded in custody. http://www.…