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A Met Police officer has been sacked by the force for lying after being caught without a ticket on a train. PC Saijid Farooq was caught travelling without a ticket by a rail revenue protection officer on January 19 and tried to lie his way out by giving "false and misleading statements". He was subsequently given a £179 fine for fare evasion, which he paid, and the police force held a 'special case misconduct' hearing on Thursday, September 15. At the hearing, PC Farooq, of Westminster Borough, was proven to have failed to meet the required standards of professional behaviour in respect of: 'honesty and integrity' and 'discreditable conduct'. The Met Police's assista…
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Becky killer given whole-life sentence 23 September 2016 From the section England Christopher Halliwell given whole-life sentence for murdering Becky Godden, 20, who disappeared in 2003 in Swindon This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article
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Luton Crown Court heard how PC Sam Floyd met the 32-year-old woman while investigating two burglaries at her home A married police officer who had a sexual relationship with a domestic violence victim has been given a suspended jail sentence. PC Sam Floyd, 36, from Aylesbury, was investigating two burglaries at the 32-year-old woman's home when they met. Luton Crown Court heard how the sexual relationship started after the investigation had ended. The Hertfordshire police officer made a last-minute change to his plea. He admitted misconduct in a public office. The court heard how police believed the burglaries had been carried out by the woman's former partner, who h…
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Footage showing a police officer appearing to repeatedly punch a suspect in the head has been shared on Snapchat. Despite one witness calling the incident an example of 'police brutality', the force's standards unit have investigated and ruled 'reasonable force' was used. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3800763/Snapchat-video-captures-moment-police-officer-repeatedly-punches-suspect-head-five-times.html Really informed witnesses who think it was police brutality, despite it being ruled as reasonable force, why are the papers trying to whip up a frenzy, even though the officers have been cleared?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-37332307 So the Sikh faith is being "victimised" and the Police are ignorant of the issues surrounding the community. Why don't people take responsibility instead of always blaming the police?
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Kent Police to patrol with guns at Canterbury Cathedral and other locations 19 September 2016 Kent Image captionCanterbury Cathedral is one of the places armed police will protect Police armed with guns are to patrol routinely in Kent, in locations including Canterbury Cathedral, Dover port and the Bluewater shopping centre. The move comes following recent terrorist attacks in Europe, but is not in response to specific intelligence. The armed presence is intended as a deterrent and to allow an immediate response in an emergency, police said. The Kent force's approach has been criticise…
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Police have accused magistrates of allowing a shameless single mother to treat police officers like her "personal punchbag" after she escaped jail for her 11th violent attack on them. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/19/woman-who-treated-police-like-a-personal-punchbag-avoids-jail-af/ So this 'lady' has violently assaulted officers on 11 separate occasions, including; Headbutting a Police officer Sinking her teeth into another policeman's face Various assaults on other police officers. Do these magistrates live in cloud cuckoo land? Quite shocking that you can repeatedly violently assault police officers and not be jailed.
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A Metropolitan Police sergeant colluded with a Croydon Council officer to misuse police and council systems to dig up information about people in a dispute over a stolen 'cut and shut' car, a court has heard. Paul Potter, a former sergeant attached to the New Addington safer neighbourhood team, is also accused of misusing a police computer to search for information about an alleged domestic assault, said to involve the brother of council officer Alan O'Brien. Potter, 39, a police officer since 2003, and O'Brien, who used to work on the council's antisocial behaviour team, deny charges of breaching the Data Protection Act. Their trial got underway at Southwark Crown Cou…
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Man found guilty of Becky Godden murder 19 September 2016 From the section Wiltshire A convicted killer has been found guilty of murdering missing woman Becky Godden five years after initially escaping justice due to police blunders. Christopher Halliwell, 52, initially admitted the double murder of Becky Godden and Sian O'Callaghan from Swindon in 2011. But he evaded justice for killing Miss Godden until now due to a police error. A jury at Bristol Crown Court took three hours to find him guilty. The ex-taxi driver is currently serving life after stabbing and strangling Miss O'Callaghan,…
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When Mark Hodson gets on his bike in the morning, like many cyclists in the UK, he has come to expect a few close calls. Perhaps drivers will whizz past him too close, or someone will even try a ‘punishment pass’. Luckily, Hodson is a West Midlands Police traffic officer, albeit in plain clothes, and just yards up the road a colleague in a police car is waiting to pull over drivers that give him less than 1.5m space when overtaking (a distance that increases for faster speeds and larger vehicles). Undercover bike cops launch 'best ever' cycle safety scheme in Birmingham | Environment | The Guardian https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/b…
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Police are routinely discriminating against black people in stop and search operations in London as part of a misguided performance culture, Scotland Yard’s new head of diversity has warned. Full Story - Evening Standard
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Are West Midlands being serious or just trying to bring themselves derision. Perhaps they are just taking positive discrimination to the furthest extremes of stupidity. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3781350/Police-force-planning-let-Muslim-officers-wear-BURKAS-attract-ethnic-female-minority-officers-boost-diversity.html I now the article is from the Daily Mail but it contains quotes from some Councillors who actually support it. Is the world going mad, or, is it just West Mids who are trying to take Diversity to the next ridiculous level.
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Black Lives Matter movement 'needed in UK' 5 August 2016 From the section UK Share Media captionAmateur video shows Black Lives Matter campaigners trying to obstruct the slip road to Heathrow airport Activists have voiced hopes that a strong Black Lives Matter movement can be built in Britain following the growth of the campaign in the US. Organiser Joshua Virasami said black people should come together "to achieve justice and equality in Britain". The movement has grown over the past three years in protest at police killings of black people in America. Small-scale protests have been held near Heathrow and in Nottingham on F…
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East Finchley shooting victims named as mother and nephew 15 September 2016 From the section London Image copyright Other Image caption Relatives of mother-of-nine Anny Ekofo said she 'brought everybody together' Two people shot dead at a north London flat have been named locally as a mother of nine and her nephew. They were found wounded a…
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The hero cop who led armed police during the siege of the Bartons Arms at the height of the Birmingham riots is suing West Midlands Police – after being transferred from the crackshot team to the force’s dog kennels. Full Story - Birmingham Mail
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