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A senior Devon and Cornwall officer said the annual budget of £284m was expected to be cut by £54m Devon and Cornwall Police is preparing to lose another 500 officers due to budget cuts, the BBC has learned. The force, which covers the largest geographical police area in England, would see numbers reduced to 2,500 - down from 3,500 in 2010. A further 200 Community Support Officers and 150 civilian support staff roles could also be axed. The Home Office said forces should be able to "balance their books" while maintaining front-line services. A senior Devon and Cornwall officer said the annual budget of £284m was expected to be cut by £54m. Neighbourhood policing wa…

Police were called to break up a huge riot outside Walthamstow Central Tube station tonight, as groups of teenagers wrestled in the street. Photographs shared on social media showed the shocking scenes as officers descended on Hoe Street just after 5pm. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/walthamstow-central-fight-police-called-to-break-up-huge-riot-outside-tube-station-a3084261.html ​ http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/walthamstow-central-fight-police-called-to-break-up-huge-riot-outside-tube-station-a3084261.html

A special constable who served in Slough has been dismissed from the force without notice after keeping his pepper spray unsecure at home. Following a police misconduct hearing on Wednesday, special constable Declan Canavan was found to have breached safety standards following the incident in April. Canavan admitted to the breach at the hearing, which was held at Thames Valley Police headquarters in Kidlington, Oxford. Thames Valley Police Deputy Chief Constable, John Campbell, said: "Cases like this are rare within the Thames Valley, but this dismissal acts as a strong message to other officers, that regulations relating to issued equipment such as incapacitant spra…

Essex Police are expected to announce today police station closures and cuts to PCSO numbers from 251 to 60. Brentwood Gazette: Full story

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3257843/I-won-t-glorify-Judge-refuses-Britain-s-youngest-jihadi-15-plotted-Anzac-Day-beheading.html I have to say that my instincts suggest to me that a minimum 5 year sentence is not adequate and it may be a lot longer before this individual is no longer a threat to society. I also wonder whether he will be kept in sufficiently secure accommodation to ensure he cannot influence others in their teens. One wonders what his parents were up to when he was formulating these ideas - obviously not monitoring what was going on!

A third of Police Scotland staff 'plan to leave' 1 hour ago From the sectionScotland A third of Police Scotland's workforce intends to leave the organisation within the next three years, according to a survey of the force's staff. The survey also suggested that only a quarter of police officers felt they had the resources needed to do their job properly. And fewer than one in 10 staff members thought the force was genuinely interested in their wellbeing. About half of the force's 24,000 staff took part in the survey. That figure included 8,500 police officers - again about half of the total number. It was the first joint organisation-wide survey carried out Po…

For full story see here http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/09/30/police-smash-cars-window-at-dudleys-russells-hall-hospital-to-rescue-abandoned-baby-only-to-discover-it-was-doll/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3250532/We-broke-beat-Police-chiefs-warn-ministers-cuts-mean-t-job-threaten-stop-street-patrols-say-won-t-able-protect-public-rioters-terrorists.html Even the comments were largely pro police and there wasn't one mention of house prices.

The force's mounted officers regularly police large events such as football matches Hundreds of Merseyside Police's community support officers could lose their jobs as the force prepares to cut its budget by up to £70m. The mounted section, which includes 21 officers, is also at risk. Merseyside Police needs to make £20m in savings next year, and a total of up to £70m over the next four years. Deputy Chief Constable Andy Cooke said it was "with a heavy heart" that the force was considering cutting "these invaluable areas of policing". But he added: "The depth of the savings required has now gone beyond making small efficiencies. "They now affect the whole structure…

Metropolitan Police London has just over 1,000 Police Community Support Officers London's Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) will have to wait until December to find out if they will be cut. The Metropolitan Police has proposed axing some or all of the 1,000 remaining PCSOs to save money. But a spokesman said no decision would be made until after the government's November spending review. The Met's management board was due to discuss the proposals on Tuesday, but the BBC has learned it did not happen. 'Grave risk'In September London mayor Boris Johnson said he had not been aware of any plans to scrap PCSOs. Labour's London Assembly policing spokeswoman Joann…