UK Policing News

The shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, will drop Labour’s pledge to scrap elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs) and also reject outright opposition to further cuts in police spending. In his conference speech on Wednesday, Burnham, who unsuccesfully challenged for the party leadership, will argue that it is possible to “protect most what we’ve got” with cuts of 5% to 10% in police budgets, but beyond that he will warn that public safety will be put at risk. He says that it is perfectly possible to make further savings in police spending up to 10%. The government, which has already cut police budgets by 20% in the past five years, is currently examining o…

Police chiefs have delivered a stark warning to ministers that further spending cuts threaten to “fundamentally change” the nature of policing in Britain. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has written to the home secretary, Theresa May, urging the government to be realistic about the level of additional cuts forces can absorb, according to reports. For the full story please use the following link. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/27/police-chiefs-warn-cuts-policing-uk Nice of them to eventually start speaking out but a little too late I fear.

Bedfordshire Police Richard Collins said he crashed when his bike caught the "crumbly" surface of the road Bedfordshire Police is being investigated over its involvement in mix-up over county borders which left a crash victim in a ditch for more than two hours. Biker Richard Collins broke his arm in the crash near Tilbrook, Cambridgeshire, which borders Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. He was eventually taken to hospital in a Bedfordshire Police car. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating. Mr Collins, 49, was riding on the B645 with friends when he crashed on 20 September. A 999 call was made shortly before 16:00 BST. There had been confu…

Nottinghamshire Police had 319 police community support officers which is being reduced to 251 A quarter of Nottinghamshire's police community support officers will be cut despite 21,000 people calling for an increase in council tax to keep them. The force announced it was reducing the number of PCSOs to 251 from 331 because of financial pressures with 44 people facing redundancy. A petition to increase tax and keep the officers was signed by 21,000 people. Union Unison said it was "bitterly disappointed" by the decision and that those signatories were ignored. Nottinghamshire's police and crime commissioner Paddy Tipping, who promised to increase the number of PCSOs …

The chief constable of Police Scotland is to stand down from his post, BBC Scotland has learned. Sir Stephen House has been under severe pressure over the three days it took his officers to respond to a fatal crash on the M9. He has also been criticised over armed officers being put on routine patrol and his force's policies on stopping and searching juveniles. Sir Stephen is to leave his post in three months' time. He is expected to formally announce his departure at a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority later on Thursday morning. He had previously indicated he was likely to stand down when his four year contract expired in September of next year. Overseen suc…

Neither driver was badly hurt A sports car became wedged underneath a van in a bizarre rush-hour crash in Manchester. The red Porsche ended up under a Polish deli delivery van at about 08:10 BST on Fairfield Street in the city centre. The two drivers, described as "walking wounded", were taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary, a spokesman for the North West Ambulance service said. The circumstances of the accident remain under investigation. Insp Mike Booth, of Greater Manchester Police, said officers attended after a call from the fire service. "It seems the van has been in that space and the Porsche has found itself underneath," he said. "I can only surmise the Por…

A Metropolitan Police officer has been found not guilty of attempted sexual assault. PC Irshad Kamal, 46, based at Merton, was cleared at the Old Bailey on 29 September. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on another count - stalking without fear, alarm or distress. The force said the officer remains suspended and a misconduct process would be completed once criminal proceedings are finished. ​ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34394773

​ Special Constable John Power and police dog Charlie Special Constable John Power, police dog Charlie and the home secretary A SPECIAL Constable from Bedfordshire has won a volunteering award, after becoming the UK's first Special Constable Dog Handler following a battle with Cystic Fibrosis and a successful double lung transplant. Special Constable John Power, 30, was honoured at the Lord Ferrers Awards 2015 (previously known as the Special Constabulary and Volunteer Awards) at the Houses of Parliament. John, accompanied by Police Dog Charlie, received the Special Constable Overcoming Adversity award from the Home Secretary. The awards highligh…

I don't understand how no-one can seem to get a handle on the migrant crisis in Calais. I've came up with a simple solution after watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. All the French authorities need to do is hire a fleet of sparsely loaded HGV's, let them all climb in thinking they're off to the land of free houses and benefits, lock them in, and drive them to the nearest detention centre until they figure out what to do with them. Is that too simple a solution or am I just being stupid?

Eighty per cent of immigration arrests on Bedfordshire's roads happen at the M1 services at Toddington Police dealing with an "unprecedented" number of migrants say hundreds of arrests were made at or near a single M1 lorry stop. More than 400 immigration arrests have been made across Bedfordshire's road network and services since 2010. More than 80% were made at or near the Toddington Services on the M1 north of Luton, the force says. Police say the service area is often the first place lorry drivers stop for a break after coming in through Dover. The total number of immigration offence arrests across Bedfordshire shot up 83% - from 213 to 389 - during the first eigh…

Greater Manchester Police Ian Hopkins was named as the preferred candidate by Greater Manchester's Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and Crime Panel has formally approved the appointment of Ian Hopkins as the force's new chief constable. The ex-deputy chief constable succeeds Sir Peter Fahy, who announced his retirement in July after seven years. Mr Hopkins joined GMP in 2008 after roles with Staffordshire, Northamptonshire and Cheshire Police. He was Greater Manchester's Police and Crime Commissioner and Interim Mayor Tony Lloyd's preferred candidate. Mr Hopkins beat the chief constable of Cheshire Police, Simon Byrne, to the po…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3252119/Female-police-officer-sacked-gross-misconduct-having-fling-prolific-criminal-supposed-supervising-met-party.html A few concerns about this article. I dont think she was a police officer, as surely the Joint 180 Integrated Offender Management scheme employs social workers / probation officers, rather then wasting police resources employing a PC. It seems she disclosed the relationship so her boss should have moved her to a different department.