UK Policing News

Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling guns into the UK. Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Kent Police are questioning seven men and a woman, aged between 24 and 58. They were arrested in Cuxton Marina, Orpington and Swanley on Tuesday. The NCA said a number of potentially workable firearms and ammunition were seized near the marina and sent for forensic tests. ​ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-33878429

The scene of the arrest, in Springfield Road An off-duty PCSO (Police Community Support Officer) saw colleagues trying to pin-down a wanted teen in Horsham town centre and jumped to the rescue this evening (August 11). Around four police vehicles rushed to the scene in Springfield Road where PCSOs confronted and pinned down a 16-year-old boy wanted for assault, at around 6.45pm this evening. PCSO Charlene Parsons and PCSO Adrian Bell were parked in a police car near Shelley fountain when they spotted the boy. PCSO Parsons said she went to speak to him and when he realised she was going to arrest him he tried to run away, prompting PCSO Bell to run over and assist t…

Officers trying to recruit outside Northampton Central Mosque Northamptonshire Police has launched a campaign to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities. The recruitment drive started with officers meeting Muslims attending prayers at Northampton Central Mosque. Those behind the drive said they wanted the force to represent the county. Currently four per cent of officers describe themselves as being black or minority ethnic, while eight per cent of residents say they are of an ethnic minority background. Inspector Inam Khan, the force's equality and diversity officer, said: "Northamptonshire Police has a strong commitment to equality and in order to effectively t…

Norfolk Police Federation chairman Paul Ridgway officers were being "stretched more thinly" All front-line police officers in Norfolk should have body cameras and more Tasers are needed to help a "stretched" force, says its staff body. The Norfolk Police Federation (NPF) said cameras and Tasers enable officers to safely to patrol individually, rather than in pairs. NPF chairman Paul Ridgway, said there was evidence that cameras cut the number of assaults on police. He said due to police budget cuts officers were "stretched more thinly". Norfolk Police said it would make a comment later. Great Yarmouth Police tweeted that many officers would support a greater use of…

Five members of one family have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences in east London. Scotland Yard arrested a 51-year-old man, a woman aged 53 and three females aged 16, 17 and 19. All were arrested on suspicion of possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. They are in police custody. The man was also arrested on suspicion of possessing false identity documents. Police said the 16-year-old girl had previously been arrested in July on suspicion of preparation of terrorism and had been bailed until September. ​ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33881471

Twenty new moveable Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are to be used by local policing teams in North Yorkshire. The cameras were purchased with part of a £1m investment in ANPR announced last year, said the force. ANPR reads vehicle number plates, checks against a police database and notifies officers of possible offences. If an area has a spate of burglaries the new cameras can be set up there and later moved to another locality. The force has 6,000 miles of roads, and said about 20% of all detected crime in North Yorkshire was committed by criminals travelling into the county. Assistant Chief Constable Paul Kennedy said: "We need to be one step a…

Police said the Lamborghini was a Huracan model The driver of a Lamborghini that was stopped outside a police station for allegedly being uninsured has been ordered to appear in court. Police seized the bright green sports car near their Parkside base in Cambridge on Sunday, after it was spotted missing a front number plate. It had been rented from a Luton car hire company, which has also received a summons. The Huracan model retails from about £180,000. Officers from Cambridgeshire Police's roads unit photographed the vehicle outside the station, and later when it was towed away on a recovery truck. A recovery truck took the sports car away In a tweet, they said:…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33845864 "Two British police officers start work this week in Majorca's Magaluf to help their Spanish counterparts deal with troublesome UK holidaymakers." Nice shift....