UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32807677 The sight of police officers pounding the streets of England and Wales could soon be a distant memory, the Police Federation has warned. It says cuts to police budgets of 20% since 2010 have already hit officer numbers and police visibility. With further savings set to be made over the next five years, is the bobby on the beat - as the Police Federation of England and Wales has claimed - really now an "endangered species"? Home Secretary Theresa May says that suggestion is wrong and has accused the federation - which represents rank and file police officers - of "scaremongering". She told its annual conference that although more …

New guidance means police cannot chase mopeds except in the most serious cases Police are trying to clamp down on scooter gangs but they have been told they can't chase them Police have been banned from pursuing criminals on mopeds or motorbikes on London’s streets because of the risk to the suspect or members of the public. Officers have been issued with new guidance saying they must wait for a police helicopter unless there are exceptional circumstances. The move comes as mobile phone snatches involving gangs on mopeds has soared by 31 per cent in the capital. One victim who had his phone snatched says officers told him: “We are getting smashed over this.”…

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