UK Policing News

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3041410/Crime-tsar-facing-probe-awarding-500-000-taxpayers-money-charity-runs-force-police-chief.html Well Well. So she decided to award tax payers money to the "Victims first Northumbria" Scheme, an organisation she has founded. The VFM as its called is a scheme to support victims of crime. Every victim apart from companies are automatically referred to the scheme even if they decline. The way they are referred is that the attending police officer, as well as gathering evidence and trying to solve your crime, fills out a paper based assessment by asking the victim a number of questions. The officer will then transf…

The horrific injuries suffered by PC Joseph Smith This shocking photo reveals the horrific injuries suffered by a police officer whose van was hit during a dramatic car chase. PC Joseph Smith was in a patrol van last July, when a speeding car ploughed into the vehicle after running a red light. He suffered multiple fractures to his eye and jaw and needed two metal plates in his cheek, as well as suffering five broken bones in his neck. Three colleagues in the van were also injured. Now Andrew Davies, who was responsible for the crash, has been jailed for 26 months and banned from driving. The 30-year-old, who was fleeing officers pursuing him, pleaded guilty to causi…

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Police-racism-cost-shot-promotion/story-26314893-detail/story.html - Sounds as if Geenty needs to sort out some of his officers and discipline them if this story is true, they would be quick enough to arrest people for racism, and this is basically a racism problem. Seems the problems appear to start at the top, Geenty is under investigation and was stopped from retiring by the Home Office until the conclusion of the IPCC investigation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32347214

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-32216176

I have seen that there is media shock over police not bothering over alarms in Hatton Garden. Forget grades, grip and pace, iPads, it don't mean nothing. What gets things done are people and there ability to do the job using their experience. People who have walked a beat been on a squad and not a pretender like a special or pcso's. But it's alright crime is down and TM wants to axe another 10k of old bill.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-32324634

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-32333700

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-32314440

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-costco-raiders-ram-police-9052707