UK Policing News

Undercover policing: Inquiry established by Theresa May An inquiry into undercover policing and the operation of the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad is being established by Home Secretary Theresa May. It will be led by judge Lord Justice Pitchford. The inquiry will consider the deployment of police officers in undercover roles by police forces in England and Wales. It will also make recommendations about how undercover policing is conducted. And it will scrutinise the use of undercover officers by the SDS and National Public Order Intelligence Unit. Ms May said that the work of barrister Mark Ellison and Operation Herne - an investigation into unde…

http://www.westbriton.co.uk/action-taken-police-officer-fired-taser-man-later/story-26134518-detail/story.html Pleased for the police officer, he was trying to do his best to save this man and it was very unfortunate that the Taser caused him to ignite. Of course the IPCC want to persecute every police officer but in this case they didn't get their way which no doubt irked Owers.. Good to see D&C say he doesn't have a case to answer, and the CPS have closed the case.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2993736/Jekyll-Hyde-retired-detective-stalked-intimidated-two-women-told-d-never-believed-position.html - How the mighty have fallen. Lame excuse, his time spent in an orphanage. I would have thought 30 years in the police would have been more realistic.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2992447/Reform-End-closed-shop-militant-police-union-announced-overhaul-end-decades-mismanagement.html - The Mail get it all wrong AGAIN, it is not a Union, it is a Federation. There is no 'closed shop', you don't have to join if you don't want too. I love the bit about 'lavish spending', I thought it was only MP's that did that, get your own house in order May before you start being critical of others. Lots of people get drunk, not just Fed Officials, ie. Eric Joyce MP, Lord Foulkes(ex Mp)(both convicted in Court) and many others, at least Fed officials didn't assault anyone. I have been to a few Fed Romps(not as a Fed…

Well.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-31816454 I'm not sure people should comment on this but it's interesting.

Home Secretary Theresa May is to deliver a major snub to Boris Johnson by shelving a decision on the use of water cannon in London, in a move which could signal the death knell for the controversial equipment. City Hall chiefs had told MPs that they expected Mrs May to rule this month on whether three water cannon bought from Germany last June could be used to quell future riots or other disorder. She has now concluded that important concerns about safety and the impact on the nature of British policing have yet to be addressed — and is refusing to give the go-ahead during her remaining months at the Home Office. A formal rejection has been ruled out ahead of polling d…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-31766015

Officers were reportedly attending a stag party in the capital Vilnius and are now under invesigation over the incident The Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. Photograph: Alamy Seven police officers have been arrested while on holiday in Lithuania following a brawl. Scotland Yard said the Metropolitan police officers were detained in Vilnius, the countrys capital, and are under investigation. The Sun reported that the men were in Lithuania for a stag party, and the newspaper published pictures appearing to show them bloodied and stumbling as they were handcuffed and put in to police cars in the city, which is a popular tourist destination. A Met police spokesman said: The …

Undercover policing: Inquiry established by Theresa May An inquiry into undercover policing and the operation of the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad is being established by Home Secretary Theresa May. It will be led by judge Lord Justice Pitchford. The inquiry will consider the deployment of police officers in undercover roles by police forces in England and Wales. It will also make recommendations about how undercover policing is conducted. And it will scrutinise the use of undercover officers by the SDS and National Public Order Intelligence Unit. Ms May said that the work of barrister Mark Ellison and Operation Herne - an investigation into unde…

Home Secretary Theresa May is to deliver a major snub to Boris Johnson by shelving a decision on the use of water cannon in London, in a move which could signal the death knell for the controversial equipment. City Hall chiefs had told MPs that they expected Mrs May to rule this month on whether three water cannon bought from Germany last June could be used to quell future riots or other disorder. She has now concluded that important concerns about safety and the impact on the nature of British policing have yet to be addressed and is refusing to give the go-ahead during her remaining months at the Home Office. A formal rejection has been ruled out ahead of polling da…

Undercover policing: Inquiry established by Theresa May An inquiry into undercover policing and the operation of the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad is being established by Home Secretary Theresa May. It will be led by judge Lord Justice Pitchford. The inquiry will consider the deployment of police officers in undercover roles by police forces in England and Wales. It will also make recommendations about how undercover policing is conducted. And it will scrutinise the use of undercover officers by the SDS and National Public Order Intelligence Unit. Ms May said that the work of barrister Mark Ellison and Operation Herne - an investigation into unde…