UK Policing News

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Ann Barnes was driving her Mercedes when it collided with another car in Dartford in September Kent's police and crime commissioner may have been driving without insurance when she crashed but will not face prosecution, the police watchdog said. Ann Barnes's car collided with another car and then hit a tree in September. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the "PCC may have committed the offence of driving without insurance" and passed the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Mrs Barnes said she was insured and the CPS was not pursuing the matter. The IPCC said: "It was the IPCC's opinion that the PCC may have committed the offence of d…

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http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Police-warn-drivers-using-speed-cameras-jammers/story-26075941-detail/story.html - I think the prison term is a little over the top when you see what others get away with for assaults etc etc, but it may deter others.

PC Dec Gabriel saved the baby's life after hearing her distressed mother screaming A police officer investigating a burglary saved a baby's life after hearing her mother screaming. PC Dec Gabriel from Northamptonshire Police rushed to help the woman who told him her 12-month-old daughter Chloe was fitting and not breathing. The officer gave the child first aid before taking her to hospital in his car. Staff told him he had "saved baby Chloe's life", he said on Twitter. The child was recovering well, he added. Mr Gabriel said he was "on a burglary containment tonight [saturday] in plain clothes when I saw a lady screaming on the phone". After identifying himself as a…

A police sergeant spotted having sex in public while on duty has been sacked from the Devon and Cornwall force. The officer was dismissed without notice, the force said, after an internal hearing found his behaviour amounted to gross misconduct. A Freedom of Information request also revealed another officer was dismissed for exposing himself. Assistant Chief Constable Russ Middleton said he expected the "highest standards" of behaviour from officers. Officer exposed himself The force declined to give any more details about the sergeant and the circumstances of the offence. ACC Middleton said the "vast majority" of the force's staff were committed to its code of ethics and…

A police officer who made repeated late night trips to film "seedy" upskirt images of young women has admitted voyeurism charges. PC Kevin Dwyer, 39, used a secret camera to target students who had been drinking, and twice crept up to a window to film a couple having sex. A search of Dwyer's home uncovered footage taken in takeaways, at taxi ranks and outside night clubs, Manchester Crown Court heard. He will be sentenced on Monday. The Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer admitted two counts of voyeurism and 10 counts of outraging public decency between 1 October 2013 and 15 May 2014. Dwyer, of Sunnybank Close, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was suspended after h…