UK Policing News

Original article at http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/27/met-chief-apologises-officers-unlawful-cs-spray-protesters

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Glasgow-Cathedral-service-mark-anniversary-Clutha/story-24881604-detail/story.html A year ago today two of our colleagues died in the Police Scotland helicopter crash. R.I.P - Kirsty Nelis and Tony Collins, and all the others who also died.

Hi folks - I'm a new member, not a police officer, just hoping for some insight from the professionals. I've been reading about the shooting of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Fergusson, Missouri (more detail here for anyone who's not followed the news). It seems that Officer Wilson initially challenged Brown because he was walking in the road, then realised he was the perpetrator of a robbery nearby, so attempted to arrest him. Brown attacked Wilson, who shot him in self defense. American police discussing this online seem to feel that given the way Brown was behaving, Wilson had no choice but to shoot. British police must find themselves in situa…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-30132874

The force says it now has 659 special constables - known as hobby bobbies - as well as 300 cadets and another 98 ‘police support volunteers’ Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy Greater Manchester Police has amassed an army of more than a thousand volunteers - leading to claims of ‘policing on the cheap’. Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy has bolstered the number of unpaid volunteers over the last three years. The force says it now has 659 special constables - known as hobby bobbies - as well as 300 cadets and another 98 ‘police support volunteers’. The increase comes in a period when GMP has shed more than 3,000 posts to find Government-enforced budget savings, half of th…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2851180/May-accused-delaying-reports-criticising-immigration-policies.html Is there nothing this underhand politician will not do to keep bad news from the public when it is about her competency.