UK Policing News

Last month we were told by the Fed that we cannot protect a Weekly Leave day that was in the middle of annual leave. For many years we were encourage to change the WL into annual if an annual leave day was taken at the start & end of the leave period. Fed just published this & it only applies to leave of more that 5 days ............. So looks like many weekends are going to get cancelled in the future................ POLICE NEGOTIATING BOARD AGREEMENT 1. The Official and Staff Sides of PNB have reached an agreement on the compensation for a requirement to work on a rest day or free day within a period of annual leave. Details are set out in the attached m…

As the Coalition Government's term draws to a conclusion, Sarah Ingram asks officers at all levels how they will vote – and what they expect from a future administration. In exactly a year the public will make their way to polling stations for the General Election. Among them will be tens of thousands of police officers – and their families – who will be casting their vote in the hope that it will provide them with a better future. With the Police Service facing unprecedented reform and officers facing huge changes to their pay and conditions since the last national poll in 2010, PoliceOracle.com asked those at the sharp end what the General Election could mean for …

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27313500 Good thing to happen in my own opinion.

This strikes me as a good idea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-27292600

Theresa May has stated that unless stop and search numbers come down she will change the law with regard to them. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27224887

A man who was due in a West Country court turned up in a stolen car this week. The defendant who parked a stolen car outside Yeovil court while appearing before magistrates was bound to be caught a judge said. Richard Lauraitis, 29, of Cats Ash, Shepton Mallet, stole a Vauxhall Corsa from the forecourt at Ashgrove Motors, Radstock, the night before he was to appear in court on other matters. Police knew he was due to be there and went along as well, Taunton Crown Court was told. He had previously been found driving a stolen Ford Focus which was stopped by officers at Membury services, which he claimed to have bought and for which he was paying £1,000 a month, said R…

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/three-trainee-police-officers-face-3510607 "THREE police cadets are facing prosecution after they crept into a fellow cadet’s room and posed for obscene photos as she slept. Two men and a woman, who is believed to have taken the images, sneaked into the bedroom at the police training college at Tulliallan in Fife and set up pictures of a sexual nature with their sleeping colleague. It’s thought the alarm was raised when the victim woke up and senior staff apprehended the group. The trio, who can’t be named for legal reasons, were suspended and have since been reported to the Procurator Fiscal. News of the incident, whic…

The jury took just more than an hour to find PC Lee Birch not guilty of assault and misconduct A police officer who used a Taser on a naked man who threw his underpants at him has been cleared of assault. Wiltshire PC Lee Birch, 30, fired the stun gun into Daniel Dove's chest during a strip search at Melksham Police station in December 2012. Mr Dove, 24, was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and assault, but the case was later dropped. The jury at Bristol Crown Court also found the officer not guilty of misconduct. It took the jury of six men and six women just more than an hour to acquit unanimously PC Birch. The jury had heard Mr Dove had been arrested af…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2577604/Police-chief-inspector-46-defrauded-High-Street-shops-buying-breast-pumps-fertility-tests-eBay-returning-refund.html#comments Apologies if this has been discussed before.

http://news.sky.com/story/1257056/skull-cracker-police-catch-michael-wheatley Its a disgrace how many opportunities this individual has been given to escape/abscond from prison. 13 life sentences and he has to serve 8 years. I have no faith on our justice system any more. He would have got a million years in the USA!!!

I'm following the #copsoffcampus hashtag updates on twitter, there seem to be major student protests going on across the country today. Biggest demonstration appears to be in London with large numbers attending, figures of around 3,000 quoted. Huff Post is running a live blog and an explanation of what's going on. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/11/copsoffcampus-student-protest-live-blog_n_4424676.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-universities-education&ir=UK+Universities+%26+Education&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2621680/Senior-policewoman-defrauded-High-Street-shops-buying-breast-pumps-fertility-tests-eBay-returning-refund-jailed-two-half-years.html - Another rotten apple bites the dust.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-27283791 Lets hope they use the post boxes and talk to the police if they need police help.

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/300-data-protection-breaches-at-met Disgraceful and they wonder why people don't trust the MET when things like this come out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27224887 Hmm - New PACE Code A? Or maybe even new PACE!? Theresa May was pushing for an even more stringent change to S&S powers than what will be proposed. Surely a more concrete definition of 'reasonable grounds' robs us of a great deal of flexibility? Will be interesting to see what comes out of this.