UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26604072 It was is very worrying" that personal data of victims of crime might be being accessed and used inappropriately by people in a position of trust.

Two South Wales officers dismissed for gross misconduct. BBC news south east wales.

Please sign this petition for Reece Clarke who was severely injured while on duty while a Special Constable with Essex Police. http://epetitions.di...petitions/58534 Allow Reece Clarke to come Home Responsible department: Department for Communities and Local Government Former Special Constable Reece Clarke, 21, has been waiting to go back home from a special rehabilitation unit in Surrey, where he has received treatment for severe brain injuries sustained in a police car crash in Basildon two years ago. His father, Steve, applied to extend his new bungalow in Thorpe Hall Close, Thorpe Bay, so a nurse could give Reece the round-the-clock care he needs, but Southend c…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26564822

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-26557449 Wonder why he had been using a monitor police messages ? :new_hmmm:

The entire station could close next year A petition with nearly 800 signatures has been handed to Dorset Police urging it not to close Sherborne station's inquiry desk. The force plans to close the front counter desks at rural stations as part of a bid to save £8.7m by April 2016. One full-time inquiry desk will be retained in the north of the county, although it has not yet been decided where. Desks will also be kept in Bournemouth and Weymouth. Dorset Police said it would not mean fewer police officers in areas losing front desk services and would not mean entire stations closing. West Dorset councillor Chris Loder, who is leading the campaign, said: "This petiti…

Axe-wielding robber wrestled to the ground near Buckingham Palace Passerby managed to grab the driver of one of the getaway scooters by his hoodie, pulling him from his machine A hero bystander (far right) wrestled an armed robber to the ground as a motorbike gang smashed their way into a jewellery shop with axes near Buckingham Palace Photo: Andrew Crowley By Keith Perry 2:36PM GMT 11 Mar 2014 A bystander wrestled an armed robber to the ground as a motorbike gang smashed their way into a jewellery shop with axes near Buckingham Palace. The four raiders – two riding pillion on the scooters - were foiled as they used axes to smash a toughened glass window at H Stai…

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/video-man-shot-face-way-6806593

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/G4S-ends-paying-pound-100m-tag-fraud/story-20801998-detail/story.html - the government should ditch this crooked outfit called G4S.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26536795 Came accross this on the BBC website. What are peoples thoughts? Unresonable force? Bully? Justified behaviour? I appreciate it is hard to know what was going on before and being said during, but going by the CCTV, in my opinion, this seems a very heavy handed approach considering she is sat down initially and poses no immediate threat. He appears to be the instigator and the courts obviously thought so too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-26544210

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26522476 The way I read it looks like this is going to happen to save money. and how many jobs will go if plans go a head.

ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/appeal-after-teen-attacked-for-being-gay-1-6472694

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-26517023 Good on people who want to save there police station.

My thoughts are with the victims, familes and emergency service personnel affected by this latest disaster. I do not envy the task of those searching through the wreckage. God bless them all. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26549431