UK Policing News

Makes for disappointing reading that people would steal from the health service, not unsurprising though.

Shifts victory for working mothers Working mothers were handed the legal right to refuse inconvenient shifts yesterday. A ground-breaking tribunal ruling will let any woman with young children claim she does not have to work early, late or at night. The new rights, under sexual discrimination laws, will be available to hundreds of thousands of women in both the public and private sectors. Firms with only small staffs will be exempt, but other employers will face major problems and extra costs trying to cater for mothers on their payroll. There is also likely to be anger and resentment among male colleagues and childless women who have to do the unpopular shifts. The…

SCOTLAND Yard wants to downgrade the importance of written English tests at police recruitment centres to make it easier for candidates from ethnic minorities to join the Met.Bosses believe people who do not have English as their first language are being discriminated against under current assessment rules. They have recommended the weighting placed on the “Written Communication” section of the Metropolitan Police’s tough entrance exam is lowered. However, they fear a “white backlash” among rank and file officers who feel they have already been passed over for promotion. Home Affairs Committee chairman, MP Keith Vaz, said last night any move to drop standards would …

http://www.lbc.co.uk/met-police-officer-shot-himself-in-the-leg-84926 Hope he recovers soon.

Good job by all to bring a dangerous suspect under arrest, though no doubt the Guardian and its "we're living in a police state" readership will have something negative to say. After all we should be able to talk down every suspect (including thoses high on coke, in possession of a weapon and those who are trying to get away in a car) and if that doesn't work we have a short stick which always works. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-25904646

What is the offence if someone spits on door handles in a street? The person involved has some mental health issues.

I'm not sure this is at all appropriate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-25887803

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2546573/Im-victim-Shameless-thief-says-justice-let-victim-battered-cleared.html - I don't have much sympathy for the two crooks, if they had not stolen his property they would not have been injured. I do believe Woodhouse went slightly over the top, but credit to him for detaining the two criminals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-25904646 One way to stop a car when wanted by police.

Click This is a little ridiculous.

A detective who did not follow arrest guidelines in a double murder case has been found guilty of gross misconduct, the BBC has learned. Det Supt Steve Fulcher did not read Christopher Halliwell his rights before the former taxi driver led him to the body of Becky Godden in 2011. As a result, Halliwell was never charged over her death. In October 2012, Halliwell was jailed for life for the murder of 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan. Mr Fulcher was brought before the formal misconduct hearing after an inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). The IPCC found Mr Fulcher had breached the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (Pace) and it recommended Wilts…

JOBLESS mechanic Leon Humphreys shocked magistrates by demanding the right to trial by combat under medieval law when he appeared at a Suffolk court. Mr Humphreys, 60, made his request after being charged with failing to notify the DVLA that his motorcycle was off the road. JOBLESS mechanic Leon Humphreys shocked magistrates by demanding the right to trial by combat under medieval law when he appeared at a Suffolk court. Mr Humphreys, 60, made his request after being charged with failing to notify the DVLA that his motorcycle was off the road. He claimed he was entitled to ask the court to establish his guilt or innocence by allowing him to fight to the death agains…

Sorry I don't know how to quote the article from the website. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544851/Police-kill-teenagers-PUPPY-wouldnt-calm-down.html

As an antidote to the other topic http://www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php/topic/143589-dm-police-raid-house-and-kill-teenagers-puppy-who-wouldnt-calm-down-when-they-broke-in/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545262/Four-month-old-lurcher-puppy-Ceri-shot-head-thrown-river-SURVIVED.html