UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25178110 Sorry to report more bad news - officer was critically injured trying to stop a stolen Black Mazda Aerosport last night. Let us hope he makes a good and speedy recovery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-25177437

Police Dog units are about to take a massive hit across the United Kingdom. Police dogs are one of the most important members of the policing family. Police Dogs are used to chase suspects, head in to violence situations, on the front line in riots and help in the fight against drugs, police dogs can clear a nightclub for drug dealers in seconds and now we are about to tell them to go away. The government budget has planned cuts for the police dog units that keep our streets safe 24 hours a day. West Yorkshire Police have seen around a 40% reduction in police dogs! South Yorkshire Police are looking to reduce very shortly by up to 50% with the reduction of 15-20 handle…

are feeling the heat having been suspected of overcharging. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25052373 Wonder what will happen to any contracts already in place within the police service. I would hope they check the accounts and invoices. Ah yes - the private sector companies answering to shareholders doing good business with the public sector bodies - the panacea for this HMG appears not to be working in their favour.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24776533

This woman has been found guilty already, so although this is an appeal, I think she should be in court. Shame her in letting the gen. public see her in the court room. I for one hope that her appeal is as they say 'kicked out of court.' (no pun intended)

One of the country’s most senior judges provoked fury last night when he criticised short jail sentences for interfering with the home lives of criminals. Lord Neuberger, president of the Supreme Court, said he rejected the idea that a couple of months behind bars – and what he called ‘the clang of the prison gates’ – could help bring criminals to their senses. Instead, he warned such sentences ‘can be disruptive’ for the prisoner’s job and home life. The judge made his comments after visiting Holloway women’s prison in North London. He also expressed concern that prisoners there were forced to share a cell, when ‘the vast majority’ would, he said, prefer to have a …

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-25140433

How low some people are when they commit this type of crime. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-24568747

http://www.u.tv/News/West-Belfast-alert-ends/88aba042-e946-4d74-bbc9-26618b447e1c A major security alert in west Belfast, sparked by the discovery of a suspect car, has ended with nothing untoward being found. Army bomb disposal experts at the scene of the west Belfast security alert. (© UTV) The alert, which began in St Mary's Gardens in the Beechmount area on Thursday at around 9.30pm, resulted in 100 homes being evacuated overnight. Army bomb experts examined the vehicle, declaring it to be nothing untoward. A nearby community centre was opened for residents forced from their homes. The alert ended just before 6am on Friday, and residents were allowed to ret…

Source: Sky News Edit: Fixed typo

An unemployed man has been banned from posing as a policeman or paramedic after turning up at the scene of accidents and attempting to give first aid to crash victims. Lee Westerman, 29, also terrified a motorist by shouting at her and threatening to give her a ticket while driving a car which he had illegally fitted with a siren and flashing lights. The callous hoaxer was issued with a five-year ASBO as well as being ordered to do unpaid work and hand over compensation to his victims. Banned: Lee Westerman has been given an ASBO forbidding him to impersonate a policeman or paramedic Wakefield Magistrates' Court heard how Westerman had equipped his 10-year-old Ren…

An unemployed man has been banned from posing as a policeman or paramedic after turning up at the scene of accidents and attempting to give first aid to crash victims. Lee Westerman, 29, also terrified a motorist by shouting at her and threatening to give her a ticket while driving a car which he had illegally fitted with a siren and flashing lights. The callous hoaxer was issued with a five-year ASBO as well as being ordered to do unpaid work and hand over compensation to his victims. Wakefield Magistrates' Court heard how Westerman had equipped his 10-year-old Renault Laguna with a two-tone siren, flashing blue lights on the front and flashing red lights on the rear…

Cop Shakedown http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u213bxaaCMM TRAFFIC cops filmed themselves doing the Harlem Shake — and got a severe rap from furious Scotland Yard chiefs. Bosses failed to see the funny side as six uniformed Met officers performed the dance craze at the end of a shift. Video:Metropolitan Police rapped after Harlem Shake video TRAFFIC cops, who posted their own version of the dance craze, are disciplined by furious Scotland Yard chiefs Hilarious footage posted on YouTube shows one motorcycle cop in a crash helmet — apparently filmed in a nick’s underground car park — suddenly starting to cavort. Five colleagues at first …

Detective Sergeant Andy Pike led an appeal to help an elderly theft victim An elderly man who was a victim of a burglary which robbed him of his life savings has been given a helping hand by police officers. The victim’s son phoned the police on November 5 to report they had been burgled and the suspects had stolen almost £3,000. Once officers from Croydon police learned of the incident, acting Detective Sergeant Andy Pike appealed to his colleagues to raise money to recoup some of the victim’s losses. About £750 was raised for the gentleman and DS Pike went round to his house on Thursday to give him and his son the money. It was also the man’s birthday on Novemb…