UK Policing News

Just appeared on the MPS Twitter @metpoliceuk The third tweet hasn't appeared yet @metpoliceuk: 1/3 A man in his 20s has been hit by a train in #Willesden and killed. He was being pursued on foot by officers #NSYNews @metpoliceuk: 2/3 The man had been stopped on suspicion of possession of drugs but broke away from officers and made off on foot #NSYNews

A man armed with a knife has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder a police officer. Metropolitan Police officers used a Taser device on the suspect, in Battersea, south west London, at around 12.30pm today. The suspect was taken to a south London hospital with minor injuries. A police officer injured in the incident did not require hospital treatment, the Met said. A force spokesman said: "Police were called to Falcon Road, Battersea, to reports of a man armed with a knife, threatening members of the public. "Officers attended and the man proceeded to threaten police officers." Police said the man was apprehended on Este Road, at the junction with Falc…

Training for police firearms officers in London has been cut back to save money, the Evening Standard can reveal. Scotland Yard has reduced the number of hours allocated to “refresher” training for all authorised firearms officers in the force. Refresher courses for the Met’s armed response teams — known as Trojan units — have also been scaled back. Officers from the armed response teams patrol the capital 24/7 and were first on the scene at Woolwich after soldier Lee Rigby was killed earlier this year. Insiders say the training is being reduced to fall in line with provincial forces — the minimum required standard for police marksmen — and fear the move could put l…

Another PCC wants his name in the news and with what people have said all along having PCC,S a waste of good money. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-24889202

The head of the Cleveland Police, no less, has caused an uproar by appearing to dismiss the importance of youths behaving badly in the streets. Jacqui Cheer, speaking on behalf of police chiefs, has said that the new legislation to replace ASBOs with a much wider definition of what constitutes antisocial behaviour is likely to criminalise youngsters who are simply "growing up" noisily. The sort of boisterous messing around (or hanging around) that may be annoying to older residents, she claims, should not be treated as delinquent or worthy of police time and attention. It may be tiresome but it is just adolescent obnoxiousness – not criminality. It has been forcefully po…

Simon Hughes apoligises for a breach in the donations policy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24850923 How many mistakes can those in power make without an enquiry? I think I must be having a bad day .

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http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2013/11/11/police-appeal-information-officer-seriously-injured-harrogate-disorder/ Harrogate police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following violence in the town which left two police officers needing medical treatment. It occurred on Cambridge Road at around 3.20am on Saturday 9 November 2013, when a fight involving a group of men was reported to the police.As police officers arrested a number of those involved, a constable suffered a broken leg which required surgery at Harrogate District Hospital. The officer currently remains in hospital in a stable condition.A second officer suffered an elbow injury. He was also treate…

What a dope to get mixed up with this for money and now a loss of his job. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24858537

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/11/nadine-dorries-im-a-celebrity-apology Feel free to get really brassed off

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mp-nadhim-zahawi-apologises-for-claiming-taxpayers-money-to-heat-his-stables-8931130.html Hmmm, now I wonder what would happen if I mistakingly claimed £5k approx of expenses.... Must be nice to be in that financial position, where so much money is so insignificant, that you don't even realise you shouldn't have it. The Condems folks. Another matter to add to the list when the election comes around.

HEADLINES Tributes to officer's courageous cancer fight Colleagues pay tribute to PC David Robinson's immense courage in 15 year battle against brain tumour. Date - 10th November 2013 By - Jasmin McDermott - Police Oracle A constable who continued to serve with Leicestershire Police despite battling a brain tumour has been remembered by his colleagues for his determination and immense courage. PC David Robinson (32) passed away surrounded by his family and friends on November 5 following a 15-year fight against the disease. He was first diagnosed with a brain tumour when he was 17 and despite several attempts to beat it, the disease returned in 2009, three …

I have just been able to watch an uninterrupted "live" broadcast of Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph courtesy of Sky News - almost 90 minutes without any breaks (echoed by our local satellite provider who refrained from advertising during the whole transmission - very unusual). Significant as always was the attendance of HM Queen and the Royals but also representatives of 54 Commonwealth countries who fought alongside British forces on almost all fronts. So the service is of interest across the world. However, BBC World News not only failed to transmit any of the service but also failed to event mention the event in its new bulletin. Sad, really. I imagine the BBC trans…

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF WINSOR LAID A WREATH TODAY, I WATCHED THE BBC COVERAGE AND COULD NOT SEE HIM.

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