UK Policing News

Police killers will face whole-life jail terms under changes to the current law, the Home Secretary has announced.The current starting point for anyone convicted of murdering a police officer in the line of duty is 30 years. But Theresa May told the Police Federation annual conference that the Government will change to law to increase this to a life sentence without parole. There have been 12 direct police killings since 2000, including the murder of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in Greater Manchester last year.Theresa May arriving for the conference on Wednesday Mrs May, who was heckled at last year's conference, told this year's event in Bournemouth: "To attack an…

Luton in the news a lot what with gun crime and now stabbings. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-24076640

Two insurance companies have won their case against police bosses for compensation over the looting and arson of a building during the 2011 riots. They claimed the body responsible for the Met should pay for the damage caused to the Sony distribution centre in Enfield, north London. Legislation governing police says compensation for "damage by riot" should be paid out of police funds. The amount that will have to be paid is yet to be determined. The High Court ruled the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) was responsible under the Riot Damages Act. However the insurers for Sony had sought £49.5m for property, customer stock and business interruption while…

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/black-teen-who-police-station-5911601 Shakeil Jackson was inside Thornhill Road police station reporting his motorbike stolen at the time of the crime he was later arrested over Police have launched an internal investigation after an innocent black teenager was held for FIFTEEN HOURS on suspicion of robbery – despite having a cast-iron alibi. Talented musician Shakeil Jackson, 19, was inside Thornhill Road police stationreporting the theft of his own motorcycle at the time the phone robber struck. Yet despite protesting his innocence the teenager, from Handsworth, was arrested, locked up overnight and only released when …

A prisoner who hurled a cup of urine over a sheriff has been ordered to serve more than four years. Gary Travers, 38, admitted attacking Sheriff John Rafferty from his cell door inside Airdrie Sheriff Court after he had refused to appear in the dock. Travers' four-year jail term for the assault will start when he has served 140 days from a previous sentence. The attack is believed to be the first on a sheriff or judge in a court building in Scotland. The High Court in Glasgow heard that Travers carried out the attack on 9 April this year after he had refused to leave his cell. Open hatch Sheriff Rafferty later decided to convene the court in the cell area so a heari…

An ambulance volunteer has been sacked for speeding while answering an emergency call. Godfrey Smith was a ‘first responder’ en route to help a man who had collapsed and was struggling to breathe. But the 64-year-old, who has attended more than 2,000 call-outs, was fired for travelling at 33mph in a 20mph zone. He said: ‘I am gobsmacked. It feels like they ripped my soul out. There was no thanks whatsoever for my 15 years of service.’ Mr Smith, from Faringdon, near Oxford, was in a high-visibility Land Rover when he exceeded the speed limit. His error came to light when a complaint was made that he drove around a bollard to get ahead of other traffic. He received a l…

Video from Crime watch on BBC! The original story! UPROAR erupted in Leeds Crown Court yesterday when a man who had lived a few doors away from seven-year-old Sunderland schoolgirl, Nikki Allen, was acquitted of her murder. The acquittal followed a six-week trial during which the judge had refused to admit an alleged confession by the defendant, George Heron, and accused the police of being 'oppressive' in the way they had interviewed him. Northumbria Police last night responded with a statement that the murder investigation had been 'a difficult one', but interviews had been conducted properly. The jury considered its verdict for seven and a hal…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10303216/Hamza-lieutenant-cannot-be-extradited-European-judges-say.html - the quicker we get out of the \E.U Justice system the better.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10300545/WW1-poppy-plan-endorsed-by-David-Cameron-is-turned-down-for-funding.html - I wish I knew how the National Lottery worked out who they gave money to. They gave 80 million to the Royal Opera Society, a very priviliged outfit, visited mainly by the rich, but a youth club that had a membership if over 450 was refused £25,000 to repair their hut which was falling apart. They have awarded £95,000 to some organization that is going to research what 16,000 conscientious objectors(another word for cowards)did during the war. I could think of many better ways of spending 95 grand. Among them is the Peace Pledge Union …

Link to original article - http://www.holyrood.com/2013/09/police-scotland-keen-to-roll-out-body-worn-cameras/ What are your thoughts?

A man who has been jailed for raping a woman is waiting to find out whether he has contracted HIV from her. Richard Thomas was sentenced to five years and four months after admitting raping the woman at her home in Leigh, Greater Manchester. He knew she was ill but did not know she had HIV and collapsed when police told him, Liverpool Crown Court heard. Thomas, 27, of Sandringham Drive, Leigh, raped the woman after she had taken a sleeping tablet. 'His own fault' He said he had been drinking heavily and taken drugs, and could not recall the attack but believed the woman, the court heard. Thomas had let himself into the house uninvited in the middle of…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417066/Theresa-May-warns-police-maintain-highest-standards-integrity-public-trust.html A politician talking about honesty and integrity - People in glass houses..............................

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-23847723 A fire has ripped through the site of a new police firearms training centre. The centre, which is being built at Black Rock Quarry in Portishead, is to be used by the Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire forces. A police officer travelling on nearby Valley Road raised the alarm at about 04:30 BST. A pump is being brought in from Wales to take water from a nearby lake to tackle the fire. Smoke from the blaze can be seen up to 20km (12 miles) away. 'Still burning' Chief Constable Nick Gargan tweeted he had visited the site and described the scene as "heart-breaking". He said: "Thankfully there don't appear t…

Police use of Tasers in England and Wales more than doubled between 2009 and 2011, according to Home Office figures. The devices were used 7,877 times in 2011, compared with 3,328 in 2009. In only about a quarter (25.7% in 2011) were they actually discharged. In most situations they were only readied or pointed as a warning. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is probing 12 Taser-related incidents, three involving deaths. Tasers were first trialled in 2004 and their use has since been rolled out to all forces in England and Wales. Officers are required to take a training course before being allowed to use a Taser and they are told only to deploy them when th…