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Tipton bobbies' beats tracked on Twitter West Midlands Police said it was the first time anything like the project, called Track-a-Cop, had been tried in the UK People in the Black Country will be able to monitor exactly where their neighbourhood police officers go while on the beat. Officers from West Midlands Police's Tipton team will be fitted with a GPS tracker, showing their route via their Twitter feed every few hours. The force said it was the first time anything like the project, called Track-a-Cop, had been tried in the UK. The updates via @TiptonGreenNPT will run weekly, from Tuesday to Friday. Undercover operations Sgt Dave Rogers, from the team, came u…

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-22685382, 28/05/13 Other outlets are suggesting that this is a Woolich copycat.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22624648 EDIT: Formatting

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328983/Disgraced-MP-Eric-Joyce-arrested-AGAIN--time-pushing-police-officer-Edinburgh-Airport.html - It would appear that this man has a serious personality defect.

http://m.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/story.html?aid=19078141#axzz2UIkHdEnX

The Home Office has announced the appointment of the former Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Sir Charles Montgomery, as the first permananet Director General of Border Force. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/charles-montgomery-border-force After declaring the new law enforcement ethos of Border Force last year, Theresa May appointed former Wiltshire CC Brian Moore as interim director. After six months, he realised he wasn't going to be allowed to run a law enforcement agency his way and withdrew his application for the full time post. During the first round of applications, the Home Office specified that applicants must have a senior law enforcement backgrou…

POLICE vehicles, stations and headed notepaper could be emblazoned with the logos of sponsors, if plans to seek financial sponsorship from private companies go ahead in Dorset. Police Federation chairman Clive Chamberlain says Dorset is the lowest funded police force in the country and the county’s new Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Martyn Underhill is being driven to consider sponsorship out of “desperation”. He said: “If Dorset were to receive the average national funding per capita, we would have an extra £16m this year – instead since 2007 we have lost 340 officers with a projected total future loss of 468, which equates to 31 per cent of our force.” Mr Underh…

I was up fairly early for me this morning at around 6:30 and was half watching BBC News and i saw some images about some graffeti that had been sprayed on a war memorial. It might have been some kind of animal war memorial. Anyway it had 'Islam' in big red letters and a lot of the inscriptions had been lined through in red paint. I've just been looking online and I can't see any mention of it on any news sites. Did I just catch the end of a historical report or what?

I can't think of a suitable title so I shall leave it with the name of the person who has poked the wasps nest. I'm trying to word this correctly and carefully but reading the unedited extract of the book, I do see his point. Mr Ross has said that in some cases, rape is not simply rape. From what I can gather, it seems he means there are more blurred lines for the victim in a case where it is the partner who has raped him/her instead of it being a case of 'stranger rape'. Feelings of blame, reading too much in to it and trying to shrug it off as a 'he didn't mean it' situation. On another angle, this is one extract from his book. ‘Our forebears might be as…

Police at the scene of the stabbing in Thrales Close, Marsh Farm, in Luton A murder investigation has been opened after a 20-year-old was fatally stabbed in Luton. Armed police were called to the scene of the stabbing in Thrales Close, Marsh Farm, on Sunday night. The man was found with serious injuries and died after he was taken to Luton and Dunstable Hospital. Police, who are appealing for any witnesses to the stabbing to come forward, said the victim's family had been informed. Det Ch Insp Sharn Basra described the incident as "very brutal". He said: "Our officers are working with witnesses and members of the victims' family to establish what happened prior to th…

if true then this seems on the face of to be street robbery ,any thoughts or explanations on this one as i feel gravely concerned if what i am reading is true Police swoop on the homeless taking sleeping bags and food parcels in co-ordinated raids in Redbridge Adam Jaskowiak was one of the men targeted and said he pleaded with police to be able to keep his things but was ignored. He was sleeping with eight other people finding shelter for the night in the former Ilford Baths in High Road, Ilford. All of their belongings were bundled into a police car leaving the men, one in his 60s, stunned. A police chief told the Recorder the operation was carried out to “…

MI5 asked Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo if he wanted to work for them about six months before the killing, a childhood friend has said. Abu Nusaybah told BBC Newsnight his friend - one of two men arrested after Drummer Lee Rigby's murder in south-east London on Wednesday - had rejected the approach from the security service. The BBC could not obtain any confirmation from Whitehall sources. Mr Nusaybah was arrested at the BBC after giving the interview. The Met Police said a 31-year-old man had been arrested at 21:30 BST on Friday in relation to suspected terrorism offences and search warrants were being executed at two homes in east London. The arres…

Whats the opinions on this? KENT Police and Crime Commissioner, Ann Barnes, will acknowledge volunteer Special Constables by arranging for them not to have to pay the police part of the council tax. Kent has around 350 Special Constabulary volunteers. They have full police powers and contribute around 64,000 hours a year to help protect and serve the people of Kent. They often work alongside police officers and police community support officers in visible and community policing. The funding will be in place from April 2014 onwards and will apply to all Special Constables who have provided two years of service and meet other criteria. The initiative from the Commission…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22602141 Wow. Not only did she take part in a hit and run she then tweets about it afterwards and displays no sense of remorse. But at least this has enabled the long arm of the law to catch up with her!