UK Policing News

http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/26/couple-sit-down-to-dinner-in-the-middle-of-a-busy-london-road-3668492/ Warning: Video contains offensive language Weve all been there: Youve found the perfect spot to enjoy dinner with a friend and youre not going to let anyone get in the way even if youre in the middle of a road. This couple certainly didnt seem to mind the fact that they were annoying motorists and even the driver of a double decker bus during their unusual dinner date. The pair set up a table and childrens chairs in the road in Thornton Heath, south London and even got angry at the drivers they were holding up. The man in the video hit back at furious motorists who …

Man dies after taser deployment A man who was tasered by police during an incident in which he suffered serious burns has died, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said. Andrew Pimlott (32) died on April 23 in Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. Devon and Cornwall Constabulary referred the incident to the IPCC after officers attended an address in Plymouth where Mr Pimlott was in the garden with a can of flammable liquid. Shortly after they arrived, Mr Pimlott sustained serious burns. It is known that a taser was deployed during the incident on April 18 and this will be investigated as a possible cause of ignition. IPCC Commissioner Sarah Green said: “My con…

Source: The Guardian 29/04/2013 Interesting how some people are able to filter out the facts of a situation because they don't agree with it. She even mentions 9-11 and 7/7in the video! Surely the stories in this week's media about the latest foiled bomb plots in the UK are of interest to her? I'm not arguing the rights or wrongs of the legislation and it's application. It's the blinkered me me me attitude and total failure to acknowledge the current threat from terrorism and the big picture that I find hard to understand.

Six men from the West Midlands have pleaded guilty to planning to bomb an English Defence League rally. Omar Mohammed Khan, Mohammed Hasseen, Anzal Hussain, Mohammed Saud, Zohaib Ahmed and Jewel Uddin admitted preparing an act of terrorism. All six will be sentenced on 6 June. Five of them took a homemade bomb to an EDL rally in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, last June but arrived after it ended. They were caught after their car was stopped for having no insurance. Police and security services had no intelligence about the planned attack, although one of the would-be killers, Jewel Uddin, was under surveillance in relation to another terror plan. After the hearing at Wool…

The primary role of the police is to prevent crime, not catch criminals, the chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22333662 I could have a good moan about this, so im going to. yay "find out where the "most prolific and persistent and dangerous offenders in the community" were located." - we know where they live, we arrest them all the time. We cant stop them committing crime, the courts can, but dont. One of our local youths is on tag, still has nearly 20 impending trials. How do we stop that? "to do this, he said officers needed access to much better technology, ideally a smartphone-like device so each indivi…

The primary role of the police is to prevent crime, not catch criminals, the chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22333662 So we are not here to catch criminals then...damn it..that is where I have been going wrong all of these years !!

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Metropolitan police still institutionally racist, say black and Asian officers. Metropolitan Black Police Association says the force has failed to change racist mindset behind Stephen Lawrence failuresScotland Yard's black and Asian police officers have made a dramatic intervention on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence's death by declaring that the Met is still institutionally racist. The Metropolitan Black Police Association (BPA), the biggest group representing minority officers in the force, says despite the training and community initiatives put in place over the past two decades, Scotland Yard has failed to tackle the mindset at the heart of failur…

Just on the news, the CPS has charged Clifford with 11 counts of sexual assault on females aged between 14 and 19 years.

JudiciaryUK High Court rules present Code C under PACE Act 1984 is unlawful and needs to distinguish between 17 year-old detainees and adults 25/04/2013 10:10 Today the High Court has issued judgement in the case discussed in the article below. What do we all think? http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/high-court-challenge-over-17-year-olds-custody-rights High Court challenge over 17-year-olds’ custody rights Friday 22 February 2013 by Catherine Baksi The High Court will hear a legal challenge to the practice of treating 17-year-olds detained in police custody as adults, in a judicial review being brought by Just For Kids Law next week. The charity questions the legal…

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22312572 Good collar by the GMP to stop heroin hitting the streets.