UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22230394 Don't know what he has done but it is still sad news and for his family.

Rate of murders and violent crime falling faster than anywhere in Western Europe http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313942/Peaceful-Britain-Violent-crime-murders-fall-fastest-UK-western-Europe-Broadland-Norfolk-revealed-safest-corner-country.html Is it ? or is it a rather a case of smoke and mirrors and artistic licence being used in crime recording...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314461/Pictured-The-horrific-arsenal-kitchen-knives-used-20-strong-gang-hack-teenage-boy-death-commuters-Victoria-Station.html And the police get accused of being racist when they stop and search black males!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22213093

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22275280 I love that Lewisham is the least peaceful local authority. I've never noticed it being that bad!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314158/Sex-obsessed-police-officer-37-jailed-using-job-seduce-sexually-assault-victims-crime.html - another one lets the side down.

How Britain is becoming a SAFER place to live: Rate of murders and violent crime falling faster than anywhere in Western Europe Rates of violent crime in Britain have tumbled faster than anywhere else in Western Europe over the past decade, a new report has revealed. The rate of homicide has fallen by half since 2003, while every region of the UK has become more peaceful despite the country's economic turmoil. But there are wide variations between dangerous inner-city areas and far more quiet rural regions, as the London borough of Lewisham was named the most violent place and Broadland in Norfolk the least - with just eight incidents of armed violence last year. C…

Warning NSFW - VERY strong language. http://youtu.be/aOjkobGA1mw

Assaults cost Welsh police 1,700 days off By Brian MeechanBBC Wales political reporter More needs to be done by prosecutors to protect police officers on duty from attack, say two senior politicians from across the political divide. BBC Wales found 1,735 working days were lost over three years at three of the four Welsh forces due to assaults. Labour's shadow policing minister David Hanson said the figures were worrying while Tory MP David Davies said prosecutors needed a tougher stance. The Home Office said assaults on police officers would "not be tolerated". The figures showed 494 days were lost in Dyfed-Powys over three years for assaults, 568 in Gwent an…

A police commissioner is facing an investigation for running a private security firm on the side, prompting accusations of a conflict of interest. Kevin Hurley, an ex-Scotland Yard commander, is still advertising his company’s services online with his personal mobile phone number – even though he is now responsible for governing Surrey Police, for which he is paid £70,000 a year. Inspirational Security Solutions boasts that it provides safety advice and training in undercover investigations, and that its executives are ‘politically aware’. Mr Hurley has also caused controversy by appointing a former colleague in the Met as his £50,000-a-year deputy. He has declared hi…

Home Secretary Theresa May has said she wants to know if the case of a Norfolk police officer suing a garage owner was "symptomatic" of a claims culture among officers. Mrs May told the Home Affairs Select Committee it was important to find out more before reviewing any guidelines. Kelly Jones, 33, is currently seeking payment from a petrol station in Thetford, Norfolk. She claims she tripped while investigating a break-in in August. Mrs May told MPs that while not wanting to comment on the case she has asked her staff to find out if it was a one-off incident or "symptomatic of a culture". "We don't want members of the public to feel that they can't ring 999 because …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aOjkobGA1mw#! Police call for witnesses after video of alleged racist incident on District line of London Underground uploaded online Photo of woman allegedly hurling racial abuse at a man on the Tube (BTP) Police are appealing for witnesses after a video apparently showing a woman hurling racist abuse at a man on the tube was uploaded online. The footage is believed to have been filmed on an eastbound District line train between Stepney Green and Mile End stations in east London. The time and date of the incident are unclear but a video containing the outburst was uploaded on YouTube on 11 April. Britis…

Today marks the anniversary of the murder of Woman Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher, shot to death 29 years ago in 1984 at a demonstration outside the Libyan Peoples Bureau in London. 2 years later in 1986 this was an instrumental factor in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's decision to allow US President Ronald Regan to use US airbases in England to bomb Libya. It's ironic that Baroness Thatcher is buried on the anniversary of Yvonne's death. May you both Rest In Peace.