UK Policing News

Wiltshire policeman faces sack for cell attack on woman A policeman is facing the sack after he was caught on CCTV throwing a woman into a cell, badly injuring her. The footage also shows Sgt Mark Andrews dragging the woman across the floor of Melksham police station in Wiltshire. The woman, now 59, was arrested in July 2008 after being found asleep in her car. Her treatment left her with facial injuries and needing hospital care. Andrews has been convicted of causing the woman actual bodily harm and is expected to be dismissed from his job. 'Completely disgraceful' His victim, who has not been named, said: "I thought I was going to die, by people that you trust. …

Dozens are believed to have been wounded after two explosions struck at the Boston Marathon as thousands of spectators crowded at the event's finish line. Thoughts are with those being effected by this terrible event... http://www.telegraph...inish-line.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2309431/The-baby-faced-killers-Two-brothers-aged-17-14-friend-14-beat-homeless-man-death-dare.html = The Pondlife is getting younger and younger, what type of Scum brings people like this into the world. Glad the mother got some time inside for trying to protecting her Filth by lying.

A WEST Mercia Police officer who secretly hacked into colleagues’ computers has not lost his job, but is facing a disciplinary hearing, it has emerged. On Friday Aled Lewis, a 34-year-old constable based in Droitwich, was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and ordered to do 200 hours’ unpaid community work by a judge at Worcester Crown Court. http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/10356703.Spy_PC_facing_disciplinary_hearing/ WTF !

Vouchers for doing basic things like putting stuff in the bin? :new_no:

Just on the news, Maggie Thatcher has died after a stroke. R.I.P Lady Thatcher.

A neighbourhood sergeant has his team issuing youths tickets for doing things right.Sgt Tariq Butt started having the PCSOs on his Safer Neighbourhood Team issue youths ‘positive tickets’ for doing things right, after seeing a similar idea used by police in Canada. Here, he describes the results it brought to his initially-sceptical team. To me there is a real gap in how we effectively engage and divert those youths involved in and on the edge of criminality, the gains in doing this can be obvious in terms of reducing demand and overall cost savings by keeping them out of the criminal justice system. However, there is an even bigger gap in how we engage with those youths …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/03/manchester-police-goths-punks-hate-crime Whilst I can see what they are trying to do here I have to ask myself where does it all end? I remember this attack in the news & it was horrible & unprovoked other than by her appearance. How long then before we record attacks on people wearing tracksuits as chav hate crime? How many of us have been subject to abuse or assault purely because of the uniform we wear? It's going to end up including everybody & every crime will be a hate crime watering it down to mean nothing in reality. Let's face it despite its good intentions at the start the whole hate crime thing has been man…

Leigh: Man spends 12 hours up tree in 'protest over being deported' 12 Apr 2013 10:54Police officers, firefighters and paramedics were at the scene in Leigh, Greater Manchester Police in Leigh trying to negotiate to a man stuck up a tree for more than 12 hours Leigh Journal Police were today trying to coax a protester down from a tree - 12 hours after he climbed to the top. The man, who was not named, was said to be refusing to come down over being deported, according to The Bolton News. Police officers, firefighters and paramedics were at the scene in Leigh, Greater Manchester. A police spokesperson told the paper: “At 8.40pm on Thursday, April 11, police we…

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10349139.Police_dog_killed_my_rabbit__says_devastated_North_Yorkshire_woman/ Some of the comments are laughable - calls for police to be investigated for hunting with dogs! :new_doh2:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-22120728 - It's taken a long time but at last he is back at work. I wonder how much money this has cost Wiltshire rate payers in reviews and appeals by the Chief Constable, and having to pay Andrews costs as well, a small fortune no doubt, which could have been spent on more important things. A local Wilts paper put the costs at over £250,000., not including his back pay.

From the Police Oracle: New recruits at Hampshire Constabulary will have a starting salary of £21,500 after the forces chief constable and police and crime commissioner (PCC) rejected Tom Winsors proposed £19,000 starting salary - following concerns from the local Police Federation. Recently appointed CC Andy Marsh agreed to set the forces starting salary of £21,500 rather than reduce it by up to £4,000 under the Winsor II recommendations. Within the pay scale recommendation that was ratified by Home Secretary Theresa May in January, chief constables have the discretion to vary levels of regional pay up to £22,000 depending on skills, experience and local recruitme…

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/policewoman-sues-man-called-999-131312094.html#481l9Ka Whatever next?

Is that really how it happened?