UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22029657 words fail me when you read what this now ex officer has done.

A police officer riding an unmarked motorbike has been killed in a crash outside a Southampton petrol station.He was on duty at the time, but was not involved in a pursuit or responding to a 999 call, Hampshire Constabulary said. The officer's police bike collided with a BMW outside the Shell garage on Thomas Lewis Way in Swaythling at about 14:00 BST. He was taken to Southampton General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The 35-year-old man driving the car suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. He was also taken to Southampton General Hospital for treatment. 'Deeply affected' The officer's next of kin and colleagues have been informed. Chief Const…

A girl fighting for her life after a car she was travelling in plunged into an ice-cold river was not rescued for almost two hours because health and safety rules prevented police from entering the water. The vehicle, a silver Vauxhall Vectra estate, entered the water from a field at Boat Lane in Evesham at around 9.20am on Thursday Photo: PA By Richard Savill and Andy Bloxham 7:30AM GMT 13 Feb 2010 The five-year-old girl, her-six year-old brother and their father Chris Grady were in the car when it plunged into the river Avon in Evesham, Worcestershire, on Thursday morning. Mr Grady and his son Ryan, managed to escape from the submerged car. They were helped…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303501/Police-officer-jailed-using-force-help-criminal-suspect-Britains-biggest-cash-robbery.html Another letting the side down. I wish the press would stop using the phrase ''superiors'', they are not superior, they are just Senior.

Really ? I thought this was an April fools story leaked a day early ! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9962899/Burgled-maam-Have-some-flowers-courtesy-of-the-police.html

Edit: to add link; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300838/Six-point-penalty-using-mobile-wheel-And-ban-drivers-caught-twice-says-UKs-police-chief.html#socialLinks I completely agree. It's ridiculous the amount of people who blatantly use mobiles whilst driving and it's definitely on the increase, so obviously the current penalties are an ineffective deterrent. Some days I seem to see more drivers on their phones than without seat belts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18031768 IF she has done it i hope she rots in hell and my heart go,s out to the five children who have lost there lives RIP.

What a joke! I cant believe they are changing the uniforms again!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7224051/Police-unable-to-save-girl-from-icy-river-because-of-health-and-safety.html - It doesn't look to me as if Police Officers were unable to save anyone, Insp Kent and Sgt Stayte ignores H & S and went in the freezing cold water and saved a child, The headline was made to make it look as if nobody did anything for 97 minutes which is far from the truth. They should have checked out the incident properly before making such headlines.

Police officers dressed in animal onesies arrested a violent man (Picture: Twitter / @SolihullPolice) Two off-duty police officers went beyond the call of duty after arresting a violent man while dressed in animal onesies. The Solihull Police duo may not have been dressed exactly for the occasion but the element of surprise was to their advantage when a man in the street became threatening earlier this week. Dressed as a zebra and monkey, the officers wrestled the man to the ground before he was taken away in a panda car. A picture of the crime fighters was posted on the official Solihull Police Twitter account with a detailed account of the arrest.http://metro.co.uk/…

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/27/are-cardboard-cut-outs-the-traffic-officers-of-the-future-3562503/ A traffic officer that works 24 hours a day and never gets tired may sound like something from the future but it actually exists today, in the form a cardboard cut-out in India. The new type of low-tech policeman can be found in Bangalore and from early reports is sounds like theyre doing one heck of a job. Impact has been quite good. A lot of people when they see from a little distance, they immediately turn back, additional commissioner of police Dr MA Saleem said. In fact one auto driver was found talking to that person. The move comes after an increase in the number o…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-commissioner-bernard-hoganhowe-calls-for-tougher-action-on-drivers-who-use-their-mobile-phone-at-the-wheel-8554274.html Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe calls for tougher action on drivers who use their mobile phone at the wheel UK's top police officer worried by London's first road-deaths increase in 20 years. Britain's most senior police officer has backed higher penalties for drivers who use their mobile phone at the wheel. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said the only way to curb the still high numbers of people phoning whilst driving is to take a tougher line. He said the penalt…