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'I chase him, I bite him'... the crime report written by a DOG: Officer investigated after submitting witness statement in character as animal Prosecutors had asked for account of crime from 'PC Peach' - a dog Form completed as if written by Alsatian and signed with paw print Report pinned up at police station and shared on Twitter Officer behind joke referred himself to internal discipline unit By MARTIN BECKFORD PUBLISHED: 22:54, 16 February 2013 | UPDATED: 20:43, 17 February 2013 Comments (227) Share Joke: Police are under investigation for jokingly filling in a witness statement in the name of force dog 'PC Peach', pictured with his handler Police are under …

Now that the Courts have ruled that forcing the unemployed to work for nothing equals slavery, and therefore illegal, does this mean that regulations forcing officers to work the free half hour is also slavery? Also which representing body fought and paid for this legal challenge? And would they accept £22 per month to look after my interests?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2274904/Award-winning-police-special-quits-misusing-force-Twitter-account-contact-gay-men.html#axzz2KDhQH31A

We have a chance to look at some of the great work these people do! Working with the UK's most dangerous criminalsBy Duncan WalkerBBC News Nearly half of people released from custody reoffend within a year Every year thousands of people convicted of serious crimes are released from prison before the end of their sentence. Making sure they do not reoffend is not an easy task. "My world consists of murderers and rapists and armed robbers," says probation officer Liz Carter. Part of a public protection team dealing with 70 of the most dangerous offenders in Brighton, it is her job to try to make sure that they do not need to be returned to prison - and that the public is…

Railway cable theft: Eleven men charged Eleven men have been charged with conspiracy to steal railway power cable in the north Cotswolds area between November and May. The arrests were made in Birmingham and Warwickshire on 23 and 24 May as part of Operation Distillery. It is investigating the theft of cable between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh. The men of Romanian origin, aged between 19 and 36, have been remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 1 June. On 23 May, four men were detained after a suspicious vehicle was stopped by Warwickshire Police officers near the railway line in Church Lawford, Warwickshire. The following day officers from Briti…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279260/Police-woman-receives-court-settlement-fear-SIRENS-got-taking-riot-training.html Policewoman who developed fear of SIRENS while on riot training receives out-of-court settlement A former police officer has won an undisclosed out-of-court settlement after she developed a fear of sirens when a riot training exercise got 'out of control'. Louise McGarva , 36, claimed she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after taking part in a riot training exercise. Miss McGarva says the simulated disturbance got out of control and left her with a phobia of police sirens. She was initially seeking £500,000 in compensation clai…

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http://www.dailymail...l#axzz2KV8bNL9P Terrible story of a young man, driving in excess of his talents, and killing his friend........ I see the results of people driving quite poorly, most of the time they get away without killing somebody............ However, the odd part of the report is near the end......... Addressing the court, the judge attacked legal firms who told clients not to answer police questions. He said: 'He knew he was driving too fast, he knew he had caused the death but he made no comment in interview.' 'He was not well served by anybody who was advising him in the police station to go 'no comment'. I make no bones about it.' He read part of a l…

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21461623 Wont hold my breath on this bit of news.

SHOCKING CCTV footage capturing the moment a woman and a toddler are hit by a car which then speeds off has been released by police in a bid to track the driver and the car. In the 20 seconds of CCTV footage taken from cameras in King William Street in the Hillfields area of Coventry, a woman and child can be seen leaving the Sky Blue Fish Bar and crossing the road at the junction of Canterbury Street. As the 42-year-old driving instructor from the Stoke area crosses the road with her three-year-old nephew, a black Audi estate overtakes a turning car and ploughs into the pair throwing them down the road. The car momentarily slows down before the callous driver races of…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-21469693