UK Policing News

Good to see a hefty number of officers honoured, including three Special Constables. Sir Bernie now as well - not that it was unexpected... The below are all honours related to Policing that have been extracted from the lists available here: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/new-year-honours-2013

Hold me up someone, two positive police articles in the Daily Mail in one week !!

Taken from TheCustodySgt on Twitter. (@TheCustodySgt) 29/12/2012 05:58 The daily fail strikes again with the biggest pile of selfish claptrap I've seen in a while bit.ly/10r1o0q via @Timbo452 His "op ed" is titled 'Stranded on the M6' about the M6 crash on Christmas Day. Some of the comments leave me speechless but not surprised.

I thought David Cameron was going to be a lot more selective about who got Gongs this time around, but no, 1068 people got awards, mostly for just doing their jobs, and mainly Civil Servants. Bernard Hogan-How got a Knighthood for sucking up to Ms May. Cherie Blair an OBE for getting as many Freebies as possible inb twelve months. Kate Bush for Screeching. Tracy Emin for not making her bed. Margaret Beckett for being a complete failure as Minister for Ag and Fish. A few police officers for services to policing and the community. Didn't see many ACPO in the line up, perhaps they come later. I do apologise to Mrs Cherie, she got a CBE, not an OBE, she must have got…

This BBC news page may well interest any retired West Midlands officers. Who knows, you may even recognise yourself?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-20852629

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-taser-use-on-mentally-ill-slammed-8431150.html Police forces have been criticised by mental health charities after new figures revealed the use of Taser guns on people in mental distress. Im going to be doing my taser training later this year, probably, maybe, as soon as they can make their minds up. I do wonder if i am going be slammed by every single issue campaign group if i have to deploy my taser. I know the training we have is very good, but the fundamental issue stays the same. People dont like us tasering people who 'dont deserve it' and 'dont deserve it' seems to cover people who are like me or people who are li…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...surrey-20779922

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-wales-20838335 police had powers to prosecute people who misused the 999 system. They should do for time wasters

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20861824why they gone missing I don't know but they need to be found A.S.A.P.and returned back to the hospital's secure mental health unit.

PC plodding: Cops forced to walk 10 miles to call outsOfficers are now begging local residents for a new car http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1502121.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Vauxhall+Astra+Police+CarOn the beat: Cops fed up of walking want a new car Flickr Hard-up cops sick of plodding up to TEN MILES on call outs are begging residents for a new car. An officer has sent a letter to locals after budget cuts left them unable to afford a new vehicle, the Sunday People has revealed. They have to catch buses, hitch a lift or walk to jobs. The plea came from police in Lancashire which has lost 10 per cent of its 6,000 workforce since 2009 and where 14 stations are due t…

'Naked rambler' back in cells The man dubbed the "naked rambler" has been arrested again - only hours after being freed from a court and pledging to continue his nude trek. Stephen Gough, 44, was admonished at Dingwall Sheriff Court, where he wore only a blue blanket tied round his waist. He had been found guilty of conducting himself in a disorderly manner and committing a breach of the peace when he was seen walking naked in woods near Tore in Ross-shire. Despite being warned that he faced a more serious sentence if he persisted with his naked walk from Land's End to John O'Groats, Gough was arrested on the Cromarty Bridge later on Friday afternoon. He is due to ap…

Bravest cop in Britain rugby-tackles attacker carrying this deadly arsenal of weaponryHe wrestled the man to the ground, sprayed him with CS gas and used his baton to finally bring him under control http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1504919.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Weapons+found+after+a+police+officer+tackled+a+samurai+swordsmanDeadly: Weapons found in rucksack Metropolitan Police This was the terrifying arsenal of weaponry found in a sword maniac’s ­rucksack after he was brought down by hero cop Steve Brown. Among the tools of death was a crossbow, a large hunting knife and a mallet as well as a gas mask. There were also two more samurai swords like the one the thug…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20849397