UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk...uffolk-20597953

Duchess of Cambridge hoax call nurse found dead [Video interview on BBC website] A nurse at a London hospital who took a hoax call about the Duchess of Cambridge has been found dead. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said in a statement they were "deeply saddened" by the death of the nurse, named as Jacintha Saldanha. King Edward VII hospital paid tribute to "a first class nurse" who was the "victim of a hoax call." Details of the pregnant duchess's medical condition were unwittingly revealed to two Australian DJs. The DJs, from Sydney radio station 2Day FM - which says it is preparing a statement - posed as the Queen and Prince Charles. The duchess had been admitt…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20608169

I don't quite understand how being a rap fan is of any real relevance and is worthy of inclusion in the headline... But there you go.

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Pc James Patrick is a serving Police Officer in the Met Police, who is the author of a blog about the realities of Police reform, the cutbacks, public safety etc. I've never read his blog or Twitter but his views have recently been published in a book (called The Rest Is Silence). The book by all accounts is up for an award for political writing. His force, The Met, however aren't amused and he's apparently been placed on restricted duties, can have no contact with the public and is barred fro using Twitter pending misconduct proceedings over his views(presumably for bringing the force into disrepute). Freedom of expression is a Human Right. But not where Police Offic…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/05/police-whistleblower-inquiry-twitter -sounds as if some Chiefs need to get a humour transplant, or stop being very 'over-sensitive'.

http://www.irvineherald.co.uk/ayrshire-news/scottish-news/2012/12/06/kerb-crawlers-could-get-driving-ban-75485-32376251/

Ms May is bound to agree with PAT over the lower pay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20627922

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20573504

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20510929

Is this the real cost of privatisation? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2237918/Police-fined-locking-criminals-More-yobs-let-cautions-force-fights-save-money.html I know it's the DM, so it may be a load of twoddle.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242139/Two-men-killed-M1-crash-collision-closed-motorway-junctions.html - I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for these idiots, they only have themselves to blame.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-20590888 Job well done by the SYP

http://www.northampt...reets-1-4521132 Just to say, I made neither the headline or the story up, it is real.