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Source - http://www.policeora...sion_52238.html Good result, I was on that morning and it was a very well handled pursuit and as sad as it was that Jackie Stretton and a couple of officers were injured, it was lucky that it happened at the time it did so that more innocent members of the public weren't put at risk.

Got to wonder about some people out there.

http://www.thecomet.net/news/edl_candidate_to_stand_for_police_and_crime_commissioner_in_bedfordshire_1_1470242

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-19112303

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-19104765 Good idea, so long as this doesn't become a cop-out scenario. When observng in curt I often saw defence solicitors offer addiction as a mitigation. It should mean that offenders are forced to tackle the root cause of their offending.rather than being a mitigation.

Source - http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Local+and+Neighbourhood+Policing/2012/Aug/03/Officer-Praised-For-Sea-Rescue_52258.html

Source: The Bolton News It appears that the water fairies actually do more than play with hoses and sleep. Who knew? I joke, well done guys!

http://www.telegraph...ewage-leak.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-19047644 :new_thmbdn2:

Rochdale grooming gang leader gets 22 years The jailed leader of a Rochdale sex ring has received a further term of 22 years for 30 child rape charges. Shabir Ahmed, 59, of Oldham, was one of nine men convicted of sex offences against children at Liverpool Crown Court in May. He was not named at the time because he faced further charges, but was jailed for 19 years. Ahmed was convicted at Manchester Crown Court in June of raping and sexually abusing a girl for more than a decade. His sentence will run concurrently with the earlier one. Judge Mushtaq Khokhar was forced to have Ahmed removed from the dock before passing sentence because he was persistently interrupted…

Once again - damned if you do, damned if you dont. If the mental health services had been properly dealing with and monitoring this person maybe it wouldnt have got to the stage where he was attacking people and the police had to be called Moral of the story - Don't take LSD in the first place

Police force duped by conman posing as solicitor A police force has reviewed security after a man claiming to be a solicitor tricked his way into a cell. James Mangan, 40, duped Thames Valley Police officers into taking him to visit friend Keith Bailey at Abingdon police station in Oxfordshire. He later visited a domestic violence complainant in a bid to persuade her to drop charges against Mr Bailey. He admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice and was jailed for seven months at Oxford Crown Court. “We take any breach of security extremely seriously and have taken every step possible to ensure this does not happen again” Ch Insp Phil MurphyThames Valley …

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http://www.bbc.co.uk...reland-19074681 The police are continuing to investigate reports of a mortar attack and a shot fired at one of its patrols in west Belfast on 27 July. On 30 July, police said they were investigating a report of a shot fired at a police vehicle on the Glen Road. The shot caused a minor dent to the Land Rover, but there was no scorch damage. A section of the road was closed on 1 August for further police investigations. It is now open. The police said they had completed their searches and nothing untoward was found. A police spokesman said: "We would again ask members of the public to contact police if they find any suspicious objects in this ar…