UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk...ngland-18734184 Good result by police on the raid

Source: Coventry Telegraph I wonder if this is linked in any way to the other fake £1story posted today, here... or it is just a national epidemic at the moment...?

http://news.sky.com/story/956382/m6-toll-shut-in-counter-terror-operation The M6 Toll motorway has been closed while armed counter-terrorism police search a coach. Forty-eight passengers were taken off the vehicle after the driver stopped on the hard shoulder. He contacted police at about 8.20am, according to Sky sources. A spokeswoman for Staffordshire Police said: "There is currently an ongoing incident on the M6 Toll at Weeford, near Lichfield." Sky's Midlands correspondent David Crabtree said: "When I arrived there was a great deal of activity around the coach itself. "It was a very carefully ordered operation of getting those people off the coach and to walk alo…

So Windsor part II would like all new officers to have 3 a levels. A level results in the UK still show a disparity between BME students and their white counterparts. (The reasons for this are no doubt complex sociologically and are NOT the purpose of this discussion is.) The Mcpearson report suggested that the police service should aim to be more inclusive and that BME officers were under represented compared to the population as a whole. This is still the case although again for complex reasons. So how then can the government support the Windsor review given it will make entry into the police harder for BME candidates? Surely an equality assessment has to be carried …

What do you think guys? http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35064

http://www.bbc.co.uk...hester-18721242 Nice bit of news in what the GMP are doing

http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-18707978

Seems that travelling to work did not constitute the position of 'being on duty' Hmmm? Am I the only one who can't quite get their head around the arguments that some of the regulatory bodies will put forward to try and prevent a payout? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18664195

Dame Anne Owers, the Head of the IPCC, says that they want to get 36 more investigators, who do not have a police background, according to her there are too many police officers investigating police officers. She also wants HMG to change the regulations to compel police officers to give statements to them during their enquiries. What happened to ''not obliged to say anything.".."............. Owners says that the IPCC need more powers, but she did not say what those powers are. Empire Building comes to mind.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-wales-18701376

Police officers fear fresh riots will sweep across the country this summer because people have got a taste for causing chaos, a study into last year's disorder has found. A superintendent told researchers people now think 'riots are fun' and they are no better equipped to deal with disorder after four nights of violence last August. Police fear that because of budget cuts they will be ill prepared to deal with unrest on a similar scale. Nearly all the police interviewed described the unrest as the greatest physical and psychological challenge of their careers. Officers of all ranks said they were astonished that no emergency service workers had been killed in the worst …

Maybe third time lucky? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16979424

Falklands war hero Simon Weston has pulled out of standing as one of Britain’s first Police and Crime Commissioners saying it had become ‘too political’. The former Welsh Guardsmen, who suffered horrific burns to 46 per cent to his body during the Falklands conflict in 1982, announced his decision on Twitter on Monday. He tweeted: ‘With regret pulling out of the PCC role for South Wales. Became disillusioned by the fact it was getting too political and not serving the people.’ Too political: Falklands war hero Simon Weston announced he won't be standing as one of Britain's first Police and Crime Commissioners. Tweeting decision: Weston tweeted his reasons why he sto…

Revealed: the scale of sexual abuse by police officers Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds sexual predators in police are abusing their power to target victims of crime Sandra Laville, crime correspondent guardian.co.uk, Friday 29 June 2012 16.32 BST Northumbria police constable Stephen Mitchell, who was jailed for life after admitting charges of rape, indecent assault and misconduct in public office. Photograph: North News & Pictures Sexual predators in the police are abusing their power to target victims of crime they are supposed to be helping, as well as fellow officers and female staff, the Guardian can reveal. An investigation into the scale…