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#AntiWinsorNetwork The Metropolitan Police has been urged to spell out what the impact of budget cuts will be after the London Olympics. BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said some unconfirmed reports suggested that the Met was planning to cut 6,000 officer posts by 2015. http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-18646809 I guess Rioters only need to bide their time, 2015 there will be so few Police a riot on the scale of 2011 can no longer be contained. I helped put one away last week, I am guessing still many more will end up inside from last August. This shambles of a government have been warned. #AntiWinsorNetwork

Quite a long article with video and pics so heres the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18520121

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999 call system celebrates 75th anniversary Josie Clarke Friday, 29 June 2012 The 999 emergency call system - the first of its kind in the world - celebrates its 75th anniversary tomorrow. The service was launched in London on June 30, 1937, following the deaths of five women in a fire at the home of a surgeon in the city in November 1935. Glasgow became the second city to have the service in 1938 and it was extended to all major towns and cities by 1948. The number of 999 calls has increased from more than a thousand in the first week of the service in 1937 to an average of 597,000 calls a week across the UK. The early hours of New Year's Day is traditionally the …

I'm all for more tasers in light of less officers - obviously I want to see more officers on the street - but thats not likely to happen any time soon!

A New Jersey sheriff's office has a new website that's looking for more arrests instead of friends. Dubbed 'Facecrook,' the website reports the names, photos and last-known locations of fugitives wanted by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office. Currently showing approximately 946 mug shots, the individuals are wanted on everything from failure to pay child support to committing murder. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2162157/New-Jersey-sheriff-unveils-Facecrook-Website-aiming-fugitives-instead-friends.html#ixzz1yPMVA8XB I doubt this idea will turn up over here, we do not like new ideas, good or bad, but your thoughts on it?

A POLICEMAN who endured ‘three years of hell’ has been found not guilty of assaulting a man he was arresting. Weymouth police officer PC Andrew Thomson had been accused of smashing a man’s head into the road as he detained him for stripping off in the street following a drunken bet. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9781849.Dorset_Police_officer_tells_of__three_year_hell__after_being_found_not_guilty_of_assaulting_man_he_arrested/ Maybe the CPS has something to answer here :boxing: :boxing:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/26/minister-vilification-police-tom-winsor?newsfeed=true Campaign against Theresa May's preferred candidate for job is 'unacceptably personal, very aggressive and disgraceful' So #AntiWinsorNetwork is unloved, #NoConfidenceInTheresaMay to cannot please some people. "The minister said the #antiwinsornetwork run by rank-and-file police officers on Twitter went too far in attacking the commercial lawyer's personal integrity and questioning his independence." No mention of Coach drivers so I can continue :)

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Thoughts to the family of the deceased, and a speedy recovery to the officer involved in this tragic incident. A woman in her 70s hit by a police motorbike was pronounced dead at the scene by an air ambulance doctor. The woman, believed to be 78-years-old, was killed tabout 10.30am after being hit by a motorbike escorting a convoy of children to Southend. Kaz Hursit, 44, of Eastern Avenue, said: “We came out my house with my mum and son to wave to the children in the procession. “We saw her come out of her house and waited at the traffic lights then there was this big bang and we saw her on the floor.” Mr Hursit then described hearing a loud bang. “I saw the motor…

Senior Surrey Police officers probed over Dowler hacking The deputy chief constable of Surrey Police is to be investigated over the hacking of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's mobile phone voicemail. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it would examine the conduct of Craig Denholm, who led the probe into her disappearance. The IPCC is also investigating Det Supt Maria Woodall, who took over as senior investigating officer in 2006. The probe follows claims that officers knew the phone had been hacked in 2002. The watchdog's announcement came after the Surrey force began an internal investigation in July 2011 into the circumstances surrounding th…

Arrest after policeman in Bishop Auckland knocked down A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder a plain clothes police officer who was knocked down by a fleeing car. The officer, 37, was injured in Bishop Auckland at about 01:00 BST as he tried to stop a vehicle. He was not seriously injured. The Vauxhall Vectra was driven at the officer, hitting him, before it made off, Durham Police said. A 33-year-old man was later arrested in Tenters Street. The 37-year-old officer, who is based in the town, was taken to the University Hospital of North Durham where he is being treated for cuts, bruises and leg injuries. A force spokesman said his condition w…

http://www.telegraph...ut-truancy.html What do you think, is this a reasonable use of police resources?