UK Policing News

Officer who shot dead Anthony Grainger could face murder charge, police watchdog warns The firearms officer who shot dead Salford man Anthony Grainger in a car was today interviewed under caution by police watchdogs. And the Independent Police Complaints Commission revealed that 'a range of potential offences' were being considered, including unlawful manslaughter and murder. Dad-of-two Mr Grainger, 36, died from a single shot fired from a sub-machine gun while he sat in the front seat of an Audi in the corner of a car-park in Culcheth, Warrington, on Saturday March 3. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the circumstances surrounding…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9197585/Police-save-words-of-blind-author-who-wrote-26-pages-after-pen-ran-out.html

The article can be read here.

http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2012/Apr/11/Officers-Fat-Greek-Comment-Was-Not-Insult_47041.html

I am amazed he got away with this. Mass mugging gang locked up http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2419243/Mass-mugging-gang-locked-up.html

The Met Traffic specials Twitter feed has already been discussed on here, but the actual substance of the take-over day hasn't. Itv News has picked up on the story here: http://www.itv.com/news/london/2012-04-06/first-for-met-as-special-constables-take-over/ The whole late shift on Saturday 31st March for the Traffic OCU North West garage was covered by the MSC, all calls were dealt with by the Specials with no regular officer involvement. In fact the only regular officer on shift was the teams liaison sergeant - they were needed to deal with any police collisions as Met policy is that a Traffic supervisor must investigate them. The rest of the regulars were deployed to …

Have to agree with DI McAlpine on this one, utterly despicable.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-17626436 We have bred a nation of thickos.

Source: BBC News While it is good to debate and raise concerns, would it not be more productive to suggest reaslistic alternatives rather than just criticise? Dee seems completed out of touch, "It is a worrying development without a public debate,,," - really? Has it not been debated about for numerous years now, and after the use of them in NI?? The chap in the video from the civil liberty groups seems to suggest that police are wrong by willing to use "force and weapons as a first resort if need be" and should be using more "benign policing" (whatever that realistically means). But at the same time, the Met are being criticised for not being forceful enough last summe…

http://www.johnogroa...al-06042012.htm I cant?

http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-17553376 met-with "New York-style crackdown in london :new_please:

A move to recruit hundreds of extra London police officers has been criticised as panic-stricken after scores of trainees failed security vetting, health checks and classroom exams. More than 400 Police Community Support Officers were selected for training to become fully-fledged officers in February. It was part of moves to meet Boris Johnson’s target of deploying 32,000 police on the capital’s streets. But about 60 were kicked off a month later for what Scotland Yard called “a number of reasons relating to national recruitment standards”, though 22 were reinstated after a review by Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey. Another 20 pulled out before the course began.…

I hope he pulls through.

Police look at firing chemical irritants at rioters in search for 'less lethal' weapons, such as plastic bullets, to deal with civil disorder. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/09/riot-control-chemicals-plastic-bullets Yes, I heard napalm was quite effective, any truth to this?