UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk...reland-16566104 good job it was a hoax and no harm was done and find the people who did it.

Source: BBC News Am I the only one thinking... "what the hell is going on with all these murders at the moment?" Every other day there seems to be a murder being reported on the news

http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-16560677 NICE ONE i wonder if the officers will get a reward from the brewery :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16566019 wonder what was going on in this case ? any one know.

A TOP Bedfordshire cop who has banned his officers from hanging around police stations during shifts has been hailed as a “hero” for helping to cut crime in the face of budget cuts. http://www.theadvertisergroup.co.uk/Daily-News/Biggleswade-cops-banned-from-hanging-around-12012012.htm?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed So all Police do is hang around, Something strange about this, cannot put my finger on what.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has threatened to use the police to sabotage any attempt by David Cameron to force an early referendum on Scottish independence. He told Chancellor George Osborne he would order Scotland’s police to refuse to man the polling stations, making it impossible for the vote to go ahead. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086850/Salmond-Ill-order-police-sabotage-early-referendum-independence.html#ixzz1jXPeaUy4 Not entirely sure how he can manage it. http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/Documents/About-Us/Freedom-of-Information/Policies/Elections-Dutiesat,Guidance.pdf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16556547 So they spent up to 6 months digging a tunnel to a cashpoint that only contained £6000 - score !! So if that's 2 people, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week on say £6 an hour, they've lost £12480 in time... For a £6k theft... D'oh !

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Source: BBC News Condolences to the officer concerned - what a dreadful thing to find

Story already running here: http://www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php?/topic/126028-tragedy-as-father-of-four-cop-collapses-and-dies-on-football-pitch-in-hamilton/page__p__2181595#entry2181595

Lord Chancellor chides Thorpe LJ over driving ban 13 January 2012 | By Katy Dowell Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Thorpe has been reprimanded by the Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke and the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge over his driving ban. Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke Thorpe LJ was originally handed a six-month ban after racking up 12 points in 18 months, but this was reduced last August to eight weeks because he ran a farm in Wiltshire. The judge was caught last February driving through a red light in his Skoda Fabia near the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) in London. He was caught again just two months later and pleaded guilty to failing to comply with red light sig…

Thought this would be up here already but it appears not! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hampshire Constabulary has been named the most gay-friendly police force in Britain for the second year running. It was listed 14th in the annual Workplace Equality Index Top 100, published by Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) charity Stonewall. Insp Julie Fry, of the force's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Group, said she was "extremely proud". Topping the list was law firm Ernst & Young, with the Home Office second and Barclays third. Other high performers in t…

The Daily Telegraph Court refuses trial by combat By David Sapsted 12:01AM GMT 16 Dec 2002 A court has rejected a 60-year-old man's attempt to invoke the ancient right to trial by combat, rather than pay a £25 fine for a minor motoring offence. Leon Humphreys remained adamant yesterday that his right to fight a champion nominated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was still valid under European human rights legislation. He said it would have been a "reasonable" way to settle the matter. Magistrates sitting at Bury St Edmunds on Friday had disagreed and instead of accepting his offer to take on a clerk from Swansea with "samurai swords, Ghurka knives …

http://www.bbc.co.uk...entral-16491672 wonder what the offficer was thinking when he was handed the grenade, or he must have said all in a days work.

Click Not convinced I believe a word of this! 67% crime cut? I suspect figure massageing. Judging by the comments All that has happened is the public now think that officers sit around all day which i can tell you is just not true! Well done Gov, nice one for sending a police service with morale already at rock bottom even lower! Never mind your a hero.