UK Policing News

The Independent is this a study with real meaning, a foundation on which something can be done or just targeted stigma by the government ? I would say a bit of everything. It's hard to see if people are repeat offenders or it's just small offences such as shoplifting committed by young people as they are finding it hard to get work. There is an aspect which highlights the amount of people on the sick that are criminals which is a pop at the disabled.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16315589 Always good to see the work of the specials highlighted.

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worth a read and what a waste of police time in my opinion :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-leeds-16321416This is one scumbag person i am glad they sent down for what he done to them poor kittens

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-wales-16313296i see the police have to keep a eye on security vans and have to escort them over the festive period .

SOURCE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-16260358 2nd pursuit death in 3 days, when will they learn to stop, pull over and face the consequences!!! Im sure the sentence they would have been handed if any would be far, far less than death.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...sussex-16332368 what a sad thing for this to happen on xmas day

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rshire-15989472 good to know people still help the police with a arrest like this and well done to the unknown person

http://www.bbc.co.uk...entral-16314666 one stupid person to make a false 999 call and waste police time :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-herts-16244150 nice one by Hertfordshire Police

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16315589 - Click here :D

Jailed for Christmas: Manchester University student who threw sickie from jury service to see West End musical Chicago A juror who claimed he was ill during a court case so he could go and watch a West End musical will spend Christmas behind bars. Matthew Banks, 19, went to see the hit production Chicago when he should have been in the court for the fifth day of a trial. But before the curtain went up on the show, court officials discovered his deception and sent police looking for him. The Manchester University language student has now been sent to Forest Bank Young Offenders' Institution for 14 days after admitting contempt of court. Juror's mum: British justice s…

Suspected Thieves Arrested After Gatecrashing Police Christmas Party Two suspected thieves were arrested when they walked into a pub where police were holding their Christmas party. While celebrating in south London on Wednesday, off-duty officers noticed two men behaving suspiciously, who appeared to fit the descriptions of suspects following a spate of bag thefts in the area. PC Lucy Blackmore, Sergeant Richard Cloke and community support officer Craig Mulgrew detained the men and called for back-up at The Merchant pub, in Battersea Rise, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. Chief Inspector Charlotte Taylor, of Wandsworth Borough Police, said: "I am delighted that…

Only a quarter of 999 calls to police last year were classed as emergencies. This fell to fewer than one in five in Britain’s biggest force, the Metropolitan Police, where fewer than 400,000 of the two million 999 calls needed an emergency response. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078069/Only-quarter-999-genuine-emergencies--Leicester-named-worst-offending-area.html#ixzz1hSiG0dRK http://www.chrisroubis.com/2011/12/only-a-quarter-of-999-call-are-genuine-emergencies-and-leicester-is-named-worst-offending-area/ The break down of calls. I think 101 is the number, they then offer you 6 more choices of surrounding areas.