UK Policing News

I've merged the thread that was here with one that was already running in the MetPol specific area. Please refer to this thread.

The Met Police Commissioner has told LBC 97.3 he wants officers in London to be able to use tasers more often. Bernard Hogan Howe - appearing on Nick Ferrari's show on LBC 97.3 this morning - says every police car in London could be fitted with one, rather than giving them to officers who "have enough on their belts." http://www.lbc.co.uk...ce-tasers-47686

http://www.bbc.co.uk...pshire-15834405 £3m wasted and if they sold it, more money to put officers back on the beat in my opinion. and not the spending cuts the goverment have done to the police service.:D

An interesting ruling reported in the Telegraph, i wondered what your thoughts were? Swearing at police is not a crime, judge rules

From Met Police news site

I am not sure I agree with the reasoning given in the article for not having annual fitness tests for officers You could also set a a time level where you would expect a certain fitness to be reached. The reasons for not doing it in the article seems a cop out to me (forgive the pun. Where people are injured or downgraded for illness this could be built into the system. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8798374/Fat-bobbies-to-escape-annual-fitness-tests.html

I haven't seen this posted yet - pray accept my apologies if it has. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15816761

SCOTLAND escaped riots because our cops are more polite, researchers claim SCOTLAND escaped riots which hit English cities because our cops are more POLITE, researchers claimed yesterday. Experts studied the triggers which sparked outbreaks of violence down south over summer. And they claimed "differing attitudes" between police in England and Scotland meant our streets stayed trouble-free. Researcher Professor Steve Reicher, of St Andrew's Uni, said: "In Scotland we have just as bad deprivation and just as big problems with unemployment and the issues with youngsters who hang around on the street. "But we don't have as big an issue with race. And there are complete…

THIS is the moment when a mystery thief snatched the wallet of a serving Tamworth soldier – on the day he arrived home from Afghanistan. Pte Hayden Smith (19), who serves with 3 Mercian, had used the self service checkout at Asda in Ventura Park, but inadvertently left his wallet on the counter. ​ This week, just days after Remembrance Day, police released a sequence of CCTV pictures in a bid to identify the thief. The pictures clearly show the woman behind him in the queue spot the wallet, look around to check no-one was watching, and then steal it. The incident happened at ar…

Police: We won't be able to cope with badger cull protests Ministers have been warned that police forces will struggle to cope if plans to shoot badgers trigger a dangerous stand-off between armed farm workers and animal rights protesters. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/police-we-wont-be-able-to-cope-with-badger-cull-protests-6265124.html The cuts into our Police cannot continue!! #noconfidenceintheresamay

A High Court judge has recommended that suspects be given the right to see a lawyer after being arrested. Lord Carloway, who undertook a major review of the criminal justice system, also said the requirement of corroboration on evidence be dropped. His review was set up after a UK Supreme Court judgement stopped police questioning suspects who had not been offered access to a lawyer. Lord Carloway said the criminal law should be "re-cast" for modern society. Overall, the judge made 76 recommendations, including; a simplified, unitary system of arrest, on reasonable grounds for suspicion and detention an arrest will trigger a set of rights including access to…

A wealthy landowner who has finally admitted killing his wife, two years after being jailed for the crime, yesterday led police to woodland where he buried the body. Adrian Prout, 49, who had always denied any involvement in the murder of Kate, 55, finally confessed to his fiancée after failing a lie-detector test in prison. He told detectives to he had buried the former primary schoolteacher in woodland at Redhill Farm, in Redmarley, Glos, where they had lived. Prout was handcuffed as he was escorted back to the 276-acre farm in a 4X4 vehicle. Gloucestershire police said he had pinpointed an area within a few square metres where her remains would be found. The site …

**sigh** No matter what you do, its never good enough

It is one of the most recognisable symbols of law and order and attracts visitors from around the world. But it appears New Scotland Yard's iconic revolving sign has become a victim of its own success. The famous landmark is to be pulled up and repositioned after senior officers complained about 'tripping over' hoardes of tourists and TV crews permanently camped on their doorstep. Iconic: The New Scotland Yard sign is being relocated - and modified The move is part of a £3million facelift of the police headquarters. It is hoped the new setting for the sign in the middle of a redeveloped clutter-free plaza will present the modern face of the Met and get people out fr…