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More than half of suspects charged in London over robbery and knife-point muggings last year were black, official figures revealed today. The Met statistics show that 7,956 people were taken to court for robbery during the 12 months to the end of March of whom 55 per cent were black. Just under a third of suspects were white, while 11 per cent were Asian. Three out of five of the 1,613 suspects charged with knife-point muggings were also black, compared with 27 per cent white and 10 per cent Asian. The figures also show that Westminster had the highest number of robberies and Southwark had the most knife-point muggings. They will prompt renewed debate about the best ways…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-15281309no more high life for this ex officer new home jail .

http://www.bbc.co.uk...hester-15275888I think most people on this forum will argree this is the most stupid act by this person and the judge will give him a substantial jail term for taking a 3 year old boy on a bike ride who might have been killed .

Source So... I know what I'll be doing when I report for duty tonight. I wonder if this is Luke Durbin, those are the rumours at the moment

http://content.met.p...4/1257246745756 Apologies for linking to the Met's press office, the only actual press coverage I could find was the esteemed 'Bexley News Shopper', which basically reprinted the Met press release!

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From the birdseye vantage of her helicopter, police pilot Kathryn Chapman saw disaster unfolding. An abandoned car sat on a level crossing with police chasing the driver on foot while a passenger train hurtled towards the vehicle at 50mph. Then, in a scene that could have come from a Hollywood movie, Mrs Chapman swooped to the rescue.Flying at three times the speed of the train, she dropped to little more than 60ft above the ground and managed to get 'ahead and just above' it. She signalled to the driver to stop by swinging the aircraft round to face the train and flashing the landing lights. Realising there was an emergency, the driver slammed on the brakes and brought …

Very sad and angry as a dog owner Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk...london-13932187

Scotland Yard’s anti-corruption unit is being investigated over claims that three of its officers withheld vital evidence in the trial of six other policemen charged over a racist attack on a group of youths. Details of the investigation emerged at a secret hearing in London last week when a judge was told that the trio, who all work for the Met’s department that investigates police corruption, had blocked the release of the CCTV footage – and that this had helped lead to the six being acquitted. In the unprecedented case brought by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the three, from the Directorate of Professional Standards, could face criminal c…

Arrest as nurse stabbed to death at Blackpool hospital Police said the 26-year-old's attacker may have been known to her A 30-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of a nurse in a hospital car park. Jane Clough was stabbed as she walked to her car at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital shortly before 2030 BST on Sunday. Detectives believe the 26-year-old may have known her attacker. Detectives detained a man, who is understood to be a paramedic, in Barrowford, Nelson, Lancashire, at about 0730 BST. The man, who is from Preston, is…

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/sportsman_to_contest_driving_fine_in_court_1_3135792 after an unfortunate indecent where i was accused of using a phone, when i wasn't, i stopped carrying it with me, seems not having one at all doesnt stop it A FURIOUS martial arts instructor has vowed to fight a police fine for allegedly talking on his mobile while driving. Clifton Findley (45) of Brudenell, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, claims he did not even have a mobile on him or in his Alpha Romeo 156 car when he was approached by a policeman at 5.45pm on September 29. Mr Findley is a former national, Europe…

Former Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall, John Alderson, has died at the age of 89. Link to Telegraph obituary: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8818970/John-Alderson.html

A police employee who was faced with the threat of losing his job under the Devon and Cornwall force's cost-cutting drive has been found dead at his home. The man, who has not been named, is believed to have been a civilian member of the police covert surveillance team, which carries out secret intelligence gathering work. http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Police-worker-dead-home/story-13529386-detail/story.html Would be nice to think this government gave a ####. The cut backs will have all sorts of knock on effects, this article is only one of many i suspect. RIP!!

All professional criminals know that the key to a successful heist is to make a clean getaway. So a couple who burgled a social club and drank it dry were in luck when a police car picked them up outside the scene of the crime and gave them a lift straight home. Jermaine Gordon, 33, flagged down a passing patrol car in Gloucester when his inebriated girlfriend Jamie Wijnaendts, 25, collapsed unconscious in the street outside the social club. Concerned about the drunken condition of the pair, the patrol officer then drove them home without realising they were burglars, Gloucester Crown Court heard. Gordon and Wijnaendts - who wet herself and left a 'damp patch' on the …

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