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An officer from Bedfordshire Police has walked free from St Albans Crown Court after a jury unanimously cleared him of causing death by dangerous driving. http://policeoracle.com/news/Officer-Acquitted-Of-Death-By-Dangerous-Driving_38220.html Original story. Police officer 'killed two pedestrians after losing control of car and mounting pavement during chase for gunman' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034701/Policeman-killed-pedestrians-losing-control-car-chase-gunman.html#ixzz1Y8R1G7H9 Taking into account that I feel this story is hardly in the public's interest, most don`t care, the ones that do hate the Police anyway. If this Officer had bee…

Police have seized heroin and cocaine worth more than £3m in Glasgow. Officers from the Strathclyde Police major crime and terrorism investigation unit grabbed the haul at 15:00 on Friday. A total of 26kg of heroin and 11kg of cocaine were recovered in a flat on Craigbo Avenue, Maryhill. A 50-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man were arrested and taken into police custody, in connection with the seizure. Officers also found several items of equipment normally used in the production and distribution of drugs. Article taken from Here

Prosecutors have dropped the case against nurse Rebecca Leighton, who was charged with contaminating saline at a Greater Manchester hospital. Ms Leighton, 27, of Heaviley, was arrested by police investigating the deaths of several patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. The Crown Prosecution Service said it was "no longer appropriate" to continue the case against Ms Leighton. It has told the prison where she was being held that she can be released. Greater Manchester Police were initially investigating the deaths of five patients at the hospital. Inquiries ongoing The family of George Keep was later told his death no longer formed part of the inquiry. M…

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Policeman 'flabbergasted' after colleagues find cannabis farm at his house in Belmont village A police officer was stunned when colleagues raided a rental property he owns and found a cannabis farm inside. The cottage in Belmont village near Bolton is owned by Pc Mark Hincks, of Greater Manchester Police, who works as a court officer at Manchester City Magistrates’ and Manchester Crown Court. Pc Hincks does not live at the property and rents it out. He said: “I have owned the property for six years. I am shocked and flabbergasted . “The property is managed by the estate agents Jordans. I was informed by Jordans that this had happened. I have nothing to do with rent…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12250585 A Bedfordshire police officer has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving after two pedestrians were killed in a crash. Pc Kerry Smith faces prosecution after an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The case relates to a crash in Leagrave Road, Luton, last June which killed two men, Reda Lecheheb and Sidali Melal. Pc Smith, who was based in Luton at the time, is due in St Albans Magistrates' Court on 9 February.

Five arrests in 'slavery' raid at Greenacre travellers' site Twenty-four men suspected of being held against their will have been found during a raid at a travellers' site. Four men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of committing slavery offences in the raid at Greenacre travellers' site, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on Sunday. The men, who are English, Polish and Romanian, were found in "filthy and cramped" conditions, police said. Detectives believe some may have been there for up to 15 years. Those arrested are being held on suspicion of committing offences under the Slavery and Servitude Act 2010. They are being held at police stations across Bedfo…

Courtesy of: James Deller - Police Oracle Boris Johnson appearing before the Home Office committee today told members that the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner will be announced on Monday. As previously reported on PoliceOracle.com, the four candidates who submitted their applications for the Metropolitan police top job are believed to be Tim Godwin, the current acting Commissioner, Strathclyde's CC, Stephen House, HMI and former Merseyside police's CC Bernard Hogan-Howe, and the ACPO head and former PSNI chief, Sir Hugh Orde. Mr Johnson told MPs that "four exceptional candidates" have come forward and it is now a question of "whittling that down". The sho…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14888118 Congratulations to Bernard Hogan-Howe. I can't say I know much about him- what are people's thoughts?

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A police officer and a doctor who worked for the police have escaped death following separate bomb attacks at their homes in County Londonderry. BBC News NI Police said they received a report of two cars on fire in separate areas of Derry at about midnight on Tuesday. Following this, officers discovered a device in the garden of the doctor's house. He and his wife were moved and the device, which police said was capable of causing damage, injury or death, was made safe by the Army. Shortly after 07:00 BST a police officer returned to his home to find the other bomb had exploded at the front door. PSNI Chief Superintendent Stephen Martin said the attacks were "reckl…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037027/Some-police-officers-barely-literate-educational-standards-low.html Tom Winsor, keeping everyone on side.

Criminals and drug dealers were caught in an undercover sting after police officers posed as staff in a fake hip hop music shop. A total of 37 armed criminals and drug dealers, including 30 gang members, have been jailed for a total of more than 400 years following the 'sting' operation in the shop, called Boombox, in Edmonton, north London. Codenamed Operation Peyzac, the £500,000 operation involved undercover officers kitting out as a fully-operating rap and hip hop music store, with a private back room which was used to carry out deals with drug and gun sellers, and the store was wired with CCTV and recording equipment. The 'shop' operated for more than 12 months a…

Whats the big problem with this? People are making such a fuss but i don't see what's wrong... Explain please.