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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13604504 Woman admits Tesco bin food raid at Essex store A woman accused of stealing food from the bin at a Tesco store in Essex has admitted handling stolen goods. The supermarket had bagged up thousands of pounds of food spoilt after a power failure at a store in Great Baddow. Sasha Hall, 22, said dozens of people raided the bins on 29 January and she was given a bag of meat. Hall denied a charge of theft and the offence was left to lie on file. Sentencing at Chelmsford Crown Court was adjourned until 20 June. 'Serious matter' The court heard how managers at the Tesco Express store had been forced to throw away about £10…

From the enclosed article we still seem to have the balance wrong. The article mentions about police being allowed to become 'instruments of the state' which was never the intention. This links to earlier threads about the hesitancy in giving personal details out and, why would you if you think you are going to be a marked man? Its all well and good apologising after the event and, I am not against surveillance operations per se but, when it seems to be more politically led than police led then things are definitely not right. We have a history of demos and protests in this country and the right not to be criminalised for it. |t will be interesting how the police handle…

One of Scotland Yard's most senior officers has announced his decision to retire within days of the incoming commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, taking over. The assistant commissioner Ian McPherson said he would stand down at the end of this year to pursue opportunities in the private sector. McPherson was in charge of territorial policing, and leaves at a time when burglary and robbery are on the rise, despite a number of initiatives he has introduced to target these crimes. He was brought in by Sir Paul Stephenson and joined the Met from the Norfolk constabulary. His departure leaves a gap at the top of Scotland Yard, where the senior management team has already been…

The mother of a teenage thug who threw a brick into an innocent four-year-old girl's in the face has defended her callous son, and insisted: 'My son is not an animal.' Kallan Richardson, 18, was locked up for a year yesterday after leaving little Jersey-Lou Perry unconscious with a broken nose and two smashed teeth. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036748/Hes-loving-caring-Mother-defends-teenage-thug-son-hurled-brick-year-old-girls-face.html#ixzz1XsO7OfgK Callas mother too, and why one year for this nasty assault, what does one have to do in order to gain real prison time?

http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/9249840.Illegal_booze_lorries_seized/ A job well done by all.

In court charged with theft by finding, the woman who took food from a Tesco bin Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357741/In-court-charged-theft-finding-woman-took-food-Tesco-bin.html#ixzz1XjuLQTob The result of this crime. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13863164 Essex Tesco bin food raid woman gets conditional discharge Waste of Police efforts. She could have got up to 7 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-wales-14888586

Well the rumour is Central, Fife and Tayside will merge. So, what will the new force be called? My suggestion is Tayforth Police (take note now, © to me!!! ), Central borders the Forth, Fife borders the Forth and the Tay, Tayside borders the Tay. Plus if L&B came into the mix, they border the Forth also.

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. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036437/The-hip-hop-cop-shop-Police-opened-fake-rap-music-store-snared-30-gangsters-drugs-gun-offences.html#ixzz1Xjljpkpg Nice one!! Can one predict a riot now, cannot have yobs/gangsters being put away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-14885830 people like this makes me sick glad to see the scumbags got life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...hester-14882105 it is sad story when a man went after a thief and is killed by a bus and the thief got away,let,s hope they find this person soon and bring him to justice. sad loss of life RIP

A German police officer has won the right to be rewarded for the time he spends getting in and out of his uniform after claiming that it should be considered part of his working day. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/14/german-police-officer-pay-uniform Should be brought in over here too.

I'm not entirely sure this is worthy of a national newspaper but hum ho. link

Apparently the Met want to double the number of available level 2 officers. How they are going to do that without there being an incentive or making it compulsary training I don't know BBC story