UK Policing News

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Police conducting counter-terrorism stop and searches at airports should abandon efforts to achieve a "racial balance" in the numbers they frisk, an official report says today. The Government's terrorism watchdog, David Anderson, QC, says that it is the "antithesis of intelligence-led policing" for officers to ensure that the numbers of each ethnic group searched are proportionate to their presence in the population. He says that instead checks should be targeted at those groups most likely to carry out a terrorist attack. Mr Anderson's comments come in his annual report to Parliament on the operation of terrorism laws. They follow complaints that some travellers, such …

So a loanshark, after taking money from a victim, was surrounded by police in his car, pulled out by the hair, slammed to the ground and handcuffed beautiful :-)

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14181344 - I haven't pasted the whole article as it's quite lengthy!

A DRINK driver pulled over by police was told to get back behind the wheel – so he could take a breath test at the station. John Herron was stopped on Bridge Road inLymington after a night out at the nearby Wagg-on and Horses pub. But when the officers realised they had run out of equipment needed for a breath check, they told the 33-year-old to drive his Land Rover to the nearest police station. Southampton magistrates heard how Herron had a blood reading of 105 milligrams. The legal limit is 80. The marine engineer, of Lymington Road, New Milton, has now been disqualified from driving for a year and will pay £1,000 in fines and costs. Today police are launching an i…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14189892 The long and short of it is that there is an enough for a successful prosecution, it's just not in the public interest to prosecute 100 of them and they would any receive a nominal punishment anyway. Sends a great message.

Sauce Isn't this the law already - that you can use reasonable force to defend yourself and your property - the test of "reasonable" including all relevant factors such as your state of mind, level of fear and physical condition compared to the other person??

fter mother's brutal murder, women to get right to check abusive partners' criminal records Fears that growth of internet dating means more women are meeting strangers Law named after Clare Wood, killed by man she met on Facebook Plan led by former Cabinet Minister Hazel Blears and Wood's father, Michael Brown Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015564/Clares-law-After-mothers-brutal-murder-women-right-check-abusive-partners-criminal-records.html#ixzz1SPR3hSwe How exactly is this different then meeting on a regular date?

It has just been announced on Sky News, that John Yates has resigned. How many more scalps will this phone hacking story claim? regards

'Prosecute Met officers over NoW pay': Boris Johnson The mayor of London has backed plans for an independent inquiry into the phone hacking scandal have taken money from the News of the World should be prosecuted, London mayor Boris Johnson has said. Mr Johnson said the police watchdog must hold the Met to account over the "disgraceful, disreputable episode". The comments come after Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said e-mails allegedly showed officers received payments from the newspaper. The mayor said it was "not a matter of pride" that his phone was also hacked. Speaking to Vanessa Feltz on BBC London 94.9, the mayor described the News of the World hacking sca…

Householders fail to report crimes over property price fears By Rob Preece Crime Correspondent Published on Wednesday 13 July 2011 06:00 More than one in eight Yorkshire homeowners have not reported crimes since online crime maps were introduced for fear of putting off prospective buyers or tenants, a survey suggests today. The Government's police.uk crime mapping website – which allows users to check crimes in their neighbourhood by simply entering a postcode – attracted 300,000 internet hits a minute when it went live in February. Ministers have hailed the scheme as a way of holding police to account, but some residents fear it will sully their local area's rep…

Women who use the internet to seek boyfriends will win the right to force the police to reveal if they have a history of violence under plans being considered by Home Secretary Theresa May. The controversial move is in response to fears that the growing phenomenon of internet dating means more and more women are going out with men whose backgrounds they know little about. The proposal has been called 'Clare's Law', after the horrific killing of 36-year-old mother Clare Wood by a man she met on Facebook. George Appleton strangled Ms Wood and set her body on fire before hanging himself. Friends and family were shocked to discover that the killer had a history of violence a…

News came out as I was starting last night. Shot in the arm during a foot chase http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-london-14171415 Get well soon

It was all over their faces when they were dealing with the same problems across the road from me. There is nothing the Police can do about it, because this is a civil matter, thou none of that makes much sense. Scotland's Police can deal with this matter, but in England not a lot can be done. The people (so called people) involved in this criminal act are of a disgusting nature that most MOP`s do not come across often if at all. When these so called people do move on, the smiles on the Officers faces could not be broader. Here is what I talk of.