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This is a place to discuss things of a serious nature that aren't connected to policing. It can be news stories or subjects of interest unrelated to policing in this country or abroad.

  1. DeltaFoxtrot
    Started by DeltaFoxtrot,

    I saw this on Youtube...... i was touched...... its a remarkable story about a dog saving another dog on a busy highway in Latin America. Outstanding !!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDlRbAX7_Vs&feature=related

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  2. Horse_renoir
    Started by Horse_renoir,

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-15769923 Absolutely disgusting, although this is what we have had to put up with in NI for years. There are more and more memorials and even statues to terrorists popping up every year while memorials to police and soldiers and even murdered civilians are vandalised by the very swine who erect memorials to these terrorist scum

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  3. MrKguy
    Started by MrKguy,

    UK terror suspects killed in attack Published on Friday 18 November 2011 20:05 Two British nationals are believed to have been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan, family and friends of the men said. Terror suspects Ibrahim Adam and Mohammed Azmir are thought to have died in a CIA missile strike on Waziristan, a remote and lawless mountainous region along the border with Afghanistan. Adam's father confirmed that his son was killed by an American unmanned aircraft. A close friend of Azmir's family, who did not want to be named, said: "They have taken it very badly - this is the second son who has been killed in a drone strike." It is not known precisely when the m…

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  4. davidtwilliams
    Started by davidtwilliams,

    I know some of the Guys and Girls from West Yorks have been overseas and visited other forces but what permissions do you need etc ???

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  5. Administrative Account
    Started by Administrative Account,

    I saw this story pop up on Reuters and thought it well worth mentioning as this was a 9 seater minibus type vehicle that had 64 people in it, mostly schoolchildren. 18 of the children died and also the bus driver and a teacher. Reuters Chinese video showing the vehicles; This is horrendous, 64 people in that little bus? Rest in Peace little ones.

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  6. Cam
    Started by Cam,

    This has just been issued to the media. Although mainly involving the fire and rescue service this incident had a significant police involvement. http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/10/822/Fatal-Accident-Inquiry-into-the-death-of-Margaret-Allison-Hume

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  7. Markgats
    Started by Markgats,

    Watch the video very intersting film, have you got what it takes

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  8. Administrative Account
    Started by Administrative Account,

    Link. Seems like it's harder to get in to Cardiff nightclubs than it is for whoever feels like coming over to the UK for whatever reason they might have. Link.

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  9. Member of public 1
    Started by Member of public 1 +,

    http://www.thecomet....olice_1_1125711 how stupid can some drivers be to have a rave on a moterway underpass and not do as you told when police officers said to go, and now the donuts have had there sound system seized.

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  10. E29NP1546080952
    Started by E29NP1546080952,

    A heads up for anyone who is interested. The BBC are showing a two part documentary about the Brimstone teams out in Afghanistan. For the first time ever the Ministry of Defence has allowed the work of the specialist bomb disposal teams in Afghanistan to be shown. A couple of you know already I'm involved in a few projects with the bomb disposal charity, the Felix Fund. and have recently visited the Defence Explosive Munitions Search School, courtesy of a good friend who is also a high threat operator awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal for defusing 93 Taliban devices during his last tour. Having seen some of these very crude devices that were brought back to the UK fo…

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  11. Markgats
    Started by Markgats,

    This comes up now and again when speaking to people about crime and deterrents. Borstals were a place to be afraid of back in the day, but if they were brought back could it make young people go on the straight and narrow ?

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  12. Markgats
    Started by Markgats,

    Well i'm not going to quote how much it costs the government to house and feed prisoners because it's in the Billions. Should the Prisoner be MADE to work so they contribute and pay back to society ?

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  13. B_Rob
    Started by B_Rob,

    The Metro (The FREE paper on the tube) Female soldiers have been warned to carry condoms while on the frontline after more than 100 British servicewomen discovered they were pregnant in Iraq and Afghanistan during a six-year period, it was revealed. Adverts published in the Army's official magazine Soldier urge female staff to use protection or risk "facing something you really don't want to hear".Adverts published in the Army's official magazine Soldier urge female staff to use protection A series of chat-up lines are displayed above a row of red lipsticks with text warning that "on deployment, there will be 50 blokes to each woman". The Ministry of Defence said it…

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  14. Owen

    Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1cII8aoDY Yes, I know it's a Daily Mail article but I can't help but think how disgusting! Good to know how much respect this group has to the soldiers who are fighting to protect the country they live in.

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  15. MrKguy
    Started by MrKguy,

    http://www.guardian....a?newsfeed=true Comet sold for £2 and new owners get £50m sweetener Kesa will invest £50m into the new entity and OpCapita's investors will put in £30m of cash reddit this [*]Comments (53) Alex Hawkes guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 9 November 2011 09.20 GMT Article history Kesa sells loss-making Comet for £2. Photograph: Max Nash/PALoss-making electricals chain Comet has been sold to a turnaround specialists group for just £2, in the latest sign of the dire state of UK consumer electronics spending. Parent company Kesa Electricals said on Wednesday morning it would additionally give the new owners a £50m dowry, adding that the UK re…

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