PoliceWatch UK

2007-09-21T15:31:00.000Z

Cops stood by as boy drowned

TWO Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) "just stood there" while a ten-year-old-boy drowned trying to save his step-sister, an inquest heard.

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2007-09-21T15:26:00.000Z

Boy waves AK47 on platform

A SCHOOLBOY points an AK47 assault rifle — while waiting for a TRAIN.

The lad, aged about 14, was seen loading ammunition before calmly aiming the weapon at terrified onlookers.

A workman who was targeted called cops — but incredibly they decided an armed response vehicle was NOT needed.

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2007-09-07T10:09:00.001Z

Cops admit spinning 'good news' on crime to public

TOP cop Jerry Savill has admitted colluding with politically controlled council spin doctors a about how to present crime issues to the public.

The Tower Hamlets borough police commander told councillors he regularly 'co-operated' with the Labour-controlled Town Hall about spinning 'good news' stories to the press.

Chief Supt Savill was asked by Tory Opposition leader Peter Golds whether police "colluded" to issue media releases and prevent worrying criminal incidents reaching the public.

He replied: "We tend to use the media to promote good news in co-operation with the local authority."

His comments came during a grilling before the authority's overview and scrutiny committee on September 4.

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2007-08-31T16:48:00.001Z

Notting Hill Carnival Shooting: Father Slams Police.

The father of a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the leg at the Notting Hill carnival today launched a scathing attack on the police officer who at first tried to arrest the lad, and then let him make his own way to hospital!!!

Ryan Ramsey, 14, heard bullets bouncing off the walls when one hit him in the leg. But when he told a police officer his arms were wrestled up his back and he was thrown to the floor, as if under arrest.

How can this happen in a city like London, in broad daylight, with thousands of revellers present and hundreds of police officers?

The answer is simple. Ryan Ramsey is WHITE!

Notice no sympathy for the 14-year-old boy from either the police officer or the black mouthpiece in the video, both of whom are more concerned about preserving their jobs.

2007-08-16T14:42:00.000Z

The hijab-wearing 17-year-old Muslim girl hired as a community police officer

A Muslim teenager has been named as one of the 'babies on the beat' as police community support officers.
The Daily Mail revealed on Monday how Thames Valley police were employing two 16-year-old schoolleavers as PCSOs.
Yesterday it emerged that the force also recruited three 17-year-olds, including Nadia Naeem, now 18, who wears the hijab.
All now have the power to detain and question suspects.

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2007-08-13T09:27:00.000Z

Babies on the beat: Two 16-year-olds are recruited as community bobbies

Two 16-year-olds have been recruited as police community support officers with the authority to detain and question suspects.

The pair, just out of school, will join foot patrols from a 'busy' police station.
The move by Thames Valley Police has triggered a row about public safety and allegations that forces - and the Government - are trying to "police on the cheap".
The teenagers are two years too young to join the regular police force. If they were offenders, they would be tried in juvenile rather than adult courts.
Yet they will have a string of powers, including the right to detain offenders, stop and search under terror laws, issue penalty notices for disorder and stop vehicles.

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2007-07-27T05:01:00.000Z

Policeman 'passed over for promotion because he was white'

A white policeman has begun a racial discrimination claim after an Asian colleague was promoted ahead of him.

Peter Richmond, 44, says he was next in line for the high-profile role of inspector in one of the country's most racially divided inner-city areas.

But senior officers ignored force protocol and promoted Kash Singh ahead of him as a "token representative", he told an employment tribunal.

Mr Richmond, who has 25 years' service, said he was among 20 sergeants selected by West Yorkshire Police for promotion to inspector in October 2005, but by last July was one of three who had not been given a promotion.

Mr Singh was selected for inspector in June 2006. Force protocol dictates that those still to receive their placement must take precedence over those on the next list, but instead Mr Singh was given the job.

He accused the district commander, Chief Superintendent Allan Doherty, of choosing Mr Singh as an Asian figurehead to try to improve relations in the Manningham area of Bradford, which was hit by race riots in 1995 and 2001.

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2007-07-02T10:04:00.000Z

2007-06-11T12:54:00.000Z

Thousands of sex offenders receive cautions

Almost 8,000 sex offenders have received a police caution rather than being charged in the past five years, it emerged today.

The crimes include 230 rapes and almost 2,000 offences involving children, a survey of police forces in England found.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) insisted offenders were not being "let off", since the caution would still be noted on a criminal record and they would be entered on the sex offenders register.

Other offences that attracted a caution involved child pornography, bigamy, exploitation of prostitution, indecent exposure, acts against animals, sexual grooming and incest.

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2007-05-31T14:23:00.000Z

Man accused of racism over gollywog on car bumper

Burger bar boss Chris Brown is being investigated by police for driving around in his Land Rover with a gollywog fixed to the front bumper.

A neighbour reported him for racist behaviour and two officers called round to his home, took snaps of the car and seized the soft toy.

Mr Brown, who was out on a motorbike ride when his gollywog was removed on Sunday, claims he now faces being prosecuted on a public order charge.

He has blasted the police action as "political correctness gone mad".

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2007-05-19T11:19:00.000Z

Armed police swoop on fancy dress cowgirls with toy guns

As gunfights go, it was something of an unequal contest.

On one side were dozens of armed police officers assisted by dogs, with helicopters hovering over head.

On the other were two teenage girls in cowboy outfits, with one toy gun between them.

Not surprisingly, 19-year-olds Fatima Rupp and Holly Spedding surrendered without a fight in the stand-off outside a Tesco supermarket.

But they faced several hours in police cells before Miss Rupp was cautioned for possession of an imitation firearm and the pair were released.

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2007-04-17T08:18:00.000Z

POLICE CHIEFS IN CALL FOR POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION

National police chiefs are pushing to legalise Avon and Somerset's controversial bid to discriminate in favour of women and ethnic minority officers.They want employment rules changed so they can take on more new recruits from under-represented sections of the community - a move which would severely hinder applications from white males.

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2007-04-03T16:29:00.000Z

Calls to police stations 'are going unanswered'

NEARLY half of calls to police stations go unanswered, according to research.

Liberal Democrat staff telephoned all 141 stations in London and could not get through to 65. The 2007 survey showed 46 per cent of calls were unanswered but in 2003 that figure was 39 per cent.
Dee Doocey, Lib Dem policing spokeswoman on the London Assembly, conducted the research.

She said: "Londoners face silence at the end of the line for just under half the capital's police stations, a disgrace by any standards."

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2007-04-01T18:39:00.000Z

Police check on 'gay' email by 10-year-old

A father criticised police yesterday for launching an investigation after his 10-year-old son allegedly called a schoolfriend 'gay' in an email.

Alan Rawlinson said he was astounded after two officers arrived at his home in Bold Heath, Cheshire, to speak to his son, George. 'I could not believe what I was hearing,' Rawlinson, aged 41, said. 'They told me they considered it a very serious offence. I thought they were joking at first.

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Only one in forty police officers free to answer 999 calls

State of the police under Labour

2007-03-05T08:41:00.000Z

Police stop boy, 7, from sailing model boat

A police officer was sent to stop a seven-year-old boy sailing a boat on a picturesque tarn - in response to a complaint that he was scaring the ducks.

The officer ordered Christopher Snell, who was with his dad, Adrian, to remove the three-foot, radio-controlled cabin cruiser powered by a petrol engine from the water at Keighley Tarn.

But Mr Snell, 37, an engineer of Silsden, said he was staggered that precious police resources had been used to deal with such a minor incident.

He said: "The officer said the person had told him we were scaring the ducks. I got the impression the policeman himself knew the complaint was a waste of time.

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2007-03-02T08:26:00.000Z

Police 'too busy' to attend after attack on home

While a gang of youths tried to smash their way into an elderly persons' residential home in Warwick, police said they were too busy to come and investigate.

Three helpless members of staff were working at Woodside in Spinney Hill when the building was set upon by the group at about 1.30am on Sunday morning.

After trying, and failing, to kick the door they prised drainpipes off the side of the building and used them to smash the windows in attempt to gain entry. After a a few minutes the gang ran off - but not because police were on their way. Officers did not turn up to answer the emergency calls until ten hours after they were made.

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2007-02-27T10:52:00.000Z

Innocent have-a-go hero in cells for ten hours

As a former traffic warden and store detective with two police commendations to her name, Wendy Challis-Jones is all too familiar with tackling lawbreakers.

So when the 39-year-old spotted a man chasing a teenager who had stolen his bicycle, she instinctively waded in and carried out a citizen's arrest.

But moments later when police arrived on the scene she was arrested by an officer on suspicion of assault.

Miss Challis-Jones was said to have attacked the youth while grabbing him from the stolen bike. Instead of giving her the benefit of the doubt and taking her details pending further investigation, the stunned motorist was locked up in a police cell for 10 hours.

She was treated in the same way as the criminal suspect she caught.

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2007-02-20T07:21:00.000Z

Police refuse to chase 'helmetless' bike thieves

A mother has spoken of her fury after police refused to chase her sons' stolen motorbikes — because the thieves weren't wearing helmets.

Pauline Nolan, of Droylsden, Greater Manchester, claims traffic officers told her they could not pursue the pair in case they fell off and sued the police force.

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2007-02-10T11:49:00.000Z

Force will keep open just four of its police stations to save cash.

A police force has been given the go-ahead to close all but four of its stations to the public. Wiltshire Constabulary hopes to save £500,000 a year by replacing the public inquiry desks with local “contact points”.

The 30 contact points that will replace closed inquiry desks are likely to be small booths in high streets and shopping centres but with limited opening hours compared with police stations.

Cath Hollands, chairman of Wiltshire Police Federation, said: “I fear this is the thin end of the wedge towards closing and selling off police stations. These contact points are only going to be open a couple of hours a day whereas the inquiry offices are open around 12 hours.

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2007-01-07T12:16:00.000Z

Boy banged up for booting ball

A BOY of 15 was arrested and thrown in a cell after his football hit a neighbour’s car.

Ashley Gallagher was sharing a kickaround in the street with his brother and pals when he says a gust of wind blew the ball into the new Vauxall Astra.

Owner Nathan Jubb called police, who nicked Ashley on suspicion of criminal damage.

The frightened youngster was read his rights in his kitchen before being taken into custody at Stroud police station, Gloucs.

He was locked up for an hour before dad Stephen collected him. Ashley had to return next day and was formally interviewed then freed on police bail.

Dad Stephen, 41, said yesterday: “I just couldn’t believe it — the police were so heavy-handed. They even took his laces off him in case he hanged himself. It was ridiculous.”

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Compare the above story with the following:

Two criminals caught on CCTV cameras vandalising cars in a city street have not been taken to court to face prosecution - because police said they were "unemployed foreign nationals" and it would cost too much to bring them to justice.

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Wecome to Britanistan!

2006-12-19T16:30:00.000Z

PROBE AS POLICE CLASH OVER GAYS

POLICE chiefs have ordered an investigation into the expression of religious beliefs in their ranks after a row between gay and Christian colleagues.

Officers could be banned from voicing opinions based on their faith if colleagues are likely to take offence.

The Association of Chief Police Officers is expected to issue guidelines following the review's completion.

A source said: "We've had one dispute already and a row between two different religious groups would be more damaging, so it's best to nip it in the bud."

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2006-12-12T09:05:00.000Z

Murder Cop: Take babies' DNA

Britains’s most senior murder investigator has called for DNA to be taken from babies. Commander Dave Johnston said it would build up a database to SOLVE crimes and PREVENT others. He said samples could also be taken from Britons renewing passports and from migrants arriving here.

The head of the Met Police’s Homicide and Serious Crime Unit, went on: “We have 300,000 unsolved cases where we have taken a profile at a crime scene but have not yet matched it. “As well as solving crime, it would really make someone think twice about committing crime if they knew their DNA was on a database.

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2006-12-10T13:32:00.000Z

Police too busy chasing chickens to stop murder

A POLICE force failed to investigate properly the violent robbery of a showjumper which led to murder because its officers were busy inquiring into stolen chickens.

Documents obtained by The Sunday Times reveal Derbyshire police assigned only one detective to investigate the brutal beating and robbery of riding instructor Tania Moore, 26, in June 2003. She was attacked by a pair of thugs wielding baseball bats who had been recruited by her former boyfriend Mark Dyche. He went on to shoot her dead nine months later.

By contrast, the force deployed up to 40 officers, including an undercover team disguised as painters and decorators, to investigate the theft of chickens by staff from a poultry processing plant owned by a prominent businessman and former councillor, according to previously undisclosed documents.

A police source said: “The ‘chicken job’ came down from ‘on high’ to the officers who had to investigate — they were told to do it and give it the emphasis it got.”

Even Detective Constable Louise Howarth, the sole officer assigned to investigate the attack on Moore, was subsequently told to focus on the hunt for the chicken thieves instead.

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2006-11-27T00:12:00.000Z

Police to handcuff everyone they arrest

Everyone who hasn't got a needle hanging out of their arm should be disturbed by this story, the rest probably vote 'Big Brother' anyway:

Northumbria Police are to become the first in the country to handcuff EVERY person they arrest – regardless of the crime they are accused of.

Northumbria Police will be handcuffing prisoners when they are arrested and transported. There will be obvious exceptions as in the case of the elderly or sick prisoners.

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So, no exceptions for members of the BNP then?

2006-11-25T11:12:00.000Z

BNP targeting local schools, say police

Another example of the "Thought Police" shamelessly attacking a legitimate political party.

A SENIOR police officer has warned right wing groups are targeting schoolchildren following the huge influx of migrant workers into the area.

Inspector Glynn Hookings, community safety officer for Wiltshire Police, said the British National Party had been handing out literature to vulnerable youngsters at secondary schools and colleges across west and north Wiltshire, including Trowbridge.

Insp Hookings said leaflet campaigns by the BNP had been targeting youngsters, prompting students, parents and the schools to raise concerns.

"They have not done anything illegal but there is a danger, particularly in the run-up to the local elections, that any political parties might use the issue of migrant workers, because it is a relatively new phenomenon for us," he said.

If they have done nothing illegal what on earth is it to do with the police?

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2006-11-20T12:03:00.000Z

Men who sleep with 13-year-olds 'not paedophiles', says police chief .

A chief constable has sparked controversy by declaring that men who sleep with 13- to 15-year-olds should not be labelled paedophiles.

Terry Grange, the Association of Chief Police Officers' (ACPO) spokesman on child protection and managing sex offenders, also says that the term "child pornography" should only apply to images of children aged 13 and under. His views are set out in an interview with The Sunday Times. Mr Grange, chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police, adds that only those who target prepubescent children should be treated as paedophiles.

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Only a man who is himself sexually attracted to 13 - year - olds could make such a statement. Surely this is tantamount to inciting paedophilia!

2006-11-11T10:21:00.000Z

Parents sick as stranger molests tot, two

SICKENED parents have slammed police after a stranger kissed and groped their two-and-a-half-year-old-daughter but was let off with a caution!

Paul and Rachel James (above) say they have been left sick to the stomach after their daughter Stephanie was sexually assaulted in broad daylight last Tuesday - and her attacker was freed after he apologised.

A 17-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault by touching- and admitted the offence.

But he told an interpreter during police interview that it was customary in his home country, Pakistan. He was later cautioned for common assault.

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2006-10-29T11:12:00.000Z

Police clean up on 'easy' crimes

POLICE are massaging their crime clear-up rates by concentrating on solving minor offences such as cakes being thrown on buses and hair pulling in the school playground.

In some forces such offences, which involve suspects being questioned and warned but not charged, account for up to a third of all crimes solved.

Police chiefs are considering abolishing the practice because it is diverting officers from pursuing more serious crime.

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2006-10-28T09:42:00.000Z

Outrage as police spend £450m on 'equality and diversity'

Scotland Yard has spent almost £450 million on promoting 'equality and diversity' in the past three years. In the past year alone £187 million - six per cent of the Met budget - went on 'equalities-related expenditure'.

This included recruitment, training and research within minority communities, as well as crime fighting and prevention.
It covered not just race issues, but those of gender, faith, disability, age and sexuality. Since 2003, more than £21million has been spent on interpreters' fees.

However, new figures show the number of race-discrimination claims against officers made by colleagues or the public rose by 24 per cent from 259 in 2003/4 to 320 in 2005/6.

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2006-10-26T09:49:00.000Z

Stop tracking drug dealers, we've arrested enough already

A police force criticised for its supposed liberal stance on drugs was yesterday accused of ordering officers to stop logging intelligence about drug dealers because they had already hit the annual arrests target.

The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary claimed that two divisions within North Wales Police were "instructed" not to enter the information on the force computer as further arrests would lead to a higher target the following year.

The force is led by Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom, who has been criticised for his crusade against speeding motorists and a relatively liberal attitude to drug policy. He has called for some drugs to be legalised.

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Richard Brunstrom is on record for having compared the ABD (Association of British Drivers) to the BNP (British National Party). The ABD have an excellent website dedicated solely to The Chief Constable of Contoversy .

2006-10-23T16:38:00.000Z

Police anger over ban on arrests during Ramadan

Manchester Police have been told not to arrest Muslims at prayer times during the holy month of Ramadan. The order is said to have angered a number of officers in the Greater Manchester force.

An internal email listing prayer times has been sent to officers who have been asked not to execute arrest warrants during prayer times for reasons of religious sensitivity.

No doubt Manchester Police will continue to arrest Christians during the Christmas period!

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2006-10-20T12:11:00.000Z

Arrested for ski-mask protest

JAMES Scott took to the streets of Ipswich to support Jack Straw's stance over the removal of veils only to end up arrested for wearing a ski mask.

Today, the 40-year-old was still declining to remove his own headwear as he told how he was nicked for backing the leader of the House of Commons.Mr Scott said he only began his petition because he agreed with Mr Straw's comments that the niqab veil worn by Muslim women can be divisive.

He said: “I was angry when people starting jumping on the bandwagon and criticising Jack Straw - I think he's right.

Mr Scott was wearing the ski-mask and a T-shirt with the slogan 'I'm with Jack' and 'face-to-face; nothing to hide' when he was arrested on Monday.

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2006-10-20T11:57:00.000Z

‘You’re dead’ phone threat but police to busy to investigate

A man whose 12-year-old daughter has been receiving death threats has been told by Barnet police they are too busy to investigate the matter.

Alan Hedges, 41, of Kings Drive, Edgware, said his daughter Jessica received a barrage of 20 abusive calls within days, one of which simply told her, you're dead'.

The girl's phone had been called between Wednesday and Saturday morning last week, with many of the calls made either during the school day, throughout the night and even once while her dad was in Colindale police station reporting the crime.

Mr Hedges said: "I asked him why he was phoning my daughter but he just told me to f*** off and called me a bloody liar.

"He phoned 20 times, he even told my daughter that she was going to die. It's not a wrong number - if you call a few times, okay, but 20 times - that's no mistake."

Mr Hedges said he was angered by the police's lack of concern, adding: "The police said they had sent me a letter about it - that's a load of rubbish, they didn't send me anything. That was last Thursday, and then they said they would be in contact, and they weren't.

"I have the telephone number here of the perpetrator, but they haven't contacted him either, they say they are busy.

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2006-10-18T15:14:00.000Z

Gay police group's "anti-Christian" advert rapped.

The Gay Police Association (GPA) has been reprimanded for an advert which implied Christians were responsible for a huge rise in violent attacks on homosexuals.

The advert, placed in The Independent under the banner "in the name of the father" showed a Bible and a pool of blood.

It was a one-off, used to back up the GPA's claim that the association had recorded a 74 percent increase in homophobic incidents, where the sole or primary motivating factor was the religious belief of the perpetrator.

The association said the accompanying text made clear Christians were not the only group accused, in fact a quarter of the alleged incidents were provoked by Muslims, it said.

The GPA's advert was also found to have been untruthful in its claim that calls about homophobic incidents had increased by 74 percent, and it was criticised for not being able to back up its statement with evidence.

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2006-10-17T16:43:00.000Z

Pensioners arrested for armed robbery

COPS arrested two pensioners for ARMED ROBBERY after one of them jokingly told foreign poachers they would be shot.

World War II hero Geoff Mogg, 90, was fishing with best pal Alan Cox, 65, on a private stretch of the River Teifi in Pembrokeshire when Alan spotted younger anglers, believed to be Spanish.

The retired tree surgeon asked them if they had the right to fish there. But they did not understand. He said: “If I were you I’d go because if you’re caught without permission you’ll get shot.”

The two pals were arrested and quizzed for two hours. Geoff, who owns shotguns which were locked away at the time, has had them confiscated and faces losing his licence.

Alan said: “The police asked if I’ve held someone up at gunpoint for fish. It is spiteful, trouble-making nonsense. Geoff is distraught.”

Police confirmed the two had been arrested but refused to comment further.

Stick 'em up...

2006-10-16T14:43:00.000Z

Police to muzzle dog squads for fear of being sued

Instead they'll be taught to head-butt.

Police dogs are being muzzled to stop them biting and injuring suspected criminals, it emerged yesterday.

Officers say the toothless tactic provides a safer way to tackle unco-operative offenders, and it may soon be adopted by dog squads across the country.

But critics say it is another example of political correctness gone mad - putting the rights and safety of criminals before cutting crime and protecting the public.

Rather than biting suspects, the dogs have instead been trained to disable their targets by leaping at them and delivering a flying 'head-butt'.

Sink your teeth into this.

2006-10-16T14:08:00.000Z

Police want spy planes to patrol troubled estates.

First Community Support Officers, now spy planes. Another example of 'cheap policing'.

Police chiefs are considering using unmanned surveillance drones to hover over problem estates as part of plans for Britain's first "yob squad" to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Supt John Myles, the joint head of the task force, said: "It's a cheap way of doing aerial surveillance, it's a cheap way of doing intelligence and evidence gathering. Put over an anti-social behaviour hot-spot, it is quite a significant percentage cheaper than the force helicopter."

"Wizzy", 17, grinned as he admitted he didn't rate the new squad's chances.

"It's a waste of time. Everyone round here loves getting chased by the police. The only way to stop it is having someone in the road all day."

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So there you have it from the horse's mouth. The only way to tackle yob culture is to have more bobbies on the beat.

Not that the government will take a blind bit of notice!

2006-10-13T05:20:00.000Z

Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone!

Mum’s anger over daughter’s arrest.

A TEENAGE girl was arrested after allegedly making racist remarks to Asian students.

Codie Stott, 14, was arrested after refusing to take part in a science tutorial with five students at Harrop Fold High School because she claimed they didn’t speak English.

After questioning by police she was released without charge but the school say they are still investigating the matter internally.

Her furious mother Nicola, 37, of Grosvenor Drive, Walkden has defended her daughter’s stance.

She said: "Codie was not being racist. All that happened was that she was in a science lesson and the teacher split them up into discussion groups."

"Codie asked to be taken out of her group because the other five students were Asians and four didn’t speak English so there was no point in her being with them.

"When she pointed this out to the teacher she was accused of being racist and told to go to the isolation unit.

As she left the classroom she was stopped by a teacher patrolling the corridor and repeated her remark. He then made a complaint to the headteacher and the matter was referred to the community police officer based at the school.

"Codie was taken to the police station and kept in custody for over six hours while they questioned her.

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Schoolgirl arrested for refusing to study with non-English pupils

2006-10-09T11:35:00.000Z

Police assumed man was alive

POLICE officers assumed a man, who later died after collapsing in his cell, was alive because they could hear him ‘snoring’.

The inquest into Philip Orton, of Westway, Little Hulton, who died in police custody, has heard officers did not open his cell door once to check on him.

A police surgeon told custody staff the 40-year-old should have been monitored every 30 minutes at Eccles police station following his arrest in connection with reports of a stabbing in January 2003.

A jury inquest in Bolton was told that because he was drunk, the checks should have involved him being physically roused to get a response but this did not happen.

The inquest has also heard that custody records reported Mr Orton had been visited in his cell six times over a three-hour period before he was found collapsed yet images taken from a CCTV camera monitoring the cell showed the door had only been approached once - when another custody suite officer went to offer him breakfast.

Mr Orton was pronounced dead in hospital on January 4, 2003.

In interview, Sgt Rees agreed that custody record reports said Mr Orton had been roused at 8.18am, 8,52am and 9.18am but the jury was told CCTV images showed no one near his cell at those times.

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In other words the police lied to cover up their incompetance which cost a man his life.

2006-10-07T11:42:00.000Z

Gran arrested

Any excuse to put our DNA on their database...

A Grandmother was arrested, fingerprinted and forced to provide a DNA sample - after being accused of stealing a football that had landed in her garden.

Angela Hickling says she was taken to police head- quarters at Ripley after an officer called at her home and told her husband: "I've come to arrest your wife."She was arrested on suspicion of theft after neighbour Christopher Salisbury reported her for stealing his son's ball.

Despite telling police she had looked for the ball but could not find it, officers searched her Heanor home and the surrounding land.The 56-year-old gran's ordeal continued at the police station, where she was questioned for 90 minutes before being forced to provide fingerprints and a DNA test before she was released.

A few days later, police told her they were dropping the case because of a lack of evidence.

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2006-10-07T10:36:00.000Z

Police under fire for snubbing five 999 calls at terrified school

An inquiry has been ordered after police failed to respond to five 999 calls from a primary school reporting an armed intruder.

The man broke into the school brandishing a lump of wood and threatened staff by telling them 'you're dead'.
School had finished for the day, but there were still children inside and frantic staff rang 999 on five occasions over a 50-minute period. Eventually the man left of his own accord, but officers never turned up to investigate.

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2006-10-05T10:47:00.000Z

WHY POLICE ARE AFRAID TO TACKLE ASIAN CRIME

The torture and race-murder of 15 year old Glasgow teenager Kriss Donald on 16 March 2004, was one of the most horrific crimes ever to have occured in mainland Britain, in living memory. However, unless you live in Glasgow you have probably never even heard of Kriss Donald.

The national UK media have kept it quiet because it doesn't "fit" into their framework where the only race attacks we are ever meant to hear about and know about are white-on-black.

At the same time, Strathclyde Police have come under the spotlight for their failure to police the Asian gangs in Pollokshields properly because of an unprofessional fear of being called "racist".

"Make no mistake: they use the race card without mercy and in today's climate even an unsubstantiated complaint can damage an officer's career."

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LONDON POLICE SURRENDER TO ISLAMISTS

2006-10-05T10:16:00.000Z

Anger Over Muslim PC's Embassy Move

Met chief Sir Ian Blair has ordered an urgent review after a Muslim police officer was excused from guarding the Israeli Embassy in London on moral grounds. PC Alexander Omar Basha reportedly asked for special dispensation because of his objection to Israel's bombing of Lebanon. But the Association of Muslim Police Officers says it was a "welfare issue" - the officer had Middle Eastern relatives and felt unsafe at the embassy.

The decision to grant his request for another assignment has been strongly criticised.

Former Flying Squad commander John O'Connor told the Sun: "This is the beginning of the end for British policing.

"When you join the police, you do so to provide a service to the public. If you cannot perform those duties, you leave."

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2006-10-03T12:25:00.000Z

PC strips off uniform to become Mr Gay UK

A policeman has been crowned Mr Gay UK after parading in his uniform and stripping in his underwear to secure the title.

PC Mark Carter, 23, who had the full backing of West Yorkshire Police, said he was "over the moon" after picking up the award, billed as the male equivalent of Miss Great Britain.

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2006-10-02T10:02:00.000Z

Banned: Police ordered to stop calling young tearaways 'yobs'

They are the menacing youths who hang about in gangs, causing trouble. For decades they have been known as "yobs". It has been rare for anybody to have a good word to say about them.

But now, it seems, police officers are going to have to find a more "polite" way to describe the nation's troublemakers, because Scotland Yard has banned its officers from using the word "yob", for fear that it might alienate young people. The edict has the backing of Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and will gird his reputation as "the PC pc".

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2006-09-29T09:22:00.000Z

Met backs off over Muslim protests

Yet more proof that Muslims are above the law in Britanistan.

No criminal offences were committed in a Muslim protest over the Pope outside Westminster Cathedral, police have decided.

The Metropolitan Police has also decided not to take action against the controversial Muslim figure, Anjem Choudary, who allegedly said in a television interview about the row over the Pope that anyone who insulted the Muslim faith would be "subject to capital punishment".

Police received about 25 complaints from members of the public about the protest, which was said to have left worshippers attending the cathedral on September 17 feeling "upset" and "intimidated".

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2006-09-25T07:19:00.000Z

Police to brief Muslims before terror raids

POLICE have agreed to consult a panel of Muslim leaders before mounting counter-terrorist raids or arrests.

Members of the panel will offer their assessment of whether information police have on a suspect is too flimsy and will also consider the consequences on community relations of a raid.

Members will be security vetted and will have to promise not to reveal any intelligence they are shown. They will not have to sign the Official Secrets Act.

Muslim groups have welcomed the move, which is understood to be backed by Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner.

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2006-09-23T10:28:00.000Z

Police want night in the cells to cost £200

In yet another money-making scheme...

A police force wants to start charging offenders £200 for every night they spend in the cells.

John Clarke, the chairman of Nottinghamshire Police Authority, has written to John Reid, the Home
Secretary, asking for the power to bring in the charges.

Ash Bhatia, the chairman of Nottingham Law Society's criminal committee, dismissed the idea as "crass, valueless and ineffective".

He said: "The cost of recovering the fees would far exceed any money that is generated. There are already significant problems recouping magistrates' court fines."

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2006-09-22T11:18:00.000Z

Police force admits discriminating against white recruits

A police force has admitted breaking the law with a secret policy of 'deselecting' more than 100 potential recruits for no other reason than being white men.

Humiliated Gloucestershire Police said it had been trying to 'advance diversity' when it rejected the 108 men in favour of women and ethnic minority candidates.

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More: WPC banned from walking her beat because there's no pavement

Police car dummies let £500,000 jewel thieves escape

2006-09-20T10:53:00.000Z

Mum arrested for tackling drug dealers.

A frustrated mother was due to appear in court today after trying to tackle suspected drug dealing in her neighbourhood.

Leanne Robertson (below), 22, of Hawthorn Avenue, Thornaby, was sick of seeing drugs and money exchanging hands right under her nose and "nothing being done to stop it".

But when her three-year-old daughter Megan witnessed it outside her own home, and asked what was going on, it was the final straw for Miss Robertson who decided to take the law into her own hands.

She was arrested for assault after becoming involved in a scuffle over alleged drug dealing on Tuesday night. Today she was due to appear before Teesside Magistrates' Court.

But she is backed by more than 20 of her neighbours who are threatening to sell their homes so they don't have to worry about their children finding drugs and needles in the street.

Residents claim police have failed to stop the drug dealing but were quick to arrest Miss Robertson when she tried to tackle the problem.

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2006-09-19T13:01:00.000Z

Neighbours chase thieves one mile after police fail to turn up

When a young couple, suspected of stealing cash from an elderly woman, were spotted back on her street neighbours were determined they should be brought to justice.

Unfortunately the police appeared to be not so concerned.

Despite a series of 999 calls the police did not arrive and it was left up to a group of neighbours to turn detective before it was too late.

The posse of half a dozen men and women followed the pair for a mile to the local railway station and even persuaded the driver to halt the train they had boarded when police had still not arrived.

Meanwhile, two of the group dashed 300 yards to the nearest police station and finally persuaded two officers to turn out.

The police got there 90 minutes after the original 999 call and by that time both suspects had fled the train.

Yesterday the neighbours involved in the incident criticised police for forcing them to take matters into their own hands.

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2006-09-18T12:31:00.000Z

Do you drive a 'RACIST' car?

A DRIVER spent two nights in jail after being accused of "revving his car in a racist manner".

...police officers arrived at Ronnie's home and asked him to come with them to talk about the incident. He ended up being kept in a cell for two nights before being taken to court where he was released without charge.

I s**t you not.

2006-09-18T12:12:00.000Z

Long arm of the (Sharia) law.

Police soak up the sun as Muslims call for Rome to be "conquered".

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2006-09-16T17:34:00.000Z

Cops reject tattooed war hero

A GULF War hero was banned from joining the police because he has a Union Jack and the words “British Army” tattooed on his arm.

Proud Sgt Ivan Ivanovic was told the two-inch design could be seen as RACIST.

Ivan was stunned — as he has served Britain for 22 years, seeing action in the first Gulf War and playing peacekeeping roles in Iraq and Kosovo.

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2006-09-16T17:30:00.000Z

Has political correctness gone mad?

An old story this, but for the record:

Home Office minister John Denham has been criticised by the police for using the phrase "nitty gritty" because of race relations rules.

Mr Denham used the phrase during a debate at the Police Federation conference in Bournemouth.

He was told that police officers could face disciplinary charges for saying "nitty gritty" because it dates from the slavery era.

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2006-09-16T12:58:00.000Z

Police officers who chase criminals could face sack

Police officers who launch chases over roofs, railway lines and busy roads could be sacked for putting the health and safety of criminals at risk, it has emerged.

New Home Office proposals say that any officer who knowingly flouts guidelines designed to protect themselves and the public could face dismissal for "gross misconduct".

The suggested new rule has infuriated rank-and-file officers who feel that it amounts to a "criminal's charter".

The fear is that police will be too scared to give chase to a suspected thief, burglar or mugger because their own job could be at risk if anyone is injured.

Glen Smyth (left), chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said: "Policing is a dangerous business. You simply cannot eliminate risk. If a suspect jumps into a river flowing faster than they realised and subsequently drowns, is that an officer's fault?

You Couldn't Make It Up

2006-09-16T12:55:00.000Z

Police visit to help officers learn about Islam

POLICE officers visited Gravesend's Muslim Cultural Centre and Mosque as part of ongoing diversity workshops.

More than 20 police officers and civilian staff toured the mosque to learn more about Islam from Muslims.

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2006-09-16T12:46:00.000Z

Accused in child porn inquiry to sue police

POLICE who conducted the UK's biggest ever child-porn investigation are facing legal action from former suspects who say their lives have been ruined.

About 30 people have put their names to a class action set to be launched against detectives behind Operation Ore.

They claim their lives have been devastated by an investigation which has left hundreds of innocent people tarred by the same brush as the guilty. And they say they have secured evidence which shows that the basis for the investigation was false.

Brian Rothery, who is organising the class action, said there had been a huge human cost to the investigation, with at least 35 people in the UK having committed suicide.

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2006-09-16T10:23:00.000Z

UK Police State, Surveillance Society Out Of Control

Under current UK laws, if you are arrested for any recordable offence, police are allowed to take your fingerprints and a sample your DNA. Even if you are subsequently released and found innocent, police can still keep your DNA, which is added to a PERMANENT database.

Worse still, hundreds of thousands of children aged between 10 and 18 have had their DNA added to the database despite never being cautioned or charged for any offence.

Big Brother Is Watching You

2006-09-16T10:04:00.000Z

ACPO bans police from joining BNP

Police officers and staff could face dismissal if they join the British National Party (BNP) under a new policy agreed by senior officers.

The policy applied to membership of bodies in conflict with the force's duty to promote race equality, it said.

But the BNP says it is a legal party, and that Acpo's policy is undemocratic.

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2006-09-16T09:52:00.000Z

Ex-prisoners 'could join police'

Prisoners freed under the Good Friday Agreement may be able to join the police service, a DUP MP has said.

East Londonderry representative Gregory Campbell said it could only happen provided former prisoners "demonstrate they have repented".

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2006-09-13T10:11:00.000Z

Footie tot, 2, in cop quiz

THREE uniformed cops quizzed a stunned mum and dad for 15 minutes — after their tot kicked a ball at a neighbour’s fence.

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2006-09-13T10:08:00.000Z

POLICE! FREEZE! STOP PLAYING HOPSCOTCH

TWO children have been told off by police for playing hopscotch.

Two Community Support officers noted four or five chalked grids on a pavement and traced the culprits.

They told them they had drawn too many - and made them fetch a bucket of water and scrub all but one off.

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2006-09-13T00:29:00.000Z

Did political correctness kill Jean Charles de Menezes?

See my post on Battle For Britain for full article.

2006-09-12T15:01:00.000Z

Children arrested, DNA tested, interrogated and locked up... for playing in a tree

To the 12-year-old friends planning to build themselves a den, the cherry tree seemed an inviting source of material.

But the afternoon adventure turned into a frightening ordeal for Sam Cannon, Amy Higgins and Katy Smith after they climbed into the 20ft tree - then found themselves hauled into a police station and locked in cells for up to two hours.

Their shoes were removed and mugshots, DNA samples and mouth swabs were taken.

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2006-09-12T14:51:00.000Z

Fingerprinted and checked for DNA...the ten-year-old 'bullying victim'

A girl of ten had her DNA and fingerprints taken by police after her parents complained she had been bullied.

Rhoanne and mother.

Rhoanne Perkins went to the police station with her mother to give a statement after reporting the alleged attack by a classmate. But instead of treating her as the victim, officers read the schoolgirl her rights as if she was a criminal, her mother Vicky said.

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2006-09-12T14:18:00.000Z

Police officers have convictions

Forty-eight police officers are working for the Merseyside force - despite having criminal convictions.

According to the Freedom of Information Act, a total of 42 have convictions for motoring offences with 20 being for drink-driving.

The remaining six have convictions for various crimes including assault and being drunk and disorderly.

Since 2003 no convicted officers who have appeared at a misconduct panel have been allowed to remain in
post.

Nine officers also had to resign following drink driving convictions when a ruling came into force in 1997 forbidding officers convicted of drink driving to work within the force.

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