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West Yorkshire Police Authority is looking for motor vehicles, trailers and vehicle parts (Time Limit: 18.08.2008)
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Strathclyde Requires Police Clothing
Strathclyde Joint Police Board requires the supply and delivery of various items of police uniform clothing (Time Limit: 01.10.2008)
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Body Armour Wanted
The Metropolitan Police Authority requires the supply and delivery of Body Armour to protection level HG1A/KR1 and associated covers to various UK Police Forces/Public Sector Organisations (Time Limit: 30.09.2008)
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Surrey Requires Door Drop Distribution Service
The Surrey Police Authority is seeking expressions of interest to tender for the provision of a door drop distribution service in relation to newsletters and various other leaflets as and when required within the County of Surrey (Time Limit: 21.08.2008)
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Civil Nuclear Police Authority
Civil Nuclear Police Authority is tendering for the supply, installation, training and maintenance of an integrated communications system (comprising AIRWAVE, Telephony and related equipment) for Police Control room(s) (Time Limit: 12.09.2008)
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Staffs Requires Property Consultancy Services
Staffordshire Police is looking for the provision of property consultancy services
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Provision of Property Consultancy Services
Tenders are invited from suitable qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Property Consultancy Services (Time Limit: 22.09.2008)
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Provision of Physiotherapy Services
Tenders are invited from suitable qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of physiotherapy Services
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Deputy Chief Constable, CNC Police HQ
Salary £100,806 + up to 15% personal performance bonus + benefits .The Civil Nuclear Police Authority is seeking to appoint a Deputy Chief Constable to join the Command Team of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC).
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Acting Detective Superintendent, Maidstone
We are currently looking for Detective Superintendents to work for Kent police as Acting Detective Superintendent. The main duties of the role are carrying out investigations and interviews into complaints and/ or allegations of misconduct against the Police.
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Senior Security Investigator, Watford
Camelot is looking for a Senior Security Investigator with responsibility for supervising a small team investigating security incidents, in order to protect the interests of National Lottery players, prevent fraud and combat underage sales – while supporting our UK-wide network of over 26,000 lottery retailers. The role would ideally suit a Police Officer up to the rank of Inspector who has recently left the Police Service. CID experience is desirable but not essential.
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Referrals Desk Team Leader, Central London
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is based in London, and for the first time brings together law enforcement staff with specialists from children’s charities, government, industry partners and other interested groups in a single organisation to bring a holistic approach to protecting vulnerable children and holding offenders to account. Essential for the role will be your proven knowledge of managing child abuse investigations and dealing with child protection issues including operating in multi-agency and international environments.
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Senior Neighbourhood Support Officer, South East England
Senior Neighbourhood Support Officer required for an initial 1 month contract. Previous policing experience essential.
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Uniformed Constables / Detective Constables, Force Wide
Lancashire Constabulary is seeking experienced, motivated and talented offi cers who are proven investigators or have got specialist skills in the following areas:
• Surveillance • Serious and Organised Crime • Counter Terrorism
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Latest Contract Awards

Churchill Catering Wins £460,000 Contract
Churchill Catering Ltd has won an Eastern Region Police contract for the provision of catering services, which includes emergency and operational feeding to Police staff, canteen facilities and vending services.
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Price Western Leather Wins £255 000 Belt Contract
Price Western Leather Co Ltd has won a contract for the supply and delivery of equipment belts with keepers & belt keeper loops to the Metropolitan Police Service.
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Police IT
Wiltshire Police Expand Further into Cyberspace
Wiltshire Police has announced the launch of its improved website. Visitors to www.wiltshire.police.uk will benefit from a range of new features including clearer layout, easier navigation, greater accessibility and Google maps
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Laptop Control In Network Failure
Policing operations in Northamptonshire can now be run from a single laptop computer from any location in the event of a widespread network failure
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Crimestoppers Passes Milestone

A major milestone for Crimestoppers this week - the crime fighting charity has received its millionth call, rather predictably concerning a knife attack. The charity - which is in its 20th year - passes 136 information logs to the police every day and since being founded by Lord Ashcroft in 1988 has led to over 85,000 arrests. 750 people have been charged with murder, and over £100m worth of goods have been recovered and £150m worth of drugs seized.

Many senior officers have lined up to congratulate Crimestoppers on its remarkable achievements, including Chief Constable Bernard Hogan-Howe from Merseyside Police: 'Crimestoppers is incredible! It is a charity that stops crime and helps arrest offenders. It is such a simple idea. The police service has three ways to detect crime - catch them at the scene, forensics or someone tells us who did it. Crimestoppers help the public to tell the police who did it. Their partnership with the police service is unique - roll on two million!'.


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THIS WEEK'S NEWS

Crimestoppers Receives Millionth Call
Crimestoppers, the UK's biggest crime-fighting charity, has received its one millionth actionable call at its 24:7 call centre which was about a knife crime in Leicestershire. An actionable call means useful information that can be passed to the police which they can act on to make arrests and charges.
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IPCC Refers Fatal RTI back to Metropolitan Police Service
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has referred the investigation into a double fatal road traffic incident that occurred on Tuesday 29th July back to the Metropolitan Police Service.
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Major Crime Performance Continues to Improve
Nottinghamshire Police, which took on, and won, a turf war with major criminals, has been now recognised by the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for the improved structures and processes which are supporting ever more successful policing operations.
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Force Praised for Handling of Major Crime
Warwickshire Police has been praised in an independent inspection of it's handling of major crime.
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Chief Constable to Share Knife Crime ‘Best Practice’
Chief Constable Julia Hodson has volunteered Nottinghamshire to be part of a national sample study to share good practice in tackling knife crime. Nottingham has bucked the national trend with a 27 per cent drop in incidents of knife offences.
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Wiltshire Police Comment on Knife Crime Figures
Over the past few days there has been some media coverage about Wiltshire Police's approach to tackling knife crime. In order to address some inaccuracies please find below some figures which show the actual situation in relation to people arrested for carrying a bladed article.
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New Interactive Local Crime Maps in Every Area
Every neighbourhood in England and Wales will have access to the latest local crime information through new interactive crime maps, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced on 28th July.
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Criminals Denied The Use Of Welsh Roads
South Wales Police arrested 27 people and seized 80 vehicles in an ANPR exercise on Thursday 17th July, which cracked down on travelling criminals and denied them the use of our roads.
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One Year On: Women's Changing Lives
Minister for Women Harriet Harman on 29th July published a new report 'Women's Changing Lives' which charts progress made on the Government's priorities for women. The report coincides with Government announcement of new laws on homicide.
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Citizens' Inquiry Calls for Oversight of National DNA Database
The police National DNA Database should be placed under the control of an independent statutory authority.  And there should be a vigorous nationwide information campaign to explain why DNA samples are taken, how they are used and why they are retained.
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New Headquarters Proposals
Outline proposals for a new headquarters are being considered by Durham Constabulary. At the moment the future of key buildings across the force, including the headquarters complex, are the subject of a detailed review but no binding decisions have yet been taken.
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New Hatfield Police Station Open
Improving public accessibility, visibility and services to the public are some of the benefits of the new Comet Way police station in Hatfield (on the old British Aerospace site) as police officers and police staff start to move into the art deco building.
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A New Era of Policing in Stevenage
Officers and staff in Stevenage have a new home as phase one of building work on the Stevenage police station site has been completed.
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Metropolitan Police Authority Stockwell Scrutiny
The MPA's Stockwell scrutiny report was discussed by members at the full Authority meeting on Thursday 24th July 2008.
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MPA Meeting of Professional Standards Cases Sub-Committee
The Metropolitan Police Authority's Professional Standards Cases Sub-committee met to consider a report from the Director of Internal Audit which related to the award of a contract by the MPS in 2003 and to the extent of the involvement of Sir Ian Blair, then Deputy Commissioner, in the procurement process.
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Police Take Hard Line on Scrap Metal
Twenty-five people were arrested on July 24th after the police executed a warrant on Benfleet Scrap as part of their crack-down on metal thefts in the area.
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Arrests Made for Theft of Lead
Four men have been arrested following two separate incidents of lead theft in Swindon. At 8pm on Monday 28th July, 2008 officers attended the industrial site on Blagrove Road following reports of lead being stolen from the roof of a building.
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Police and SIA Check Door Staff in Newcastle
Officers from Northumbria Police and Investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) conducted checks on door supervisors working at licensed premises within Newcastle City Centre.
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Youngsters Get a Look at Life in the Force
Teenagers from across West Somerset have been getting a taste of what is required to work in the police force.
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Police Puppies Face their First Test
Merseyside Police's newest recruits faced their first test this week before they go on to do their formal puppy training. The 8 month old German Shepherd puppies sat their Bronze award before they start training at the Mather Avenue Dogs Section.
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Merseyside's Parks to be 'Safer than Ever' this Summer
High visibility police patrols will be stepped up in parks across Merseyside this summer as part of a campaign to make public spaces in the region safer than ever.
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Sepura Wins First Police Order in India
Sepura has won its first contract with an Indian police force, to supply TETRA digital radios at Gurgaon, a fast-growing city in the national capital region of Delhi.
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CONFERENCE & EVENT NEWS

All Out on Police 'Bail'
Brave bowling, wacky wickets and family fun are in store during a community cricket match being held in Watford on Sunday August 3rd, 2008.
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International Fishing Day – Thetford
The free event, at Kingfisher Lakes on Sunday August 3rd, will pit two mixed teams of local English and Eastern European anglers against one another for the chance to win prizes and medals.
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Harwich Police Station Opens Doors to the Public
The doors to Harwich police station were open to the public on Saturday to showcase some of the good police work going on in the town.
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Pride 2008 Set for Success
Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Brighton on Saturday 2nd August to celebrate Pride 2008.
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ACPO-APA International Policing Exhibition 2008
The 2008 International Policing Exhibition attracted 150 exhibitors and over 1200 professionals from the policing and security sector to the brand new Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) from 25-26 June.
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Come to Norfolk Police Gala Day, Norfolk Showground, 31st August 2008
Looking for something to do at the end of this summer holidays?  Why not take the opportunity to visit the one event which showcases the work of your local police force and our partner agencies.
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Thames Valley Police Invites Families for a Day of Fun!          
This summer Thames Valley Police is holding a family fun day and is throwing open its doors to families to come along and find out more about policing. It will be held on Saturday 9th August, between 10am and 4pm, in the grounds of Thames Valley Police Training Centre at Sulhamstead near Reading, which includes the Force museum.
[More on this Event Here]

Titheringtons Sponsors Conference
Once again Titheringtons is proud to be sponsor of the APHSA 2008 Conference. The fitness of Police officers can directly affect not only their physical health, but also how they do their job every day.
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ACPO Drugs Conference, 17 - 19 November 2008, Belfast
Demands on the policing of drugs have never been greater, but to what extent has the use of drugs penetrated all aspects of our society and how can we enforce the rules?
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THE BIG FEATURE
In depth discussions of today's policing issues

The Need for Information-led Policing
SPSS' Robert Martin explores the latest developments in the use of data across UK and European police forces.
Controversy often surrounds Home Secretary Jacqui Smith when speaking of the UK's police force. However, she has stood by a decision to allocate £50 million to the police to spend on handheld devices such as PDAs. The PDAs will allow officers more time in solving crime and helping the local community, and less time at a desk in the station.

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People
80 Year Old Urges Support for Police
A community volunteer who celebrated his 80th birthday on Monday July 21st is urging others to give up their time to support their local police.
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New Chief Constable for GMP

Greater Manchester Police Authority has appointed Peter Fahy as Chief Constable for the Force.
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New Ross Boss Nails Colours To Mast

Police teams across South Herefordshire have a new skipper at the helm of policing operations and he has already made big inroads in addressing anti-social behaviour problems on his patch.
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New Chief Super Takes the Helm

A new Chief Superintendent has taken over the reins of the North Staffordshire Division, following the retirement of Steve Loxley.
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Two New Members for Police Authority
Two new members of the Northamptonshire Police Authority were introduced at a full meeting held at Brooke House in Northampton.
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Leicester Students Gain a First!

Leicestershire Constabulary has celebrated its first group of student officers to be awarded the Foundation Degree in Policing from De Montfort University (DMU).
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Young People From Corby Help Train PCSOs
Young people from Corby travelled to Wootton Hall to help prepare PCSOs on Safer Community Teams for life on county streets.
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Crime Busters Collect Top Honours
Crime Busters who worked to crack ‘walk-in’ burglaries across Trent Valley have picked up a top Home Office honour.
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Helicopter Unit Recognised at Police Bravery Awards
Members of the joint Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Police Helicopter Unit have recently been named three of Britain's bravest in the Police Bravery Awards organised by the Police Federation in partnership with The Sun newspaper.
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Special Receives Commendation

A Special Constable in Taunton received a District Commander's Commendation last week for his actions to save a person attempting to commit suicide.
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Force Hosts Chernobyl Children's Visit
On Thursday 10th July Lincolnshire Police hosted a visit by 13 children from Chernobyl, arranged by the Hykeham and Lincoln office of the 'Chernobyl Children's Life Line' charity. 
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Fundraising Helps Charity Build for the Future
A fundraising golf tournament organised by Northumbria Police has helped a north east charity build for the future.
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Final Countdown for Bury Ultraman
A Bury St Edmunds police officer is making his final preparations for the ultimate endurance challenge next month, as he gets ready for Ultraman Canada.
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Surrey PCSO Helps Raise £1,300 for Charity
An Epsom Police Community Support Officer has helped raised at least £1,300 following a hugely successful sponsored dogs walk, and is planning another event next year.
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Forensic
Schools Secure For Summer Siesta
Schools in the Wakefield district are using new technology to combat burglaries and stay secure for the summer. Wakefield District Police and Wakefield Council have teamed up together to reduce crime in local schools using liquid DNA - a hi-tech crime deterrent.
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Smartwater Will Test Your Metal
An operation to clamp down on thieves cashing in on stealing metal, then trading it in at local scrap yards, is being carried out across Teesside.
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250 DNA Spit Kits for Taxi Drivers in Chiltern
Taxi drivers in Thames Valley's Chiltern district have been issued with 250 DNA spit kits to help them improve their safety and confidence while helping to tackle anti-social behaviour at the same time.
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Equipment & Clothing
Merseyside Police Trials Satellite Technology
Thousands of people visited Merseyside at the weekend for the Tall Ships and Open Golf Championship events and Merseyside Police worked hard to ensure that they had a safe and exciting time watching them.
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Neighbourhood Policing Goes Eco
Neighbourhood police teams in Brighton & Hove have taken delivery of an eco-friendly, electric vehicle.
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Silent Sentry
Robert Simpson, Managing Director of RDS Innovations Limited, has developed an automatic door security system that prevents unauthorised home penetration through the front/rear door.
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4C Controls for Anti Terrorism
4C Controls is a new company designed to combat growing security threats and global terrorism through integrated security solutions.
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Power Products from DMS Technologies
For tactical units who require remote portable power to drive, for example, covert cameras and perimeter security devices, DMS technologies has developed a range of Remote Portable Powerpacks for either AC or DC supplies.
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