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SECURIZINE ISSUE 89 27th June 2007
Twenty per cent of officers and staff are unavailable for operational duties at any one time, according to a report by a leading think tank. The largest independent survey of the views of police superintendents in England and Wales for five years was conducted as part of a major report into police reform. It revealed startling levels of dissatisfaction amongst commanders.
West
Yorkshire Honours Outstanding Attendance
More
than 40 officers from West Yorkshire’s North East Leeds division
will be commended for their outstanding attendance levels. Divisional
Commander Chief Superintendent Marc Callaghan will present certificates
to those who have not had any sick leave for more than five years.
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Officer’s
Funeral Date Announced
The
funeral for PC Jon Henry, the police officer murdered in Luton,
will be held on Monday, July 2nd. The service will be held from
11am at the Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Church in Westbourne Road,
Luton, and is expected to be attended by hundreds of people including
relatives, friends, colleagues, dignitaries and police officers
from all over the country.
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Police
Join Ambulance Crew
Northamptonshire
police are working with ambulance crews as part of a multi-agency
response to alcohol-related crime and disorder in Northampton town
centre.
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IPCC
Investigation into Gwent Shooting makes Progress
The
IPCC investigation into the circumstances of Gwent Police shooting
a 56-year-old man Tuesday night at Moor View, Rassau, Ebbw Vale
is making progress.
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New
Police Base in South Yorks
A
new purpose built Safer Neighbourhood Team police base in Kendray,
which is named after former Barnsley councillor the late Jimmy Rae,
was officially opened on Thursday 21st June 2007.
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Taser
Cuts Compensation Claims
Taser
has released a ‘white paper’ on liability and litigation
which analyses how the company has defeated 51 claims made against
it. It also says the device can reduce the excessive use of force
claims and litigation filed against law enforcement agencies.
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Shoplifters
Database Launched
Shop
thieves who travel across the country to steal will have no place
to hide following the launch of a new database. Together with partner
organisations across the UK, today sees a new generation in information
sharing, designed to track serial shoplifters' movements, which
will help to catch thieves and bring them to justice.
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Welsh
MP Joins Gwent Police
A
Welsh MP is joining Gwent police to get a taste of modern day policing.
MP for Newport East, Jessica Morden, is set to get an insight into
how the force operates as part of the Police Service Parliamentary
Scheme.
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Pregnant
Woman’s Car Seized through ‘Inaccurate’ Data
North
Wales police seized a car belonging to a pregnant woman after receiving
inaccurate data from the insurance company. Mrs Helen Parry was
stopped by North Wales Police officers whilst driving her parents’
car in Deganwy.
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Merseyside
Police Plays Host to Swedish Officers
Merseyside
Police has been playing host to colleagues from Sweden this month
to offer help and advice on the implementation of their own Neighbourhood
Policing style.
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Police
Survey Victims of Homophobic Crime
Victims
of homophobic and transphobic hate crime are being surveyed for
the first time by Leicestershire police about the quality of service
they receive from the police.
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Avon
and Somerset Camera Cops ‘Shoulder’ Glastonbury
Police
at the Glastonbury Festival were the first force in the country
to use new mobile cameras which will broadcast whatever the police
officer is looking at and listening to back to a bank of computer
screens at the police base.
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Warwickshire
Targets Prolific Drugs Dealers
Warwickshire's most prolific drugs dealers are being targeted as
part of a new crime fighting strategy. Detectives are identifying,
targeting and arresting the ten individuals who pose the biggest
threat within local communities.
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SECURIZINE ISSUE 88 20th June 2007
Last week at Woolwich Crown Court seven men were convicted following an investigation by the MPS Counter Terrorism Command. The men, all part of a 'sleeper cell', took part in a complex plot to blow up a London underground tunnel as well as a number of other locations. Six admitted conspiracy to cause explosions, while a seventh was convicted of conspiracy to murder.
CEOP
Smashes Global Paedophile Ring
An online trading ground for indecent images of children and live
exchanges of abuse has collapsed following an international operation
led by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre.
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IPCC
Investigates Death of Teenager in Police Crash
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is managing
the inquiry into how a young woman died following a collision with
a marked police car.
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IPCC
to Investigate Met Dealings with Banaz Mahmod
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to undertake an
investigation into the Metropolitan Police Services dealings with
20-year-old Banaz Mahmod.
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Independent
Policing Review gets ACPO Backing
A
fundamental and independent review of policing is crucial to the
police service's ability to deliver what the public wants in the
future, ACPO President Ken Jones has told an audience of senior
officers.
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Prince
Opens Police Science Institute
His
Royal Highness The Prince of Wales met with staff and students at
Treforest Campus, University of Glamorgan recently to officially
open the Universities Police Science Institute.
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Staffordshire
Absence Rates Fall
The
number of working days taken off sick by Staffordshire Police officers
and staff has dropped, according to figures. The average number
of working days lost through sickness per officer in 2006/07 was
8.48, down from 9.93 in 2005/06.
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Consumer
Direct to Share Intelligence with the Police
Consumer
Direct, the government advice service managed by the Office of Fair
Trading, will share its complaints data with the police for the
first time to help in the fight against doorstep crime.
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Northumbria
Opens Recruitment Doors
A major Northumbria Police recruitment drive got underway this week.
Starting on Monday, June 18th, the three week recruitment campaign
invites people from all backgrounds to consider a career with the
force, gain valuable life skills, a nationally recognised qualification
and extensive training.
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Joint
Solution Set to Transform Image Capture in Police Custody Suites
The
way in which police forces capture and store images in custody is
set to be transformed with the introduction of a solution jointly
presented by DW Group Ltd and OmniPerception Ltd at this year's
IFSEC 2007 show.
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PCSOs
Tackle Speed
Essex
Road Policing Sgt Bob Beckwith and Senior Traffic Management Officer
Adam Pipe have developed a scheme which trains PCSOs to carry out
speed monitoring checks.
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Persistent
Offenders get DVD Warning
West
Yorkshire Police is sending a special DVD to the county’s most
prolific car thieves warning them the force has deployed Capture
Cars. The DVD shows footage of a convicted car thief smashing his
way into one of the unmarked vehicles which is fitted with specialist
hi-tech equipment to identify the criminal.
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FBI
Releases Officer Deaths Figures
Preliminary
statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
indicate that 48 US law enforcement officers died in 2006 as a result
of felonious line-of-duty attacks.
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'Chemistry
of Crime: Regeneration' Launched
Grampian
Police unveiled the third instalment of its Chemistry of Crime film
series at the Cineworld Cinema on Monday 18th June 2007. Entitled,
Chemistry of Crime: Regeneration the DVD stresses the importance
of partnership working and the inclusion of community safety
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SECURIZINE ISSUE 87 13th June 2007
Officer
Stabbed to Death
Tributes
have poured in for the officer who was stabbed in Luton on Monday.
PC John Henry was just half an hour into his shift when he and his
colleagues attended an emergency call reporting a stabbing in Luton
High Street.
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IPCC
Investigates Kent Police Shooting
The
Independent Police Complaints Commission is to use its own investigators
to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting
by police of a 37-year-old woman in Sevenoaks on Monday morning.
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Leeds
Police Officer Assaulted
North
East Leeds Police are re-appealing for information following an
assault on three officers on Saturday night. The attack happened
on Uplands Road, off Roundhay Road in Leeds at 7.50pm and left one
of the officers with serious injuries.
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TASER
Device Ends Life-Threatening Standoff
According
to reports in a US newspaper, a man threatening his girlfriend with
a box cutter was taken into police custody last Thursday afternoon
after taking the woman hostage at 563 Shelby Street.
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Ring
of Steel Cuts Crime in Trafford
The
extension of the Trafford Retail Park 'Ring of Steel' was praised
on June 8th by Home Office Minister Baroness Scotland. The extension
of the £285,000 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR)
camera system has been part-financed by a Home Office grant.
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Study
Reveals Huge Variations in Anti-Social Behaviour Perception
Huge
variations in how people perceive anti-social behaviour across the
country have been revealed in a new study. It also showed perceptions
are most related to how deprived and densely populated areas are,
how many residents are aged under 25 and the actual incidence of
violent crime locally.
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New
Measures To Keep Kids Safe From Sex Offenders
A
range of tough new measures that will enhance the protection of
children from sex offenders was unveiled today by the Home Secretary,
John Reid.
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101
is 1 - Sheffield's 101 Hotline Celebrates 1st Birthday
It
is only 12 months old but already it has grown up to be a trusted
friend and confidante to more than 60,000 residents of Sheffield.
On 12th June the 101 non-emergency hotline celebrated its first
birthday.
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New
Alcohol Strategy Launched
The
government's new alcohol strategy aims to ensure laws and licensing
powers tackling alcohol-fuelled crime and disorder are used properly.
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Force
Boosts Call-Handling Performance
Humberside
police’s new telephony system is up and running, as part of
its improvement programme. The installation took three days to fully
implement and will provide the hub which will link the other software
applications together.
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Counter
Terror Proposals Could Fail through Lack of Resources
The
Police Federation has warned that policing resources must be maintained
if the latest counter-terror plans are to succeed.
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Data
Link Stops Criminals in their Tracks
A
new multi-agency communication project is being launched to stop
travelling criminals. The Data Link project is the first of its
kind in Scotland and was launched on Thursday 7th June and hopes
to combine the powers of the police and other travelling council
employees by locating offenders on the move.
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Security
Pilot at West Midlands Police Proves a Success
West
Midlands Police has successfully completed the world's first pilot
to test the feasibility of combining secure physical and logical
access, smart card/chip and pin technology and the creation of a
Single Sign-On to all applications.
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GMP
Motorcycle Officer Injured
A
GMP police motorcyclist has been injured after being involved in
a collision on the motorway on Tuesday. At around 11.30am, the officer
was riding along the slip road from the M61 to the A580 (the East
Lancashire Road) when he collided with the central reservation barrier.
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Green
Councillor First for Sussex Police Authority
Brighton
and Hove city councillor Ben Duncan has become the first Green Party
member of a police authority outside London.
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US
and UK Agencies to Combat Human Trafficking
The
US and UK Governments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
to improve international cooperation between the two nations in
combating human trafficking.
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South
Wales Police Officers Sign Up to Learn Welsh
It’s
more ‘shw mae shw mae shw mae’ than ‘ello ello ello’
for South Wales police officers as more than 100 members of staff
sign up to learn Welsh.
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Met
Investigation Damaged National Black Police Association Relationship
A
long running dispute between the Met police and the National Black
Police Association has been resolved. In a letter, Ian Blair, the
Met’s Commissioner, admitted the force had made mistakes which
damaged their relationship with the NBPA during the course of Operation
Helios.
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Partnership
Provides New Cars for Neighbourhood Policing
Lancaster
Community Safety Partnership is providing three new cars to assist
local police in their community safety and crime prevention work.
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Force
Pledges ‘No Officer Cuts’
A
modernisation programme to reshape policing across County Durham
and Darlington will reinforce the work of front-line bobbies and
meet national demands to tackle extremism and organised crime, says
the force.
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Operation
Nets 15 Arrests
Detectives
from the Met's Operation Maxim have arrested 15 people for immigration
crime. The arrests are connected to a suspected criminal network
facilitating the entry of illegal immigrants from India to the UK.
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Senior
Officer Lobbies MP over PPOs
A
senior Northamptonshire officer has visited the Home Office over
concerns about how the courts deal with prolific and priority offenders
(PPOs) over bail applications.
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Compulsory
Drug Testing for Prisoners
Mandatory
drug testing of prisoners in Edinburgh has started under new police
powers. Lothian and Borders Police are testing prisoners who are
in the custody suite of St Leonard's Police Station.
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SECURIZINE ISSUE 86 6th June 2007
In a speech to faith leaders, Home Secretary John Reid thanked them for their work to stop gun and gang violence. In his speech, Dr Reid said that faith leaders worked on the 'front lines' of the communities worst affected by violence.
Belfast
Officers Injured
Five PSNI Police Officers have received various injuries in separate
incidents at the weekend. Two officers were struck by bottles
thrown at them by a gang of youths, while they spoke to a motorist
on the Bell Steele Road in Belfast.
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Police
Car Attacked
Vehicle exhaust systems were thrown at a police car attempting
to stop a van suspected of being involved in a burglary. Three
car batteries and six exhaust systems were stolen from ATS Euromaster,
in Histon Road, Cambridge.
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New
Powers to Enter Sex Offender's Homes
A
new power for the police to enter and search a registered sex
offender's home, to assess the risk they pose to our communities,
was welcomed by Home Secretary John Reid.
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PSNI
Welcomes Findings of Commissioner’s Report
Commenting
on the 19th and final Oversight Commissioner’s Report, Assistant
Chief Constable for Operational Support Roy Toner paid tribute
to the work of the Oversight Commissioner and his team and welcomed
the findings of this final report.
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New
Domestic Abuse Initiative Launched
Sussex Police has joined forces with a leading domestic violence
charity in order to help provide greater assistance to victims.
The National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) will play a key
role in assisting the Force's efforts to pursue offenders wherever
possible.
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Police
Employee Shot in Firearms Exercise
An
employee of Thames Valley police has been shot during a firearms
awareness training day. The Independent Police Complaints Commission
is conducting an independent investigation into the incident.
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Cutty
Sark Appeal
The
MPS has allocated extra resources for the investigation into the
fire on the Cutty Sark in Greenwich on 21st May. An investigation
was set up by Greenwich CID following the fire that gutted the
hull of the historic ship.
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Crime
Reporting Website Shuts Down
The government has confirmed that the UK national crime reporting
website is no longer in operation. Home Office minister Tom McNulty
has said that the www.police.uk website is currently out of service
due to low usage figures.
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Warwickshire
Restructures its Road Unit
Warwickshire
Police's restructured Road Policing Unit, which has responsibility
for crime and other incidents on the county's motorways, came
into force this week.
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Change
Leads to ‘Swifter’ Justice
Swifter
justice, less time wasted and less stress for victims and witnesses
are just some of the results of a pioneering project in West Lothian.
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Met
Operation Nets 280 Arrests
An
operation targeting criminals who use the A10 corridor has netted
over 280 arrests. Operation Vinci (which ran from 8th May to 1st
June) aimed to reduce crime and make the public feel safer in
Enfield, Hackney and Haringey.
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Protected
by Doggy Armour
South
Yorkshire Police will be the first force in the country to equip
its firearms support dogs with unique dog body armour. The protective
equipment has been designed and developed, by one of the Force's
police officers, Rick Harrison, to protect the eight dogs from
being stabbed.
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Derbyshire
Set to Recruit
Derbyshire Constabulary is starting a recruitment drive for new
police officers next month. The force will be recruiting for a
set period between Monday July 2nd and Friday July 20th 2007.
Around 70 officers are being sought to fill the posts.
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Norwegian
Officers Visit Notts Police
As
Nottinghamshire Police say ‘do widzenia’ (goodbye) to
their Polish guests, they say ‘Hallo’ to the Norwegians.
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Federation
Surveys Needlestick Injuries
The
Scottish Police Federation is asking officers if they have been
involved in a needlestick injury.
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MPA
Chair Len Duvall Welcomes Operation Helios Resolution
Responding
to the announcement that mutually acceptable terms have been agreed
resolving all disputes arising out of Operation Helios, Len Duvall,
chair of the MPA, said: ‘The MPA welcomes the constructive
resolution agreed by the National Black Police Association and
the Met Black Police Association with the Metropolitan Police
Service in relation to Operation Helios.'
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