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East
Renfrewshire Using GGP GIS
Scottish
local authority East Renfrewshire is using the latest geographic
information technology to help reduce crime and anti-social behaviour
as part of a groundbreaking community safety project.
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Lost
Property Finds New 'Web' Home
Police
in Cambridge are set to revolutionise their handling of lost
and recovered property by using an innovative new internet service.
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Here:
New
Fingerprint Website
The
Scottish Fingerprint Service's (SFS) new website has now gone live.
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Here:
'Environmental Forensics' could Identify Polluters
Environmental Forensics could make it easier to prove who is responsible for instances of pollution, a conference has heard
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'Justice Done' in Shoe Rapist Conviction
A top South Yorkshire Police detective said that 'justice had been seen to be done' following the sentencing of James Lloyd at Sheffield Crown Court this week.
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FSS Expands e-forensics Portfolio
The Forensic Science Service has acquired Warrington-based JFK Audio Visual Forensics, the UK authority in audio/video analysis
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'Pendulum' DNA Technique
A
new forensic technique has been used for the first time to help bring
a sex offender to justice
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Here:
Electronic Pens Trialled in Thames Valley
Five police officers have begun trialling new digital pens and digital paper in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and paperwork
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Spike
Cameras Deployed in North East
Fifty
of PIPS Technology's Spike cameras have been ringed around Middlesbrough,
Stockton and Hartlepool and other areas within Redcar and Cleveland.
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Here:
New
Uniform for Fife
A
new uniform combining comfort with the demands of modern policing will
be worn from next year by Fife Constabulary's officers
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Here:
Leics
Company Sponsors Patrol Car
Leicestershire police have been handed the keys to a new community
police car by a local Leicestershire firm
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Here:
Gloucs Police Runs Regional Public Order Exercise
Gloucestershire Constabulary will host a series of major public order exercises involving officers from across the South West region for the first time in its history.
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New Officers Run into the Ground
The head of police operations in North Somerset Superintendent Julian Moss is threatening to run his new recruits into the ground to test their fitness and raise money for charity
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Role
Widens for Forensic Science
Securizine
is dominated this week by forensic news. The hours following a crime
are crucial in investigation terms. The ability to convey fingerprint
images via mobile phone technology to the fingerprint bureau for identification
in minutes not days is a remarkable step forward (see News) and
will be welcomed by many forces.
But forensic science also has a humanitarian role. This week, the world
watched the commemoration of America's darkest hour, the attack on the
World Trade Centre. Yet, half of the victims that day have never
been formally identified, despite a huge repository of human remains
recovered from the site. This week's announcement that a US company
(see News) is to apply its own technique to identifying 'difficult'
DNA could at last bring some sense of closure to families.
As
well as crime detection, forensic science has an increasingly significant
part to play in offering comfort to families, even many years after
a crime has been committed.
Meanwhile, Environmental Forensics could make it easier to prove
who is responsible for instances of pollution (see Forensics)
and the Forensic Science Service has appointed an Ombudsman to
act as an independent arbitrator dealing with complaints (see People).
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Rugged
Handheld Chemical Identification System
FirstDefender
provides immediate identification of unknown solids, liquids and
mixtures, including narcotics, explosives, white powders, chemical
weapons, WMDs and toxic industrial chemicals - even through the
walls of their containers. It is designed for use by first responders,
homeland security, military soldiers, law enforcement and forensic
chemistry personnel.
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS
New
DNA Technique to Help Identify World Trade Centre Victims
A
technique that extracts detailed information from difficult DNA
samples is to be used to help identify hundreds of victims of the
World Trade Centre attacks.
Cybergenetics was awarded the contract by New York City's
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) to apply its TrueAllele®
technology.
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on this Story]
Fingerprint
Technique Slashes 'Ident' Time
Researchers
have discovered a way of cutting the time it takes to identify a
fingerprint impression from four days to just two hours.A team from
the Sheffield University, led by Professor Nigel Allinson, has developed
a system that uses commercial cellular phone networks.
[More
on this Story]
EU
Backs Terrorist Detection Technology
The
EU Commission has adopted a Green Paper on detection technologies
aimed at bringing together the private and public sector to develop
the most cost effective way of tackling the problem.
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on this Story]
Terrorism
Heightens Need to Combat Economic Crime
The
terrorist threat has added a new sense of urgency in the fight against
fraud, the Solicitor General told a conference on economic crime.
Mike O'Brien MP QC, the Solicitor General, urged law enforcement
agencies across the global to develop more sophisticated ways of
tackling financial criminality.
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on this Story]
Fallen
Officers Honoured in First Police Unity Bike Tour
West
Midlands Chief Constable, Paul Scott-Lee, has launched the first
UK Police Unity Bike Tour in memory of fallen officers. Thirty serving
and retired police officer cyclists gathered to take part in the
86 mile ride in Staffordshire to honour their colleagues who have
lost their life in the line of duty.
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on this Story]
Better
Deal for Domestic Violence Child Victims
New ways of making user agencies work together to give better support
and intervention for children affected by domestic violence are to
be piloted across Scotland. Pathfinder pilot projects will run in
four areas: Edinburgh, Falkirk, West Dunbartonshire and Dumfries and
Galloway, over the next two years.
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on this Story]
Drinkers
Tested in Crackdown on Alcohol Violence
Scottish officers are being with issued with alcohol testing kits
as part of a four-week crackdown on drink-fuelled violence on the
streets of Scotland. Safer Scotland has funded and distributed Alco-dip
kits to all Scottish forces.
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on this Story]
New
Phones for Drivers
Kent is to be among the first in the country to introduce emergency
roadside telephones. The Highways Agency is replacing over 6500 of
the orange emergency telephones over the next three years to provide
a more accessible and reliable service to motorists.
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on this Story]
New
Wheels for Lincs PCSOs
Police
Community Support Officers in Lincoln can get out and about much more
easily now, courtesy of a vehicle sponsored by Jackson Building Centres
and the Lincoln Business Improvement Group.
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on this Story]
‘Loophole’
Drivers Targeted
Dangerous
drivers who use expensive lawyers to escape conviction are to be targeted
by police, a senior officer has warned. The Association of Chief Police
Officers (ACPO) wants police and Crown Prosecution Service lawyers
to make stronger cases against drivers whose legal teams use loopholes
in the law to get them off.
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on this Story]
Met
Officer Jailed
A
Met police officer has been jailed for four years for dangerous driving
while off-duty. Tim Chisholm, a former PC from Twickenham police station,
was also disqualified from driving for five years. He was sentenced
this week.
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on this Story]
First
Plaice for Gloucs
Gloucestershire Police is celebrating its first ever win at the 46th
annual National Police Sport UK Angling Championship. Not only did
the team win the competition, but it was also the first time Gloucestershire
has hosted the event.
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on this Story]
Inspector
Shoots his Way to the Top
A
Warwickshire traffic inspector John Timmis has won the Police Sport
UK National Skeet Shooting championship held last week at East Yorkshire
Gun Club near Beverley.
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on this Story]
CONFERENCE/EXHIBITION NEWS
Lancashire
to Host Fifth National Analyst Conference
Lancashire
is to host the fifth National Analyst Conference. The one-day event
'Transcending Borders: Analytical Practice Across Europe' will be
held on Tuesday 14th November 2006 at the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool,
Lancashire.
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on This Event]
APPCM
Annual Conference
The
Association of Police Procurement and Contract Managers annual conference
will take place on October 10th in Birmingham.
[More
on This Event]
ACPO
Police Diving Conference
ACPO is
to hold its first conference in six years on Police Diving. The event
will take place November 19th to 21st at the prestigious Carden Park
in Cheshire.
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on This Event]
THE BIG FEATURE
In depth discussions of today's policing issues
Quality
Assurance and Risk Management
Few
events shake confidence in the criminal justice system as much as
the discovery of deficiencies leading to a miscarriage of justice.
A series of collapsed convictions in 1991 and 1992 provoked new
thinking about quality assurance and risk management.
[Read
the Rest Here]
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BMG
Research has picked up the contract to provide Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Constabulary with Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF) User
Satisfaction Surveys in a move worth £80,000.
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Three
companies will provide Kent and Sussex police with forensic analysis services.
They include LGC Forensics, Orchid Cellmark and Forensic
Science Service.
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The
£1 million contract to supply and deliver high visibility jackets
the Metropolitan Police Service has gone to LA Corporate (UK) Ltd.
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The
contract to supply the Met with dry provisions and frozen food has gone
to a Lancashire firm, 3663 First For Food Service.
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Thames
Valley police have awarded the collaborative contract for the provision
of managed 24 hour security guard service to the following three companies:
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The
contract to supply medical personnel to Cumbria police has gone to Lancastergate
Medical Service, based in Lancaster.
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FSS
Appoints First Ombudsman
The
Forensic Science Service has appointed an Ombudsman to act as an
independent arbitrator dealing with complaints against the organisation.
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Chief
Constable Takes Up New Role
Chief
Constable Paddy Tomkins of Lothian and Borders Police, has been
named as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland.
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Julia
Hodson Appointed ACC of West Yorks
West
Yorkshire Police Authority has appointed Deputy Chief Constable Julia
Hodson, as Acting Chief Constable.
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Chief
Retires for Medical Reasons
West
Yorkshire Chief Constable, Colin Cramphorn, has announced plans to
retire from the force in the New Year.
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New
Norfolk Commander
Chief
Superintendent Tony Cherington will move from his current post
as Head of Corporate Support at police headquarters to take up the reins
as Commander of the Western Area in Norfolk.
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Lancs
Police Receives Top Tilley Award
Lancashire
Police have received an award for developing safe working practices for
cockle pickers after 23 cockle pickers drowned while working in Morecambe
Bay in 2004.
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Merseyside
Officers Nominated for Top Awards
Three
Police Officers from St Helens have been nominated for National Awards.
The trio will be representing Merseyside Police at the Jane's Police Review
Gala Awards in London on 23rd November 2006.
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Northumbria
Officer Wins Wildlife Award
A
Northumbria Police officer has won the prestigious WWF Wildlife
Law Enforcer of the Year national award for his work involving wildlife
crime investigations.
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Lifetime
Achievement Award of Wildlife Officer
Tayside
Police's Wildlife and Environment Officer has been presented with a special
Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication and ongoing commitment to
tackling wildlife crime in Scotland.
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Gloucester
Officers Crowned for Excellent Work
PC
Mark Peer, of the Gloucester South Inspector Neighbourhood Area (INA),
has been awarded Gloucestershire Beat Officer of the Year 2006.
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