Is There Any Lawful Need To Doubt Our UK Police Forces?
While we know there is good and bad in the police, the below is a small random sporadically gathered selection of ever-continual media headlines in regard to our UK police. They to me speak for themselves, where one must also not forget, how now thousands of these criminal issues are now dealt in (police) house.
These thousands of in house dealt criminal issues are not let out in the public domain, where in adding these many unlawfully suppressed crimes to the below headlines. As well as adding of that, of which I am an ever rising many, a deliberately unlawfully maliciously persecuted, in asking for honest justice? Due to my constant lawful complaints the police have on many occasions tried too unlawfully set me up for crimes I have had an never would commit. Including from a chief inspector Peter Thomas being found guilty by the IPCC of making intimidating tel calls to me. Where the police informed the IPCC (who can enforce nothing lawfully) they were taking no action and would the IPCC give them a hand in making me a vexatious litigant.
There are an ever-rising many who say the police are out of hand ? If you believe our UK country need fixing, then help us to help you
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/is-right-honourable-d-cameron-pm-now-fit-for-public-off.htmlChild sex crime every 20 mins - More than 23,000 child sex offences - 64 every day - were recorded by cops in England and Wales in 2009/10. The total was up eight per cent on the previous year and 13 per cent up on the year before.
Cops still fail yob victims like Francecca & her mum - Vulnerable 'isn?t getting protection'
COPS are STILL failing to protect vulnerable victims like Fiona Pilkington from heartless thugs, the police watchdog has warned.
Cops: We give up - A POLICE force gave up on a THIRD of crimes last year - saying there was little chance of catching the culprits. Over 30,500 offences - 35 per cent of the 87,095 reported - were marked "not for further investigation".
Top Met chief Ali Dizaei 'bullied web designer and falsely accused him of assault? By Stephen Wright Last updated at 11:53 PM on 11th January 2010
The thin VERY blue line: Porn shame of hundreds of police staff disciplined over internet use By Rebecca Camber Last updated at 9:22 AM on 02nd January 2010
Body-in-bag spy's teacher says lurid police claims about his private life were a 'decoy'
By Abul Taher Last updated at 1:53 AM on 23rd January 2011
A former tutor of the MI6 spy found dead in a padlocked sports bag has claimed that lurid allegations about his private life were a ?decoy?
How undercover officers squandered millions of pounds, with flash cars, luxury flats and up to 14 hours' overtime a day By Caroline Graham Last updated at 2:18 AM on 23rd January 2011
Police use CS gas against protest over tax evasion By Sarah Morrison Monday, 31 January 2011
The criminals in uniform: Almost 1,000 officers with convictions from drug dealing to perverting justice are still in the police By CHRIS GREENWOOD Last updated at 10:35 AM on 3rd January 2012 Two detective chief inspectors among 944 officers in England and Wales with a criminal record One officer found guilty of gross misconduct after sending racist and sexist texts is still in his job Hundreds of others facing misconduct allegations are allowed to escape punishment by quitting their forces
The real flying squad: Scotland Yard spends ?3m jetting officers across the globe as front-line policing is cut By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 9:03 AM on 4th January 2012
Officers took 1,497 business class flights last year costing taxpayers ?2,675,768 They flew first or business class to 77 destinations
Assistant Chief Constable given ?150,000 for doing nothing as 18 month investigation into his conduct drags on By DAVID GERGES Last updated at 9:32 PM on 5th January 2012
A high-ranking policeman has been paid ?150,000 for over a year-and-a-half despite doing nothing, whilst an investigation into his conduct continues.
Police chiefs pocketing five-figure cash bonuses despite an unprecedented squeeze on force budgets More than ?2.4m paid to top officers in four years By CHRIS GREENWOOD Last updated at 11:38 AM on 14th January 2012
Police plied boy, 17, with cider before he admitted crimes he could not have committed (AND they keep their jobs!) By TED THORNHILL Last updated at 7:19 PM on 16th January 2012
A teenage boy was given strong cider by police before being questioned over a series of burglaries, a disciplinary hearing was told. Sean Wall, 17, was taken to a police station and given alcohol before being quizzed over 11 burglaries - which he admitted while under the influence. But the plan backfired when it emerged Sean was already behind bars at the time of five of the break-ins. But the two Cardiff-based detectives have kept their jobs after a gross misconduct hearing held by South Wales Police behind closed doors.
A slap on the wrist for hardened criminals: Record number of serial offenders let off with warnings By SAM WEBB PUBLISHED: 09:22, 7 January 2013 | UPDATED: 12:28, 7 January 2013
Savile victim's fury as detective blasted for letting DJ off the hook is made key officer... in new Savile abuse inquiry By IAN GALLAGHER and RUSSELL MYERS PUBLISHED: 22:26, 12 January 2013 | UPDATED: 23:22, 12 January 2013
Police chief 'pulled plug on ?12million fraud investigation into Stobart transport By JAYA NARAIN PUBLISHED: 05:45, 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 10:38, 17 January 2013 Chief constable Stuart Hyde accused of quashing criminal investigation Allegedly received free helicopter flights from Stobart transport firm
Cops 'fail to record 400,000 crimes to improve figures' 24 1 13
COPS are accused of exaggerating the drop in crime figures out today - with 400,000 crimes not even recorded. Crimes in England and Wales fell by 33 per cent according to police despite the Office for National Statistics (ONS) recording a fall of ONLY 17 per cent.
Police have 238 crashes in 18 months - without even leaving the station car park
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 11:35 AM on 5th February 2011
I'm not bothered about stopping people trafficking - just burglary: What detective 'was told by her boss' By STEPHEN WRIGHT Last updated at 12:13 AM on 12th February 2011 DC Jennifer Coleman, 33, claims senior officers tried to 'conceal' the scale of the trafficking because they didn't want to tie up resources A detective whose work may have saved the lives of seven prostitutes trafficked into Britain was allegedly told by her boss: ?I?m not interested in trafficking. I am interested in burglaries.? Detective Constable Jennifer Coleman, 33, claims senior officers tried to ?conceal? the scale of the trafficking because they feared a major investigation would tie up resources and leave them unable to meet crime detection targets.
The rude blue line: Bad-mannered police get 58,000 complaints in a year By JAMES SLACK Last updated at 8:33 AM on 24th February 2011
Why are police so rude? Because they are trained to be Last updated at 12:51 AM on 27th February 2011 DAVID GILBERTSON: - Last week the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) published complaint statistics for 2009/10. And for senior officers ? indeed for the public at large ? they make uncomfortable reading. For the second successive year the number of complaints increased by eight per cent, to record levels of almost 58,400, but within that headline figure there are trends that should give us all pause for thought. Almost 50 per cent of all allegations related to rudeness, incivility and neglect of duty.
Disgraced policeman who sold on guns handed in by the public can keep his ?40,000 pension payout after judge rules it was WRONG to take it away By CHARLES WALFORD Last updated at 2:54 PM on 2nd February 2012 - The pair sold guns - which fetched up to ?500 each - that they has been entrusted to dispose of in a four-year racket.
Policeman stole ?70,000 in banks fraud to fund affair with fellow officer... but walks free from court By KERRY MCQUEENEY Last updated at 7:59 AM on 21st February 2012
More than 200 police a year quit to avoid complaints: Misconduct allegations are not being properly investigated By JACK DOYLE and EMMA REYNOLDS PUBLISHED: 02:04, 1 February 2013 | UPDATED: 09:19, 1 February 2013 The police complaints commission today admitted that only 21 out of 8,000 corruption allegations against officers had been investigated, as a damning assessment of the watchdog's shortcomings was published.
Nearly half of serious crimes let off with cautions by Welsh police forces Brendan Hughes Feb 2 2013
Potentially dangerous criminals in Wales are increasingly escaping prosecution by being ?let off? with out-of-court police cautions, magistrates have warned. New figures show more than one in every four offenders in Wales has received a caution after committing an offence that is serous enough to be heard before the crown court.
?5,000 police bonuses are axed: Rank-and-file fury as chief constables end payment for simply 'doing the job' By JAMES SLACK and JACK DOYLE Last updated at 9:19 AM on 3rd March 2011
Police officers charged over 'Cardiff Three' miscarriage of justice 'Fabricated' evidence used to convict men of killing prostitute By Mark Hughes, Crime correspondent Wednesday, 4 March 2009
'Cover up' claim as Daniel Morgan axe case folds PA Friday, 11 March 2011
Mr Morgan was found with an axe in his head in a pub car park on March 10, 1987, in a case which has become one of Britain's longest unsolved murders - The family of private detective Daniel Morgan was devastated today after his multi-million pound murder case collapsed on the 24th anniversary of his death. They called for a judicial inquiry into the blow saying: "The criminal justice system is not fit for purpose."
Police left man floating face down in 2ft-deep lake for half an hour over fears for their own safety By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 3:12 PM on 11th March 2011
?27,000 pay rise for police chief who told officers to ?share the pain? of cuts
By MARTIN DELGADO Last updated at 11:35 PM on 12th March 2011
A police chief who told frontline officers they must ?share the pain? of job cuts has seen the salary for his post rise by more than ?27,000 he received a pay-and-pension package of more than ?210,000 last year ? 14 per cent more than that given to his predecessor in 2009.
Pictured: Moment 16-year-old with his hands in his pockets was smashed through shop window by police officer By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 8:21 AM on 15th March 2011
Thousands of violent criminals to be spared jail under new rules... saving at least ?10m on the prison bill By STEVE DOUGHTY Last updated at 3:16 AM on 17th March 2011
Disabled man, 64, who died confronting yobs was a victim of 'systematic' police failure to protect him By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 10:22 AM on 21st March 2011
Man jailed for murdering his pregnant wife accuses Kenneth Clarke of covering up prosecutors' 'dishonesty' By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 11:32 AM on 23rd March 2011 - A convicted murderer accused Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke of trying to cover up the 'dishonesty' of police and prosecutors that he claimed led to his conviction.
The invisible police: In worst forces, fewer than 10 per cent are actually fighting crime
By CHRIS GREENWOOD Last updated at 9:28 AM on 30th March 2011 Fewer than one in ten uniformed officers in some police forces are available to man the front line at any one time, a damning report reveals today.
Police chiefs hire retired colleagues on ?1,100 a day to act as consultants
By JACK DOYLE, HOME AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT PUBLISHED: 22:29, 25 March 2012 | UPDATED: 00:54, 26 March 2012
Is the body responsible for looking into serious complaints against officers fit for purpose? By DAVID ROSE PUBLISHED: 21:08, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 21:57, 31 March 2012
Justice is impossible if we cannot trust police forces to tell the truth George Monbiot The Guardian, Tuesday 12 April 2011 From Blair Peach to Ian Tomlinson, there is only one remedy for police officers found to have made false statements: sack them
The Blunkett bobbies in uniform who sloped off duty to a visit a brothel in Soho are sacked By STEPHEN WRIGHT and DAVID WILKES Last updated at 11:25 PM on 27th April 2011
The death of common sense and how our police are losing the plot By RICHARD LITTLEJOHN Last updated at 7:53 AM on 28th April 2011 - Total lunacy: Simon Ledger was arrested and now faces charges for playing Kung Fu Fighting at a bar and causing offence to a passing man of Chinese origin A beach bar singer on the Isle of Wight has been arrested for performing the song Kung Fu Fighting. Simon Ledger stands accused of racially aggravated harassment.
Did police shoot this man four times THEN Taser him? Marksmen accused of shocking man as he lay in a pool of blood One witness claims officers kicked suspected knifeman George Asare as he lay on the ground By CHRIS GREENWOOD PUBLISHED: 21:30, 3 April 2012 | UPDATED: 21:37, 3 April 2012
Vital evidence that could solve mystery of body in the bag spy 'was wiped from his computers before they were handed to police' By DAMIEN GAYLE PUBLISHED: 08:30, 4 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:09, 4 April 2012 DNA found on the dead spy's hand which police believed was significant actually belonged to a bungling forensic scientist Relatives want to know why MI6 did not raise the alarm when Mr Williams failed to turn up at work - by then his body was badly decomposed
Police accused of a cover-up after failing to identify two officers who abandoned blinded street attack victim By MAIL ON SUNDAY REPORTER Last updated at 11:43 PM on 23rd April 2011
'Secret law' storm as police chiefs ban public from knowing who they arrest: By ROBERT VERKAIK and DAVID ORMEROD PUBLISHED: 00:30, 7 April 2013 | UPDATED: 00:31, 7 April 2013
I'm sorry, says embattled police tsar in expenses row... but staff who blew the whistle still face jail By STEVE DOUGHTY PUBLISHED: 15:37, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 00:52, 20 April 2013
Three whistleblowers are being held for 'leaking' Richard Rhodes? expenses They could face prison sentences if convicted Cumbria crime commissioner took Mercedes on two trips with his wife The Police and Crime Commissioner who reported his staff for exposing his expenses claim for a chauffeur-driven Mercedes apologised yesterday ? but says he has no regrets about calling in the police. Cumbria PCC Richard Rhodes reported the whistleblowers for telling a newspaper he had charged the taxpayer ?700 for two chauffeur-driven trips. He went on to say that he would use his new ?23,000 Hyundai crossover ? another taxpayer-funded perk ? in the future.
Call in the SWAT team: Police under attack for creating 'crazy compensation culture' as officer is paid almost ?8,000 damages for flea bite By PAUL BENTLEY PUBLISHED: 17:13, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:54, 20 April 2013 Almost ?900,000 paid to West Midlands police staff in last three years Payouts made for staff falling from a chair and being subjected to loud noise
Scotland Yard pays ?68,000 (the equivalent of two constables' salaries) to move iconic sign just 15 yards By SIMON MURPHY PUBLISHED: 22:59, 20 April 2013 | UPDATED: 23:14, 20 April 2013 - ?68,000 is more than twice the initial estimate for moving the sign Metropolitan Police is supposed to be making ?500 million cuts The sign is refurbished every 15 years at the cost of ?7,000
Conflict-of-interest probe into police tsar who also has his own security firm
Police commissioner for Surrey, Kevin Hurley, questioned over dual role By MARTIN BECKFORD PUBLISHED: 01:55, 21 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:55, 21 April 2013 Controversy raises fresh fears over powers of commissioners The former Scotland Yard commander says firm has no crossover with day job
Criminals to be charged by letter in bid to save cash by cutting down on police time
By JAMES SLACK, HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR Last updated at 9:00 AM on 9th May 2011
Married police sergeant jailed for getting suicidal woman to perform sex act after he drove her home when she called 999 By MARTIN ROBINSON PUBLISHED: 16:14, 9 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:40, 9 May 2012
Outrage as police repeatedly TASER terrified Alzheimer's sufferer in front of his wife because he didn't want to go into care - then tie him up in his living room By CHRIS BROOKE PUBLISHED: 18:20, 9 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:09, 10 May 2012 - Police shot Peter Russell with several Taser stun rounds, before manhandling him to the living room floor His arms and legs were tied together and he was carried outside ?like a bag of potatoes? in full view of horrified neighbours Two months later Mr Russell is still receiving psychiatric treatment in hospital and his wife Diane, 50, remains traumatized Alzheimer?s Society says the incident illustrates a lack of understanding in society of dementia
Met gun teams get 'deadlier bullets': Type used to kill Jean Charles de Menezes to become standard issue By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 8:48 PM on 11th May 2011
'Sonic cannons' emitting pain-inducing noise to be used during Olympics to keep crowds under control By MARIO LEDWITH PUBLISHED: 02:06, 12 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:08, 12 May 2012
Murder lifer Sam Hallam is cleared after 7? years Jubilant ... freed Sam - now 24 - and his mother Wendy By CHRIS POLLARD Published: Today 17 May 2012 at 00:35
Dr Kelly police probe thrown into doubt over riddle of prints on 'missing' dental records
By MILES GOSLETT Last updated at 1:08 AM on 23rd May 2011 - The police?s handling of the David Kelly case was thrown into fresh doubt last night amid a riddle over his dental records. On the day the weapons inspector?s body was found in woodland close to his Oxfordshire home, there was an alleged break-in at his dentist?s surgery. Dr Kelly?s dental records went missing for 48 hours before being found again inside the surgery.
So, we've recovered your stolen car, Sir. Sorry it's a bit smashed up: Moment police attacked thief with baseball bats By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 11:12 PM on 23rd May 2011
As traffic crawls along a busy carriageway, the gentle hum of idle motors is shattered when a shouting, bat-wielding gang launches a violent attack on a Mini. The five attackers smash the car's windows, pile inside and haul the driver onto the tarmac... all to the tune of Tracy Chapman's hit single Fast Car. But these aren't thugs hell-bent on gangland revenge, they are experienced police officers apprehending a suspected car thief.
'An abuse of taxpayers' money': ?180,000 pay-off for Scotland Yard police chief at centre of misconduct investigation By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 11:27 PM on 27th May 2011
Girl risks her life to rescue woman from hoodies - as police sit in their car and do nothing
By TAMARA COHEN Last updated at 1:22 AM on 28th May 2011
Former Met officer from unit that protects Royal Family arrested over illegal payments to police By MATT BLAKE PUBLISHED: 12:10, 3 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:44, 3 May 2012
A former specialist police officer who worked for Scotland Yard's division in charge of protecting the Royal Family was arrested today by detectives probing corrupt payments to public officials. He is 27th to be arrested by detectives working for Operation Elveden
Sacked in secret: The hushed-up hearings of police who are found guilty of crimes and misconduct By ELEANOR HARDING Last updated at 9:06 AM on 9th May 2011 - Two officers in Northern Ireland kicked out of force for being drunk while armed Hundreds of police officers accused of crimes and misconduct are being sacked in secret hearings, according to new documents. Forces across the UK are hushing up the dismissal of 160 officers every year for offences ranging from assault to leaking confidential information. The documents, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, give an embarrassing insight into constabularies and raise questions about their transparency.
Twisted arm of the law: Police pair who ?tortured? man in custody ordered to pay him just ?100 compensation By DAVID GERGES PUBLISHED: 19:35, 11 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:40, 11 May 2012
Victim had been arrested by police on suspicion of breaching a bail order He told how he feared he would die whilst being assaulted
Disgraced chief constable who tried to help relative get a job is given ?250,000 golden goodbye By PAUL SIMS PUBLISHED: 14:42, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 15:32, 17 May 2012
Anti-corruption detectives accused of 'pocketing bribes worth ?20,000 from private investigators' By CHRIS GREENWOOD PUBLISHED: 01:55, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:55, 23 May 2012
Lost police evidence helped collapse Daniel Morgan murder case Simon Gaskell May 21 2012
The ?70m police smartphones fiasco: Scheme to cut paperwork yields just ?600,000 in savings By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 00:09, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:39, 30 May 2012
A ?71million scheme to give police officers and staff a smartphone and other devices to cut paperwork has yielded just ?600,000 in savings, a damning report from MPs has found.
This was ?woeful?, falling far short of the plan to save the police service ?125million, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
Cocaine-dealing PCSO tipped off criminal gang where cannabis factories were so they could steal drugs By JAMES DRUMMOND PUBLISHED: 17:09, 2 May 2013 | UPDATED: 18:36, 2 May 2013
New chief constable in charge of cutting ?44m from force budget will earn ?192,000-a-year By JAMES DRUMMOND PUBLISHED: 11:09, 2 May 2013 | UPDATED: 13:23, 2 May 2013
Third of police forces won't name suspects after they are charged, despite senior officers saying service 'is more open than ever' By JACK DOYLE PUBLISHED: 23:22, 2 May 2013 | UPDATED: 23:24, 2 May 2013
Ten months in prison for police sergeant who tried to sell a story about Katie Price's daughter to the News of the World - By ROB COOPER PUBLISHED: 12:32, 9 May 2013 | UPDATED: 14:04, 9 May 2013 - James Bowes, 30, gave the Sunday tabloid a story about Princess Tiaamii - He revealed how child protection officers went to Peter Andre's home - He later sold information to The Sun about a child who was bitten by a fox
?85,000 crime tsar used sham office to hike expenses 6,000% (and he's the first Police Commissioner to hire a chauffeur as well) - By MARTIN BECKFORD PUBLISHED: 21:58, 11 May 2013 | UPDATED: 23:01, 11 May 2013 - Anthony Stansfeld accused of a ?cynical scam? to milk travel expenses - Stansfeld has now become the first PCC to appoint a chauffeur - It will cost taxpayers at least ?20,000 a year for his Audi A6 - Anthony Stansfeld, the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, could not claim for the cost of the 45-minute drive from his home to the force?s headquarters every morning. - He changed his main office to a single room in a police station just four miles from his house. - It meant Mr Stansfeld could then receive expenses for every journey he made to the police HQ, after briefly checking in at the smaller office. In the first few weeks after the move he clocked up over 1,000 miles and was paid more than ?450 of public money ? a 6,181 per cent rise on the ?7 he received the previous month. - And in a further twist, Mr Stansfeld has now become the first PCC to appoint a chauffeur to ferry him back and forth to work. It means his mileage claims have ceased but it will cost taxpayers at least ?20,000 a year for him to be driven around in an Audi
Britain's top police chief backs law to keep courts secret - even when journalists know the suspects - By ROBERT VERKAIK - PUBLISHED: 22:00, 11 May 2013 | UPDATED: 23:45, 11 May 2013
Under new rules police will be banned from confirming suspects - Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe agrees rules should be strict as possible - Lord Justice Leveson also called for a blanket ban on naming suspects
Saville victims slam police report which says they DIDN'T cover up his sex crimes By CHRIS BROOKE PUBLISHED: 07:29, 10 May 2013 | UPDATED: 00:30, 11 May 2013
West Yorkshire Police report claims police did not protect Savile - But one officer said Savile 'gets so many of these type of complaints' - Police would attend 'Friday Morning Club' meetings at Savile's home - Victims' lawyer attacks police report saying, 'It doesn't add up' - Despite police being contacted by Surrey colleagues in 2007 about a sexual abuse inquiry involving Savile, he was still used the following year to front two crime prevention campaigns in his home city.
Cops ?fixed it for Jim? ? West Yorks Police's Savile probe clears officers ? Victims accuse cops of whitewash over sex beast ? By PAUL SIMS Published: 10 hrs ago TV PAEDO Jimmy Savile?s vile crimes were covered up in a police whitewash going back DECADES, it was claimed last night.
A report into the sex beast?s links to star-struck cops revealed he attacked at least 68 victims in West Yorkshire alone ? with the youngest aged just FIVE. - Yet the force claimed they could find no evidence of allegations against him during his lifetime. - Vital paperwork was either lost or destroyed, while retired detectives blamed memory loss for reams of missing information. - Last night Savile?s victims blasted the report?s findings as ?lies? and a ?complete whitewash?.
Metropolitan Police give out cautions for a quarter of ALL crimes including rapes, drug trafficking and robbery By HUGO GYE PUBLISHED: 12:10, 13 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:10, 13 May 2013
Scotland Yard gave out 30,000 cautions in a year - some for serious crimes - 5,000 cautions for violence, 131 for robbery and five given to rapists - 'Criminals are getting away with serious offences,' says politician
Is this nurse serving 30 years for murders that never happened? Compelling new evidence suggests 'Angel of Death' is innocent - By DAVID ROSE PUBLISHED: 22:32, 18 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:52, 19 May 2013 - Colin Norris was jailed in 2008 for four murders and an attempted murder - The prosecution at his trial said the victims all died from hypoglycaemia
It was claimed blood sugar condition almost never arises spontaneously - Prosecution suggested Norris injected patients with insulin to trigger it - But new studies show hypoglycaemia in elderly patients for other reasons - Six others died from condition in Norris' hospitals but were not his patients - Criminal Case Review Commission is 'actively pursuing' fresh evidence
The West Yorkshire police inquiry into the alleged murders at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's, took no account of these further deaths. Apparently officers were fixated on Norris as a suspect. Their chief superintendent had reviewed the Harold Shipman case, after which police were criticised for not catching Shipman soon enough.
Met Police 'gagged' Leveson Inquiry from addressing claims senior officer leaked information to the News of the World - By CHRIS GREENWOOD PUBLISHED: 21:02, 20 May 2013 | UPDATED: 21:07, 20 May 2013 - Force claimed 'public interest immunity' to ban paperwork disclosure - Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe faces calls to 'urgently review' development - Labour MP Tom Watson says cover-up claims are 'remarkably serious'
The Leveson Inquiry was under fire tonight after claims Scotland Yard gagged it over extraordinary allegations against a senior officer. - Fresh questions emerged about its effectiveness as it emerged a report detailing suspicions that the officer was leaking to the News of the World was withheld. - The London force claimed a 'public interest immunity certificate' to ban the disclosure of paperwork accusing the officer of obtaining confidential information.
'She cried out for help that never came': Family of mother strangled by her ex-boyfriend call for full inquiry into catalogue of police failings By MARTIN ROBINSON PUBLISHED: 08:17, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 14:24, 21 May 2013 - Maria Stubbings, 50, was killed by Marc Chivers at home in December 2008 - Mother of two had complained to police about him on several occasions
Police watchdog releases damning report saying officers failed to protect her - 'It's hard to understand how they got it so wrong,' her son Benji said - Family wants inquiry into why domestic abuse victims aren't better protected
Police slammed for taking 10 HOURS to release photo of killer dubbed 'Black Dog Strangler' after he escaped secure mental hospital By DANIEL MILLER PUBLISHED: 20:49, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 07:33, 24 May 2013 - Phillip Westwater was at large for 12 hours before being found at a gay bar He had killed one gay man and slashed another's throat in a pub fight But It took three hours for police to change his status to unlawfully at large No photograph was released until about 10 hours after he had fled
Outrage after new crime tsar spends ?17,000 of taxpayer cash decorating his office
Essex commissioner Nick Alston used ?17,000 of taxpayer's money - By GLEN OWEN PUBLISHED: 22:14, 25 May 2013 | UPDATED: 22:14, 25 May 2013 - The bill included more than ?10,000 on ?wall coverings? - Figures show that PCCs cost more than the police authorities they replaced - A spokesman for Alston said the work was necessary to free up space for the commissioner
57,000 people are on police bail with one man, 45, still waiting to find out if he will be charged THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS after his arrest - By MARTIN ROBINSON PUBLISHED: 14:02, 28 May 2013 | UPDATED: 14:48, 28 May 2013 - Experts call for 28-day limit on bail period in light of new figures - One man is still waiting to hear his fate from police 42 months after arrest - Thousands each year wait 6 months for case to move forward or be axed - Largest number are in London, followed by West Yorkshire then Manchester
?7.7m bill for garden leave cops (June) By ANTHONY FRANCE Published: Today
MORE than 200 cops are suspended on full pay at a cost to taxpayers of ?7.7million a year in wages.
Police 'screen out' crimes that are too hard to solve By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor 6:36AM BST 01 Jun 2011
Entire neighbourhood police team under investigation over misconduct and criminal charges claims By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:53 AM on 16th June 2010
Another 165,000 innocent people put on DNA database despite Coalition vow to wipe details By REBECCA CAMBER, CRIME REPORTER PUBLISHED: 23:47, 4 June 2012 | UPDATED: 23:49, 4 June 2012
100 threats to kill: Ex-partner terrorised mother by text before shooting her and their daughter. So why didn't police do anything? By REBECCA EVANS, NICK FAGGE and ELEANOR HARDING Last updated at 10:56 AM on 7th June 2011 Watchdog probes claims police knew of volatile situation between parents
Former Marine who murdered neighbour was TWICE turned away by police when he tried to confess By TOM GARDNER PUBLISHED: 11:04, 7 June 2012 | UPDATED: 16:12, 7 June 2012
PC 'beat teenage French tourist for urinating in public until he was dripping with blood'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 4:33 PM on 7th June 2011 - Local residents at first mistook officer for a mugger
The Northern Echo 11:34am Fri 24 Jun 11 As thousands of public sector workers prepare to strike over job losses, pay freezes and pension cuts, a former North-East police authority chief executive walks away with ?361,950. THOUSANDS of North-East public sector workers will go on strike over job losses, pay freezes and pension cutbacks next week. Yet the former chief executive of Cleveland Police Authority has walked away with an astonishing ?361,950 redundancy package.
Their dream is a 'British FBI' - the reality may be our own KGB By PETER HITCHENS PUBLISHED: 21:59, 2 June 2012 | UPDATED: 21:59, 2 June 2012
This Winsor bluster is simply an attempt by the police to keep their cushy working conditions By JACK DOYLE PUBLISHED: 11:35, 8 June 2012 | UPDATED: 16:19, 8 June 2012 But behind the bluster is the naked self-interest of an organisation determined to retain 1970s working practices and pay, perks and pensions that were ludicrously generous in the good times and are now completely indefensible and utterly unaffordable. What really sticks in the craw is the fact that some 200 Fed officers are paid by the taxpayer to work full time on union activities, not on actual policing, at a cost of some ?6million a year.
Pictured moments before their wedding day was ruined: Couple arrested in front of 50 guests and held for FIVE hours after 'sham marriage' probe blunder by police By JULIAN GAVAGHAN PUBLISHED: 00:29, 13 June 2012 | UPDATED: 12:17, 13 June 2012
Sun journalist and serving superintendant among four new arrests over alleged corrupt payments to public officials By ROB COOPER PUBLISHED: 10:18, 14 June 2012 | UPDATED: 04:02, 15
Police demand the right to snoop on everyone's emails: Scotland Yard chief is accused of playing politics By JACK DOYLE PUBLISHED: 00:14, 15 June 2012 | UPDATED: 00:14, 15 June 2012
Disgraced cop swings her hook By DOUGLAS WALKER Published: 15th June 2012
A SWINGING detective who illegally accessed police files has finally quit ? but only after securing a bumper pension.
Eight detectives accused of framing trio for vice girl murder 'told fellow prostitute her children would be taken into care if she did not collude' By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 4:25 PM on 8th July 2011 Bullying police told a mother that her children 'would be taken into care' if she didn't help frame three innocent men for murder, a court heard today. Eight detectives allegedly framed five men over the killing of prostitute Lynette White, 20, after failing to solve her murder and now stand charged with persuading her friend to change her evidence.
Police force cutting 620 jobs blasted for spending ?500k on consultants to find out more about 'customer journey' By MARTIN ROBINSON PUBLISHED: 11:08, 9 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:22, 9 July 2012 - Meanwhile West Midlands Police is cutting ?126 million from its budget - Local MPs say the cash could have been spent on officers
Drunken PC is sacked after he abused Pakistani takeaway manager at railway station By CHRIS GREENWOOD PUBLISHED: 00:36, 16 July 2012 | UPDATED: 01:47, 16 July 2012
Fears of something rotten in Scotland Yard Published: 19 July, 2011, 08:20 Edited: 19 July, 2011, 14:24 UK police are enduring their worst crisis in years, with senior officers resigning over being intertwined with implicated News Corporation staff. In the latest development, London police department has said wants the Independent Police Complaints Commission to investigate the head of Scotland Yard public affairs, Dick Fedorcio, for his role in hiring a former News of the World executive as an adviser to the police, reports Associated Press. He is the fifth senior police official being investigated in connection with the phone hacking scandal.
I can't remember how many people I hit with my baton at G20 protest says police officer accused of manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson By LEON WATSON PUBLISHED: 18:56, 2 July 2012 | UPDATED: 18:56, 2 July 2012
Police whistleblower ordered to rewrite damning report into child's death so he didn't 'air force's dirty washing in public' By LEON WATSON PUBLISHED: 18:40, 4 July 2012 | UPDATED: 19:46, 4 July 2012 - A detective who wrote a damning report on the way colleagues investigated a child's death was ordered to re-write it and remove the criticism, a tribunal heard today. Whistleblower Robert Krykant was told by his boss that he didn't want the force's dirty washing aired in public, it was claimed. Assistant Chief Constable Andy Taylor - who was last week awarded the Queen's Police Medal - told his detective sergeant there was 'no need to self-flagellate' by publishing criticism of Thames Valley Police in his report.
Detectives took key murder case witness to brothel and allowed him to take heroin in bid to secure co-operation By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 11:33 PM on 21st July 2011 - West Yorkshire Police also ignored a number of violent crimes allegedly committed by Karl Chapman He received special treatment as he was a main witness in the retrial of Paul Maxwell Officers intended Chapman to lie throughout his evidence about how he had been treated
Police detective 'offered to pay off woman's ?300 drug debt if she slept with him'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 7:18 PM on 28th July 2011
Third time lucky! Homes of two innocent neighbours raided by drugs police until they finally get the right one - when dealer pops out from next door and confesses By HELEN LAWSON PUBLISHED: 17:28, 17 July 2012 | UPDATED: 17:49, 17 July 2012
Freed, the 'thug in police uniform': What jury wasn?t told about the PC cleared of G20 killing By REBECCA CAMBER PUBLISHED: 14:47, 19 July 2012 | UPDATED: 07:48, 20 July 2012
PC Harwood was subject of TEN complaints: racially abusing and punching girl, 14, and threatening to set fire to her father?s home; road-rage attack; throttling suspects during arrests; and unlawfully accessing police database
The acquittal of thug-in-uniform Harwood must mark the end of special treatment for police officers By STEVE DOUGHTY PUBLISHED: 14:11, 20 July 2012 | UPDATED: 23:41, 20 July 2012
In the sorry mess left by the trial of Harwood, cleared by a jury of the manslaughter of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, it is glaringly obvious where fault lies. It is best summed up in this question: why were two police forces prepared to accept as an officer a man whose character flaws and record made it unlikely he could get a job stacking shelves in Tesco?
The police work in a world of 'clear-up rates'. So why aren't they bothered about this one... 1,433 deaths, no convictions By SUZANNE MOORE PUBLISHED: 05:50, 22 July 2012 | UPDATED: 05:50, 22 July 2012 - The charity Inquest, which works with bereaved families, tells us there have been 1,433 deaths following police ?contact? since 1990. ?Contact? includes deaths in custody, road traffic incidents, pursuits and shootings. Not a single police officer has been found guilty of manslaughter. Not one.
Police to carry out on-the-spot fingerprinting in the street even for minor traffic offences By ANNA EDWARDS Last updated at 1:06 PM on 1st August 2011
Policeman found with 'disgusting' child porn in sting operation walks free from court
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 11:56 AM on 2nd August 2011
Police forces slated over ?1.1m bill for ?flash cars? for senior officers by Sam Malone, Western Mail Aug 2 2011 TWO of Wales? police forces spent more than ?1.1m on top-of -the-range cars in the past four years for the personal use of senior officers and their partners, new figures show. Chief Officers at Dyfed-Powys Police and South Wales Police were given cars worth up to ?45,000 each on top of their annual salaries.
North Wales Police under fire over 20% drop in number of criminals caught and punished by Darren Devine, Western Mail Aug 4 2011
Police to be investigated by taxman over claims they didn't disclose newspaper tip-off fees By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 1:08 PM on 6th August 2011
Police credit card spree on beehives, lingerie and luxury jewellery... and it's all charged to the taxpayer By GLEN OWEN Last updated at 2:34 AM on 7th August 2011 - Quango claim the underwear was needed to 're-enact crime scenes' and bees were essential to fertilise an allotment. Spending on luxury hotels, pleasure boats, London Eye trips... and 69p on crisps at Pret A Manger. Cash spent on the cards is not routinely audited if bills come to less than ?1,000 per month
Police water cannon and plastic bullets? After 50 years of the most lavish welfare state on earth? What an abject failure By PETER HITCHENS Last updated at 9:16 AM on 14th August 2011 ? London Riots
Private investigator 'killed before he could expose police corruption", MP claims by James McCarthy Aug 19 2011 = PRIVATE eye Daniel Morgan was murdered a week after he revealed he was going to the News of the World with concerns about police corruption, it has been alleged.
Phone hacking investigation detective arrested 'for leaking information to the Guardian' By REBECCA CAMBER Last updated at 2:42 AM on 20th August 2011
Candidate for top Scotland Yard job wears fake uniform with ?made-up? plastic badge
By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE Last updated at 12:22 AM on 21st August 2011
Drugs crime and antisocial behaviour high on South Wales residents' hitlists by WalesOnline Aug 22 2011
Scandal of the WPC charged with looking after 60 sex offenders leading to Facebook killer slipping the net By PAUL SIMS Last updated at 10:06 PM on 24th August 2011
A pervert who killed a girl of 17 was one of 60 dangerous sex offenders monitored by just one over-worked and untrained policewoman, a report revealed yesterday. The admission sheds light on how Peter Chapman was able to disappear off the radar for a year.
Three deaths in eight days following use of force by police By JAYA NARAIN Last updated at 10:11 AM on 25th August 2011 Another man is dead after being shot by a police Taser
Daniel Morgan?s family demand answers over ?failed ?waste-of-time? inquiry by James McCarthy, Wales On Sunday Aug 28 2011
Two Met Police officers 'smashed their way into aircraft engineer's home with a battering ram and kidnapped him' By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 20:03, 15 August 2012 | UPDATED: 20:03, 15 August 2012 - Sgt Gareth Blackburn and Det Stephen MacDonald 'trespassed into man's home' in September 2008 Michael Docherty claims pair unlawfully smashed their way into his house and forcibly removed him in front of his wife and daughter
Escaped prisoner who went on the run for four months was living with his mother - and claiming ?71 per week in benefits By SAM SHEAD PUBLISHED: 18:30, 29 August 2012 | UPDATED: 19:26, 29 August 2012
Police Corruption in UK ?at Third World Levels? By Geoffrey Seed and Alasdair Palmer 27-09-2006, 11:28 PM
Revealed: The ?2m a day cost of police pensions By Christopher Leake Last updated at 10:01 PM on 11th September 2010
Plain clothes police officer who kicked illegal immigrant in the head while he was pinned down by colleagues is jailed for 18 months By EMILY ALLEN Last updated at 7:28 AM on 2nd September 2011
Police accused of ?sending a terrible message? on recording of rape allegations
by Clare Hutchinson, Western Mail Sep 10 2011
Yates of the Yard is still drawing ?185,000 salary almost two months after stepping down over phone hacking scandal By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE Last updated at 11:55 PM on 10th September 2011
Police sergeant jailed for throwing woman in cell 'punched and kicked civil servant in separate attack'By Jo Macfarlane Last updated at 2:04 AM on 12th September 2010
Burglars? You'll have to sort it out, police tell pensioner in pyjamas who heard neighbour's alarm By ANDREW LEVY Last updated at 12:58 PM on 14th September 2011
So who is to blame? Police officers cleared of failing mother and daughter hounded to death by yobs By JACK DOYLE Last updated at 11:38 PM on 16th September 2011 Youths had taunted the family for a decade, pelting their home with stones and threatening them IPCC's 180-page report said the incidents should have been treated as 'hate' crimes
Met Police chief Ali Dizaei is reinstated as Scotland Yard commander following corruption appeal... and is set for ?180,000 back pay Dizaei, 49, due to stand trial accused of misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice By STEPHEN WRIGHT Last updated at 6:42 PM on 30th September 2011
Minority Report-style computer programme that predicts where future burglaries will take place to be used By MARTIN ROBINSON PUBLISHED: 16:53, 18 September 2012 | UPDATED: 16:59, 18 September 2012 - Their new software system maps crimes and calculates where the next burglary will probably happen, allowing them to send officers to that area of the city
Eleven Met firearms officers deny collusion after admitting writing their statements together in the same room after Mark Duggan shooting By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 20:40, 28 September 2012 | UPDATED: 22:09, 28 September 2012 Eleven of the 12-man team of officers spent eight hours in the same room writing statements
Driver's body lay undiscovered near crashed car for FOUR days after police failed to get out of their vehicle and look for him By KERRY MCQUEENEY Last updated at 4:57 PM on 7th October 2011 - Lorry driver reported seeing crash - but police did not search Footprint showed father-of-one dragged himself out of the wreckage in freezing temperatures Officer disciplined for not pursuing missing person inquiry
'Police knew about Milly Dowler phone hacking in 2002 but took no action'
By GAVIN ALLEN Last updated at 2:46 PM on 14th October 2011
Schoolgirl raped after police failed to act on TWO 999 calls from ex-Met officer who saw her being attacked By STEPHANIE DARRALL Last updated at 4:39 PM on 14th October 2011
Despite calls, IPCC report reveals officers graded call a 'Category Two' incident, meaning it only required a response within the next four hours Paedophile grabbed teenager outside the gates of her school The simple fact is the police should have come out when they got that call. How serious does it have to be before they go and check?' says child's mother after IPCC report
Brothel worker wined and dined at South Wales Police parties, tribunal judgement alleges by Daniel Fisher, WalesOnline Oct 24 2011 - She had been a guest of South Wales Police?s then head of diversity who told investigators he was unaware of her involvement in the sex industry.
Call the spelling police: Hundreds of officers paid to correct paperwork of frontline colleagues Up to 500 'evidential review officers' are employed by the Met alone By CHRIS GREENWOOD Last updated at 10:38 PM on 14th October 2011 Hundreds of police sergeants are having to waste time correcting the poor English of frontline colleagues . As many as 500 ?evidential review officers? ? mostly sergeants on up to ?43,000 a year ? are employed by the Metropolitan Police alone.
Police officer denies killing newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson at G20 riots as he appears in court By EMILY ALLEN Last updated at 12:19 PM on 17th October 2011
Hard-up police force tasked with finding ?1m savings lavishes ?100,000 on murals for new HQ - Force criticised for 'appalling waste of money' By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 1:53 AM on 23rd October 2011
Police force describes inspector who was part of South Wales paedophile ring as 'abhorrent' Robin Turner, WalesOnline Oct 28 2011
Powerful CCTV cameras which can track faces from more than half a mile away 'could breach human rights laws' By ANTHONY BOND PUBLISHED: 01:53, 3 October 2012 | UPDATED: 10:10, 3 October 2012 - Surveillance commissioner says advances in CCTV technology are turning Britain into Big Brother society Andrew Rennison warns of a 'public backlash' unless proper steps are taken to regulate the cameras They are being rolled out across UK cities without members of the public being consulted, he warned
Ex-PC who drove to court while drunk to answer drink driving charges is spared jail because it would be 'uncomfortable' for him in prison By ANTHONY BOND PUBLISHED: 12:20, 5 October 2012 | UPDATED: 12:30, 5 October 2012
Police car a ?15,000 write-off after officers drove wrong way down one-way street By Brendan Hughes, WalesOnline Oct 7 2012 - The officer driving the police car, who South Wales Police refused to name, was later prosecuted for driving without due care and attention.
?11,000 for a policewoman's hurt feelings: Yard must pay for taking away her sniffer dog when she fell pregnant By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 13:26, 9 October 2012 | UPDATED: 07:48, 10 October 2012
Actress who said she had fresh details about murder of Princess Michael's Russian toyboy is killed in 'mysterious' car crash By WILL STEWART and EMMA REYNOLDS
PUBLISHED: 16:52, 17 October 2012 | UPDATED: 18:40, 17 October 2012
Cop tasers blind man in street - White stick mistaken for Samurai sword 18 10 12
A BUNGLING policeman tasered a blind man in the street after mistaking his white stick ? for a Samurai SWORD. He struck Colin Farmer, 61, in the back with the 50,000-volt stun gun before handcuffing him. The shocked man had been on his way to his local pub to meet friends
'Phone hacking' security firm linked to Scotland Yard forced to hand over secret informants list By MICHAEL GILLARD PUBLISHED: 22:01, 20 October 2012 | UPDATED: 22:01, 20 October
Detectives investigating illegal payments to police officers for inside information are demanding that a private detective agency hand over its list of paid confidential sources. The list is held offshore and belongs to RISC Management, a London-based agency under investigation for allegedly bribing Metropolitan Police officers on behalf of wealthy clients. It is believed the list may contain the identity of scores of corrupt officers and Government officials.
More than 1,400 officers face Hillsborough probe and chief constable implicated in Commons By GERRI PEEV PUBLISHED: 00:34, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 02:05, 23 October 2012
?300K PERKS FOR POLICE Tuesday November 30,2010 By Daily Express Reporter
Top-ranked officers in Greater Manchester Police have claimed ?323,974 since 2007 in the performance-related scheme while their force has been ranked bottom or near-bottom in national league tables.
The police officers with convictions who kept their jobs by Helen Turner, WalesOnline Nov 5 2011 POLICE officers in Wales have been convicted of crimes ranging from forgery and drug possession to stealing a car while drunk in the past five years ? and many have kept their jobs.
Chief constables given ?130,000 in bonuses as 200 police staff set to lose jobs By Jeremy Armstrong and Nigel Green 8/11/2011
Police will have the right to fire rubber bullets on student protesters as they prepare for huge London demonstration - Never been used on mainland but have been linked to deaths in Northern Ireland By REBECCA CAMBER Last updated at 9:51 AM on 8th November 2011
Scotland Yard chief sacked after boasting he took drugs while trawling web for women who wanted sex with a man in uniform By GRAHAM SMITH Last updated at 3:53 PM on 10th November 2011 Chief inspector, 46, told dating website users he had committed criminal offences including a sexual offence
Menezes chief inspector sacked after 'boasting on dating site he had sex with 14-year-old boy' By RICK DEWSBURY Last updated at 11:26 AM on 15th November 2011
Police 'killed deaf cyclist with stun gun after he failed to obey instructions to stop'
By DANIEL MILLER Last updated at 12:19 PM on 24th November 2011
Five police arrested for 'persuading criminals to confess to crimes they did not commit to boost detection rates' By CHRIS GREENWOOD and STEVE NOLAN PUBLISHED: 02:08, 15 November 2012 | UPDATED: 11:59, 15 November 2012
Fears of sex abuse cover-up as former detective claims special branch were aware of Sir Cyril Smith allegations By KERRY MCDERMOTT PUBLISHED: 13:32, 17 November 2012 | UPDATED: 07:27, 20 November 2012 Former Rochdale MP has been accused of abusing vulnerable young boys at a hostel for working boys in the town in the 1960s An ex-detective constable has now claimed special branch officers 'knew what was going on' but covered it up
Revealed: The 3,600 police who retire at 50... then go back to jobs with their old force By MARTIN BECKFORD PUBLISHED: 01:37, 18 November 2012 | UPDATED: 01:37, 18 November 2012 - Thousands of police officers who retire at 50 are walking into well-paid civilian jobs at their old stations while also enjoying generous pensions. Figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday show that at least 3,600 former constables, sergeants and inspectors are ?double-dipping? after leaving the front line while still relatively young then going back to work in the same forces.
Urgent review ordered as ?30m Lynette White police corruption trial collapses By Martin Shipton, WalesOnline Dec 1 2011 The Lynette White corruption trial - the largest trial of its kind in UK history - has collapsed. The most expensive trial in the history of Wales' judicial system ended after the prosecution accepted that the case had been ?fatally flawed? by the failure to maintain a system of evidence disclosure that was ?fit for purpose".
?30m debacle of police corruption trial: After eight-year probe into murder squad officers, judge throws out case By SARA NELSON Last updated at 12:19 AM on 2nd December 2011
Murdered private eye Daniel Morgan's brother claims there will never be justice by Robin Turner, Wales On Sunday Dec 4 2011
Police urged to publish review of notorious Megan Tooze murder WalesOnline Dec 4 2011 - South Wales Police has been urged to keep its promise and publish a review carried out 11 years ago into one of Wales? most notorious unsolved murders. In July 1993, pensioners Harry and Megan Tooze were found blasted to death with a 12-bore shotgun at their farm in Llanharry, near Pontyclun. Jonathan Jones, the partner of their daughter Cheryl, was jailed for life in 1995 after being found guilty of their murders at a trial, but a year later had his convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal. In 2000 South Wales Police announced a full review of the brutal double murder in which the couple?s bodies were wrapped in carpets before being hidden in a nearby cowshed. At the time, the then Assistant Chief Constable Tony Rogers said: ?The purpose of the review is to ensure South Wales Police has gone as far as it can with the inquiry.?
Rioters beware: Police set to deploy ?25,000 James Bond-style laser that temporarily blinds Shoulder-mounted device temporarily impairs the vision of anyone looking towards its laser Resembles a rifle and can hit targets 500m away with a wall of light up to four metres wide By CHRIS GREENWOOD, CRIME REPORTER Last updated at 9:54 AM on 12th December 2011
Police admit it was a 'mistake' to say Mark Duggan had shot at officers first ahead of English riots By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 12:09 AM on 13th December 2011
Scotland Yard boss who led purge on hire cars sacked for using one himself on trip to Scotland By CHRIS SLACK Last updated at 9:10 AM on 13th December 2011
HARTLEPOOL NEWS High cost of police authorities criticised by report 8:50am Friday 16th December 2011 in Hartlepool News By Stuart Arnold ? A REPORT has criticised the ?high cost? of police authorities and in particular their chief executives. The report by lobby group The Taxpayers? Alliance highlighted the cost of chief executive salaries and set it against authorities? annual budgets. The group said that in 2009-10 Cleveland Police?s then chief executive, Joe McCarthy, drew a salary of ?163,011. Together with his pension this equated to 14 per cent of the authority?s ?1.27m total budget. Only the remuneration paid to the chief executive of Gwent Police Authority as a percentage of its total budget was greater ? 16 per cent. The salary paid to Mr McCarthy, who left the authority last year, dwarfed that paid to chief executives in Durham (?60,000), North Yorkshire (?83,000) and the much larger police authority in Northumbria, where only ?27,704 was paid to its chief executive in 2009-10. The report also detailed allowances paid to police authority members, which totalled ?902,813 between the region?s four authorities.
Police failing to investigate thousands of complaints about their own officers as 6 in 10 appeals are upheld By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 12:30 PM on 16th December 2011
NOW POLICE CAN SHOOT RIOTERS Wednesday December 21,2011 By Giles Sheldrick and John Towney
Ex-police officer who led paedophile double life encouraging internet perverts to assault children is jailed By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 8:32 PM on 23rd December 2011
Four top police officers investigated over claims gangland killers were victims of a miscarriage of justice By CHRIS GREENWOOD Last updated at 12:24 AM on 24th December 2011
The thin blue gravy train: How new police commissioners are appointing their friends as deputies - on up to ?68,000 a year By MARTIN BECKFORD PUBLISHED: 22:05, 1 December 2012 | UPDATED: 08:07, 2 December 2012 New unelected jobs are being created even though police and crime commissioners (PCCs) already have offices full of staff Many have handed them to friends and political allies
Anger as newly-elected police commissioners keep their second jobs even though they are appointing deputies to run their offices By MARTIN BECKFORD PUBLISHED: 00:57, 9 December 2012 | UPDATED: 00:57, 9 December 2012
When the police lie about politicians, we should ALL be very worried
By SIMON HEFFER PUBLISHED: 21:30, 21 December 2012 | UPDATED: 21:38, 21 December 2012
Child abuse police raid of TV weatherman Fred Talbot: Officers smash down front door as ex-teacher is away on cruise By NAZIA PARVEEN PUBLISHED: 08:10, 21 December 2012 | UPDATED: 00:16, 22 December 2012
If they cheat, dissemble and fiddle with evidence, our arrogant police will never earn our trust PUBLISHED: 00:46, 23 December 2012 | UPDATED: 00:46, 23 December 2012 - Last week, the Hillsborough inquest verdicts were overturned because police evidence was untrue and a serving officer was arrested for allegedly telling lies in a criminal investigation to get a Cabinet Minister sacked
Shocking 62% rise in police officers being investigated for corruption with eight out of ten accused of illegally disclosing information By ROBERT VERKAIK PUBLISHED: 02:46, 23 December 2012 | UPDATED: 03:10, 23 December 2012 Anti-corruption units are facing a workload of 245 cases every month
Thug who blinded student gets off with a reprimand: So what DOES it take to be jailed for assault? By JAMES TOZER PUBLISHED: 14:29, 25 December 2012 | UPDATED: 23:29, 25 December 2012 - Matthew Noblett, 20, from Chorley, Lancashire, was hit outside a pub He needed 170 stitches in his right eyeball to stop it collapsing He will never regain vision in the eye and is now registered disabled Noblett said his 16-year-old attacker should have gone to court
Good Samaritan tasered as he tries to help the police as complaints about devices run at one every three days By CHRIS GREENWOOD PUBLISHED: 01:32, 26 December 2012 | UPDATED: 01:33, 26 December 2012 - Complaints about the use of Tasers have been increasing as police gear up to put the controversial 50,000-volt devices in the hands of more officers. Among those who have complained are a 14-year-old girl, a ?good Samaritan? who was trying to help police, two cyclists and a man who said he refused to take off his underpants in custody. Critics said the complaints, running at the rate of one every three days, should make chief constables think even more carefully about expanding use of the potentially deadly weapons.
12,000 people branded criminals in error due to inaccurate record checks
Mistakes led to ?1.9 million in redress By LARISA BROWN PUBLISHED: 05:31, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 10:19, 28 December 2012