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Gang who targeted ATMs jailed

By on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 | No Comments

A gang who trawled the country doing smash and grab ATM burglaries have been jailed for a total of nearly 20 years. David Owens, 35, Shaun Ennis, 41, and Kevin Caveney, 26, disabled the alarm systems at colleges, service stations, amusement parks and caravan sites before attacking the bank machines to steal the cash inside. [...]

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Closing the Forensic Science Service will make miscarriages of justice more likely

By on Friday, February 17th, 2012 | Comments Off

Why should we expect a part of the criminal justice system to make money? That’s a question being asked in relation to the growing concerns over the arrangements – or the lack of them – for the closure of the Forensic Science Service, which is due to take place next month. Just to recap, the FSS [...]

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Raids launched on counterfeiters tracked down from Facebook

By on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 | No Comments

Trading standards officials are undertaking a series of unprecedented raids on counterfeiters across North Yorkshire, using information gleaned from Facebook. In a move senior police say they have not yet seen in the country, North Yorkshire County Council trading standards officers are currently conducting a wide-ranging series of Facebook raids on illegal traders they have [...]

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Thousands of police take up second jobs

By on Monday, February 13th, 2012 | No Comments

Thousands of police officers have second jobs, raising concerns that the practice risks creating a “part-time police service”. Officers are being permitted to moonlight in roles such as private investigators and security trainers to boost their income. Figures obtained by The Times through a Freedom of Information request indicate that the number of officers taking on extra [...]

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Suspected gang members targeted in police swoops

By on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Dozens of suspected gang members will be targeted by police in a series of co-ordinated operations across London today as Scotland Yard begins a renewed crackdown on gang crime. Hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers will take to the streets of the capital to track down and arrest suspected gang members believed to be involved in [...]

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Thousands wrongly labelled as criminals

By on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 | No Comments

At least 20,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau. The errors are contained in vetting checks meaning many may have been unfairly turned down for jobs or had their reputations shattered. In at least 3,000 cases the [...]

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‘Tighten control’ for undercover police operations

By on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 | No Comments

Undercover officers have helped prevent bomb attacks and seize weapons from extremists but future operations should be approved in advance by high-level authorities outside the police, a report said today. Tighter controls are needed after Mark Kennedy, who spent seven years posing as long-haired drop-out climber Mark “Flash” Stone, ignored orders, carried on working after [...]

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Crime map website to reveal hotspots

By on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | No Comments

The number and type of crimes which take place at hotspots like nightclubs, subways and parks are to be revealed on a crime-mapping website from Tuesday. The site, which lets users in England and Wales see reported crimes in their street, now covers public places. Home Secretary Theresa May said revealing details of crime and [...]

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‘Predictive policing’ could come to UK

By on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | No Comments

A very interesting story in relation to a pioneering technique dubbed ‘predictive policing’ was reported in The Independent today. “The technique to predict crime before it happens could be imported from the United States to this country. Pilots of the scheme – under which officers are dispatched to crime hotspots identified by computer – have had [...]

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Knife crime rises fast as muggers target gadgets

By on Friday, January 20th, 2012 | No Comments

A surge in the number of murders and knifepoint muggings overshadowed yesterday’s release of crime figures that showed the number of offences is falling. The total number of offences reported to police fell by 4 per cent to 4.1 million in the year to the end of September – but violent attacks increased. More than [...]

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