June

June 2011

30/06/11

Ministers to introduce emergency bill to solve bail dilemma - BBC

Norfolk 'NO' to PCCs - Norwich advertiser

What do we want the police to do? - BBC

Police Reform 'to save billions' - Infologue

29/06/11

Warwickshire and West Mercia agree a 'strategic alliance' 

Urgent bail cases review - Judges rule 4 day limit - BBC

Signs of a 'Recession crimewave' - Daily Mail

ACPO concerned at bail ruling - Police Professional

28/06/11

Findings of IPCC's public confidence survey published  - Wired.gov.uk

Cops sell assets on ebay - This is Leics

Call for police hearings to be in public - Wales online

Cash strapped Cambs to shelve force helicopter - Cambridge News 

'Culture change' in Devon&Cornwall force saves over £1m - ThisIsCornwall

'Shelve the Sheriffs' - The Guardian 

Police accused of selling traffic crash victims' details - Daily Telegraph

Costs of PCCs questioned - Herts Mercury

Police in dispute over costs of airport policing - Luton news

Police Chiefs inquiry cost £200,000 - BBC

Lions rugby star accuses police of racism - Daily Mail

Attack on state-sponsored unions includes the Fed' - Telegraph

27/06/11

Federation call for Royal Commission - publicservice.co.uk

900 police jobs to go in latest cuts - Independent

Northants and Cheshire share to save - Local Press

Top cops row - Daily Star

Police chiefs call for new system of witness protection - Independent

Police warning over plans to prune DNA database - Yorkshire Post

Swearing at police is 'no longer an offence' - Daily Mail

26/06/11

ACPO Lead calls for arrest anonymity - BBC

Herbert calls for crime maps to include 'name and shame' pictures of criminals - Daily Mail

Possible 'compromise' on PCCs in the Lords this week? - BBC

'Cuts are a threat to 2012' claim Police Federation- Sunday Express

West Yorks Chair pledges to maintain the fight - Examiner

Sex offenders' register controversy - Sunday Express

25/06/11

Humberside PA faces a 3-way challenge for top post - Yorkshire Post

Dorset 'could use marine unit and helicopter' - Bournemouth Echo

Home Office attacked in Devon&Cornwall debate - ThisIsCornwall

Kent police sign up to Mencap campaign to tackle hate crime - This is Kent

24/06/11

Union claims police taken off beat to do office work - Mirror

Merseyside Police Authority works to tackle hate crime - Pink Paper

Complaints about police down 9% - Yorks Post

ACPO 'will become subject to FOI' - Housing Online

Dyfed Powys close buildings but recruit 39 new cops - The Advertiser

Police National database welcomed - BAPCO

Leicester Mayoral hopeful bids for PCC role - This is Leicestershire

23/06/11

Peers: Single Commmissioners are insufficient for police - The Times (paywall)

Police Bill contributes to possible Parliamentary log-jam - BBC

MPs criticise proposal to extend detention without charge - Guardian

Police launch national crime database - eNews

Church backs Black Mental Health UK's concern about police database - Inspire

Parents of murdered girls welcome Police database - Cambridge News

22/06/11

Labour review policies on ASB - Guardian

Police told to drop plan to sack male officers only - This is Cornwall

Welsh MInister makes hate crime pledge - Wales online

Coalition U-turns could include PCCs? - The Independent

Mencap claim 'disabled people are failed by police' - The Dispatch

'Bobbies on the bus' Cops save cash with bus passes  - Daily Mail

21/06/11

Controversy over Govt plans for DNA database - Telegraph

Pop star Jamelia relates experience of 'racist' police - TV News 

Govt's 'new burdens doctrine' applies to Police Authorities - Local Govt Lawyer

20/06/11

Lords demand more concessions on PCCs - The Times (paywall)

19/06/11

Funding cuts 'force out senior Counter Terrorism officer' - Guardian

17/07/11

Police Commissioners raise stakes in Lords' battle - BBC Parliament

Cumbria watchdog's fears for policing shake up - Cumberland News 

Clegg climbdown on opposition to PCCs - Liverpool Post

Police fitness test 'to stop thin blue line getting fatter' - Daily Mail

The Lib Dems and police reform - BBC

Police Commissioners 'could dock chiefs' pay' - PA News

16/06/11

Quis Custodiet? Who polices the police? - The Economist

Influential committee demands more safeguards for 'Stop&Search' - BBC

15/06/11

Police 'could lose job for life' guarantee - BBC

Changes to sex offenders' register - Daily Mail

Sussex Chair sets out his vision - Chichester Observer

MPs demand safeguards for random stops & searches - Guardian

Concern at PCCs bypassing local govt - Local.gov.uk

14/06/11

15 years for sex offenders review - Indy

'Chief's war on 'jobsworth' police - Telegraph

Political row hits the fight against fraud - Indy

Essex police enlist twitter in fight against crime - Mirror

Simon Duckworth joins SFO - Daily Telegraph

13/06/11

City of London PA Chair joins board of SFO - City AM

Police Chiefs turn down annual bonus - The Citizen

Fahy calls for a return to 'common sense' policing -PublicService.co.uk

Victorious SFO puts police chief on board - Daily Mail

Firearms Ops treble in 6 years - Telegraph & Argus

12/06/11

Yorks PAs decline to fund ACPO Secretariat - Yorks Post

Forced retirements in Sussex as PA adopts A19 - Bognor Herald

11/06/11

Police Chief accused of helping PA Chair's daughter get a job - The Times (paywall)

10/06/11

Future of SFO 'remains in doubt' despite reprieve - FT

New Chair for APACE - Police Professional

GMPA win national 'good scrutiny' award from CfPS - Bolton News

Private sector Warnings about future of new NCA - computing.co.uk

09/06/11

Police purchasing by NPIA saves £6m - Procurement.co.uk

Home Secrtetary's 'silence' on NPIA - Publicservice.co.uk

Warning over cuts to MoD Police - PA

PSNI seek to recruit 40 officers from outside NI - Belfast Telegraph

MPs on CLG Cttee attack PCC proposal as leading to fragmentation - The Journal 

08/06/11

Policing the local and national - Blair Gibbs (op ed) Spectator

New crime agency outlined - BBC

GMP provides model practice for new Crime Agency - Mancs Advertiser

May revisits policy on extremism - FT

Thames Valley and Hants merge traffic units to save £6.7m - Newbury Today

07/06/11

More than 2,000 police to demonstrate next month - Telegraph

Crime Stats review recommendations - wired.gov.uk

New Chief Constable for Herts - Herts Mercury

06/06/11

Govt report recommends ONS, not Home Office, produce independent crime stats - ONS

NAO report on Govt's proposed police reforms - National Audit Office

05/06/11

Herbert: 'no pilots of PCC plans' - BBC (Politics show)

Peers to debate Police Reform Bill tomorrow - UK Parliament

Police  and misuse of computers - Daily Express

Controversy over new anti-extremism strategy - Daily Mail

03/06/11

Time to take Commissioners seriously - Independent

Reform and the Commissioner model - Local Govt Lawyer

Reform think tank calls for a force for every council - Localgov.co.uk

City crime budget slashed by £8m - Liverpool Daily Post

Politicians and Police numbers - Dave Hill (Guardian)

Welsh Police Forces' spending to fall 35% - Wales Online

02/06/11

Crime rate in Wales lowest for 25 years - Wales Online

4 out of 5 caught with a knife not jailed - Daily Mail

01/06/11

Strategic Police alliance will save £20m per year - Herts local press

84% of victims of Crime satisfied with police - The East Anglian Daily Times

Call for EDL to contribute to cost of marches - Lancs Telegraph

ACPO lead launches summer drink drive crackdown - Star

Calls to save CEOP from Home Officer merger plan after stunning successes - Daily Mail