October

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October 2011

31/10/11

'Police alleged to resign in order to avoid discipline' and

Graham Maxwell's £200k - Daily Mail

Maxwell's £200k 'not a pay off' - BBC

Call for stronger oversight as police avoid scrutiny - BBC Panorama

'Crime mapping website has expanded' - Lincs Press

'Met spends millions on secret aircraft' - Telegraph

30/10/11

Merseyside force closes most station receptions - Daily Post

Mandatory jail terms for knife threats - Local London press

EDL 'damp squib' in Birmingham - Morning Star

29/10/11

Iceland 'will pay back' cash lost after bank collapse - FT

Pickles rules out populist PCCs like Tony Martin - edp24

Crime map website lets public keep tabs on the police - Yorkshire Post

Police forces compared and rated - Daily Mail

Police convene to tackle metal thefts - Security Magazine

28/10/11

Reiner: Police work goes beyond catching cons - Guardian

'PCCs are an evidence-free policy' - Guardian professional

Report into deaths in police custody - Guardian

'Diversity crisis at the top of UK policing' - Guardian

25/10/11

'Water cannon could be used on rioters' - Telegraph

Looters' profiles analysed - Independent

Escalating costs of Cleveland inquiry - Gazette

Sussex Police Authority fights National Air Support bid - Argus

Leics police in controversial name change - ThisIsLeics

PCSOs take on Parking warden powers - Herts Press

'Avon calling?' Police officer seeks permission to boost wage - Telegraph

24/10/11

Police officer killed helping motorist - Mirror

Durham police recruiting - BBC

Profile of rioters revealed - Mail

UN criticises end to stop and account recording - Herts press

Federation backs union fight over pensions - PA

23/10/11

Lib Dems get a key post in Home Office - Sunday Times (£)

Bill Bratton interview - Sunday Times (£)

Royal College of Policing 'to rebuild Police's image' - Sunday Times (£)

Police's regional think tank to tackle metal thefts - Journal

Hate crimes soar - Indy

22/10/11

Derbyshire's success in tackling metal thefts - Derby Times

20/10/11

Essex Police's use of Tasers criticised - Guardian

Crime victims asked to email police to cut costs - Mirror

PCCs will signal a bonfire of central controls - Guardian

Herts PA calls for a crackdown on metal thefts - Watford Observer

Undercover policing - Guardian

18/10/11

Met receives £200m claim for riots damage - Mirror

Jacqui Cheer is temp' Chief Constable for Cleveland - Gazette

6 white officers 'to sue Met for racism' - Daily Mail

NPIA tests new stop/search model with Kent police - BAPCO

Govt to hand over Hillsborough files - Politics Home

17/10/11

Deloitte report into transition to PCCs - PSM

Cam 'turned police against the Govt' - Huffington Post

Summer riots cost Northumbria £1.2m - Journal

14/10/11

New APA Chair - Police Professional 

Home Office consults on new police powers - Indy

Mergers amongst midlands forces to save cash - Birmingham Mail

Surrey police private sector partnership - BBC

Stop and search falls 90% - Metro

Home Office stats on Stop/Search under Terrorism Act 2000 - iEngage

Labour calls for claw back on cost of policing riots - Yorks press

12/10/11

New push to tackle retail crime - Grocer

Bratton's verdict on UK riots - BBC

'Kent to record stop and search by voice' - Guardian

Controversy over Freedoms Bill and the DNA database - PoliticsHome

Police alarm over impact of cuts on drugs policing - Guardian

11/10/11

Hants and Thames Valley merge units - BBC

Chief Constables' warning on PCCs - Yorkshire Post

10/10/11

Warwickshire Chief to lead NCA - Warwickshire Police Authority

Godwin 'set to leave the Met' - Guardian

Redundancies as police units merge - Express

09/10/11 (*quiet news day)

Police dog falls off roof* - Mail on Sunday

07/10/11

Met 'may parachute in 1 in 10' - Telegraph

Radical shake up in West Mids gives private firms new role - SIA News

Police chiefs warn council tax freeze 'could hit the frontline' - Daily Post 

06/10/11

FOI reveals 'Not even Tory Councils supported PCC plan' - Guardian

Herbert hits back at critics at APA-ACPO-Supers Fringe event - Evening Post

'Bristol riots costs £1m' - Evening Post

05/10/11

3 counties merge units and save millions - Herts Mercury

Theresa May speech - MEN

South Yorks forced to re-advertise Chief's job - BBC

Boris 'will bring back arrest for swearing at police' -politics.uk

Cyber crime squad 'saves £140m in 6 months' - The Register 

04/10/11

Do the Conservatives 'hate the police' - BBC

Govt offers police authorities precepting freeze - Wired.gov

Hants examine joint council police and fire services - Portsmouth press

Yates 'still working for the Met' - BBC

02/10/11

Theresa May interview - Telegraph

Conservatives unveil Col. Tim Collins as potential PCC in Kent - Telegraph

01/10/11

Row over sources for Winsor report - Guardian