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October 2012
24/10/12
61% of police complaint appeals upheld - Independent
Hampshire Chief Constable Alex Marshall to leave force - BBC
Sir Norman Bettison resigns from West Yorkshire Police - BBC
Boris Johnson proves the power of this police reform - Telegraph
Derbyshire PCC candidate Charles Swabey withdraws - BBC
A brave new era for policing of commission impossible - Yorkshire Evening Post
Plans to 'bow to Europe' over prisoner voting rights - ITV
Mervyn Barrett pulls out of PCC race - This is Lincolnshire
Police Commissioner: we explain their role and power - BBC Wales
PCC elections on 15th November: the nothern party line-up - Guardian
Are voters ready to elect a police commissioner? - BBC
Norman Bettison 'told me about Hillsborough cover-up' - ITV
More appeals over police complaints handling, says IPCC - BBC
New powers for police to prosecute tens of thousands of speeding drivers and vandals - Telegraph
23/10/12
PCC elections mark latest change in crime policy - BBC Wales
New online ACPO guidance tool launched - Police Oracle
Bettison 'boasted of plot to put blame on fans' - Yorkshire Post
Lancashire roadshow livens up police and crime commissioner vote - Guardian
Minister condemns Lord Blair's call for police vote boycott - London Evening Standard
PCC elections: Suffolk's rural challenge - BBC
David Cameron: crime and the numbers game - Guardian
Cornwall's county-only police force remembered - BBC
Words are not enough when it comes to crime - Telegraph
22/10/12
Police and Crime Commissioners: questions remain over vote - BBC
Two MPs stand down for police elections - icNewcastle
Final five running for Lincolnshire PCC - The Lincolnite
PCC elections: Thames Valley police officer numbers 'challenge' - BBC
Prime Minister's crime and justice speech - PoliticsHome
Police elections leaflets posted - BBC
EDL police candidate arrested - Biggleswade Today
Campaigners raise concerns over increased police taser use - Guardian
Humberside PCC candidates clash over speed cameras - BBC
Gwent police crime commissioner candidates in spotlight - BBC
South Yorkshire PCC candidates confirmed - The Star
21/10/12
Theft of cell phones rise rapidly nationwide - Guardian
Former Met Police boss says 'don't vote' in PCC elections - Sky News
Home Secretary unveils plans to tackle gun-runners - ITV
The secret US lobbyist behind PCC elections - Telegraph
Can police commissioners really help victims of crime? - BBC
20/10/12
Sunday Politics East Midlands: Police Commissioners - BBC
Fifteen candidates contest Welsh police commissioner elections - ITV
Essex PCC candidates confirmed - The Enquirer
'Extremist' police commissioner could clash with chiefs - BBC
Leicestershire Police 'deeply saddened' by Gordon Fraser's death - Telegraph
Kent PCC candidates now confirmed - Yopur Tunbridge Wells
Hampshire PCC candidates confirmed - Southern Daily Echo
19/10/12
PCC election: 'No trust in politicians' say Salford voters - ukwirednews
Elected police commissioners: A criminal waste of a good idea - Telegraph
Dorset's crime commissioner 'must protect countryside - BBC
Hampshire police stations put up for sale - BBC
Stabbed PC voted bravest officer in England and Wales - ITV
Mark Duggan shooting: MPs demand intercept evidence rethink - ITV
Terror suspects family anger over 'double standards' - BBC
18/10/12
Mali unrest increases terror threat at home, security minister to warn - Telegraph
Avon and Somerset PCC election: Projects funding worry - ukwirednews
Anger at move to recruit £55,000 'spin doctor' for PCC - This is Plymouth
Two more candidates in race to become Cheshire's PCC - Runcorn & Widnes World
Public should not fund West Yorkshire Chief Constable's legal defence, say MPs - Yorkshire Post
Crime in England and Wales falls - BBC
Kingsley Smith stands for police commissioner - BBC
Meet the men who want to run our police - Independent
Police cuts blamed for Kent PCC candidate's withdrawal - BBC
Force to blind man: 'Sorry for tasering you' - Police Oracle
17/10/12
Dorset's rural police tackle metal crime - BBC
Martin Young exits Thames Valley PCC elections - ukwirednews
Concern over 999 response by Northamptonshire raised - BBC
Police elections 'too expensive' - ukwirednews
Hillsborough probe: Progress in two weeks - Police Oracle
'One in 17' speed cameras digital in East Midlands - BBC
Met Commissioner bans 'unprofessional' visiable tattos - Telegraph
It's drug politics, not drugs policy, that needs an inquiry - Guardian
Theresa May has set an uneasy precedent - Telegraph
Home Secretary to introduce 'forum bar' - ITV
New York Police Commissioner - a model for England? - BBC
16/10/12
Norfolk PCC candidates 'facing more cuts' - BBC
University of Nottingham to host top police job debate - BBC
The extraordinary challenges that will face newly elected Police Commissioners - Telegraph
Hillsborough: Sir Norman 'Should be suspended' - Police Oracle
Forces' recruitment policy over PCs 'morally wrong' - Police Oracle
Theresa May tells MPs UK Government wants EU law opt-out - BBC
15/10/12
EU law and order rules: Chris Bryant and Dominic Raab - BBC
David Cameron honours 'extraordinary' stories of police bravery - Telegraph
Local shops call on PCCs candidates to tackle retail crime - ACS.org.uk
UKIP PCC candidate for Devon & Cornwall - This is Cornwall
Pro-privatisation PCC candidates face 'blacklisting' - Police Oracle
Crime mapping website for England and Wales is expanded - BBC
Police's use of prison cells to hold the vulnerable is unacceptable, says peer - The Independent
Hillsborough: South Yorkshire Police work 'undermined' - BBC
Social media and the PCC elections: Tweeting candidates - BBC
Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study - Guardian
14/10/12
Ken Clarke scorns 'bash a burglar' plan as waste of time in leaked letter to Grayling - Mail on Sunday
Bettison could face charges as Hillborough cover-up probed - Yorkshire Post
UK ready to opt out of EU justice measures - The Week UK
Gangsters now routinely carry guns - Yorkshire Post
13/10/12
Families of Hillsborough victims welcome biggest inquiry into England's police - Telegraph
Police election turnout fears - BBC
12/10/12
Hillsborough disaster: Manslaughter prosecutions possible - Telegraph
Police staff pay and conditions 'will be protected' - Police Oracle
Police elections: Minister dismisses low turnout fears - UK Wired News
A look at the role of PCCs in the Netherlands - BBC
UKIP candidate pulls out of PCC election in Avon and Somerset - Uk Wired News
WM Police Federation: Govt disconnected with police - ITV
11/10/12
Essex Police Horse Unit will be disbanded - BBC
New independent candidate in Wiltshire - BBC
Anti-badger cull party pulls out of PCC election - BBC
Annihilation legal high 'should be banned' - BBC
TV appeal to voters 'slur on the young' - Yorkshire Post
Four-force collaboration back on agenda - Police Oracle
The Conservative conference: Why the Tories won't be calling the cops - Independent
'Flexible court hours' pilot scheme to roll-out in England and Wales - ITV
10/10/12
DPP drawing up guidelines for Twitter and Facebook - Telegraph
Home Secretary warns Merseyside Crime Commissioner of effective funding cuts - Liverpool Daily Post
Theresa May still needs to face challenge of PCC election - Telegraph
Serious sexual offenders to get 'two strikes and you're out' life sentences - Guardian
Theresa May speech in full - Politics.co.uk
Chris Grayling speech in full - Politics.co.uk
09/10/12
A return to policing before the days of Z cars - Telegraph
Ex-Thames Valley police chief criticises PCC poll - BBC
Round up: How to boost police morale - Guardian
No IPCC action over Cumbria chief constable - Independent
Victims to pick offenders' punishment, Home Secretary says - Telegraph
08/10/12
New independent PCC candidate in Thames Valley - Get Bracknell
Judge's stern warning over drugs 'scourge' - This is South Wales
PCCs 'An opportunity to develop specials' - Police Oracle
Warwickshire commissioner hopefuls want to re-open police cells in Rugby - Rugby Advertiser
Supergrass law leads to wholesale prison sentence cuts - BBC
Cull opponents to exploit squatting law "loophole" - Telegraph
07/10/12
PCCs could lead to 'postcode lottery' for policing - South Wales Argus
Scotland's police forces splash out £2.2m on luxury cars for chiefs - Daily Record
Cleveland police chief sacked but questions remain - Sunday Sun
06/10/12
May: We need to move extradition changes - BBC - Today
Merseyside taxpayers will pay Norman Bettison's annual £88,000 pension - Liverpool Echo
PCC role: Tory candidate would sell HQ and share 'central' location - This is Scunthorpe
TV advert bids to boost turnout in police commissioner vote - BBC
£3m police commissioner ad campaign to be shown during X Factor and Downton - Telegraph
Mervyn Lambert pulls out of race to become Norfolk's PCC - Eastern Daily Press
UKIP PCC candidate for Lancashire - Clitheroe Advertiser and Times
Force faces deeper cuts unless G4S comes in, says police chief - Cambridge News
Radical cleric Abu Hamza extradited to the US - ITV
05/10/12
Facebook warns over criminal 'tribute' pages - Telegraph
Concern over new police and crime comissioner vote - BBC Newsbeat
Former Norwich MP cannot run for police and crime commissioner role because of criminal conviction - Evening News 24
Electing PCCs: The challenge and opportunities of the new role - RUSI
Cleveland police chief Sean Price sacked after probe - BBC
IPCC hits back at 'failures snub' - Police Oracle
Hillsborough: Police Sir Norman Bettison to retire - BBC
West Yorkshire: 'Beat cops could be replaced by security workers' - Yorkshire Evening Post
Simon Blackburn: "PCCs aren't solution to deeper and wider issues" - LocalGov.co.uk
Sussex Police Chief Martin Richards 'no case to answer' - BBC
Abu Hamza extradition challenge ruling due - BBC
04/10/12
New police board chief paid £20,000 more than Mayor - London Evening Standard
Liberal Democrat PCC candidate for Cheshire - Wilmslow Express
Fears over low vote at elections for new top cops - Yorkshire Post
Conservative PCC hopeful Sir Clive Loader expects 'high standards' - BBC
Millions to vote in police chief elections - Independent
Police Commissioner post: Lord Prescott on job cuts - BBC
Police 'very concerned' over 4.9 per cent surge in violent crime - This is Exeter
Ban on police leave in badger cull 'risks lives' - Telegraph
Labour policy on crime, ID cards and control orders - BBC
03/10/12
Yvette Cooper: 'We do not want private companies patrolling the streets' - Telegraph
Greater Manchester PC Nicole Hughes' cortege met by applause - BBC
Andrew Mitchell agrees to Fed meeting - Police Oracle
Top cops 'must not shrink on promises to cut crime' - Yorkshire Post
Labour conference: Cooper backs new bank fraud law - BBC
People safer in their homes says Met police chief - lbc.co.uk
Liberal Democrat PCC candidate for Hertfordshire - St Albans & Harpenden Review
Thames Valley police chief's fears over extremist PCC - BBC
Manchester police funerals: Call to line the streets - BBC
02/10/12
Drones backed by Hampshire chief constable - BBC
Funding cuts 'threaten drug abuse progress' - London Evening Standard
Avon and Somerset PCC role criticised by panel chair - BBC
Norfolk police commissioner rap - BBC
West Yorkshire: 5,200 police days lost to sickness - Yorkshire Evening Post
South west police forces to lose dedicated helicopters - BBC
01/10/12
Concern mounts over loss of Supers - Police Oracle
Do police need unmanned drones? - Telegraph
Probe into 'golden goodbye' for police official - Yorkshire Post
Dyfed-Powys police rebel over helicopter merger plans - Daily Post
Police 'rap' video to promote Norfolk commissioner elections - Evening News 24
New police air service takes off - BBC
Police Superintendents body seeks meeting with Stephen House over cuts - BBC
We need drone aircraft, says police chief - The Independent
New police air service takes off - BBC
Police Superintendents body seeks meeting with Stephen House over cuts - BBC
We need drone aircraft, says police chief - The Independent
30/09/12
National Police Memorial Day - PA
Insurance row as police deny riots to blame for fire - The Mail on Sunday
Resource-starved police call in students - Yorkshire Post
Shake-up on mobile phones at police authority after costs hit £15,000 - Yorkshire Post
29/09/12
Metropolitan police comissioner's message on racism (video) - Guardian
End of the boys in blue as police go hi-vis - Telegraph
Police force to rebel against plans for centralising welsh helicops - Wales Online
Devon and Cornwall police forced retirement scrapped - BBC
Top officer takes up Herts post - Herts Mercury
Chief Officer: EDL protests 'draining resources' - Police Oracle
Duggan's death was 'karma', says man accused of providing gun - Telegraph
Top police officer held over £80,000 card bill - Yorkshire Post