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| | Learn more about Police in the online encyclopedia. |
 | | Police are also responsible for reporting minor offenses by issuing citations which typically may result in the imposition of fines, particularly for violations of traffic law. | | | In many countries there is a common emergency service number that allows the police, firefighters or medical services to be summoned to an emergency. | | | Police organizations also must sometimes deal with the issue of police corruption. |
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| | Crosswalk.com - British Police Chief Wants Heroin Legalized |
| | Police have also been instructed to take a different tack in enforcing the law, and rather than be arrested, cannabis smokers will generally receive a court summons unless there are aggravating circumstances. | | | London (CNSNews.com) - A British police chief has caused a stir by suggesting that heroin and other hard drugs should be legalized. | | | Andy Hayman, chief constable for Norfolk and a spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), said Brunstrom wasn't in step with overall police thinking. |
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| | Special Constabulary |
| | Many areas of general police work are covered (law, procedures, powers of arrest, radio procedure etc.) plus specific railway offences. | | | Financial Vetting: Police officers are in a privileged position with regard to access of information and could be considered potentially vulnerable to corruption. | | | Qualifications: There are no formal educational requirements for recruitment to the police service, but applicants must take two written tests to ensure they have a reasonable standard of English, as well as a numeracy test. |
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| | BBC News TALKING POINT Should British police carry guns? |
| | If an armed police officer shoots a criminal all hell breaks loose, the officer is suspended and the chances are the family of the criminal will get a huge compensation payout. | | | I feel that the issue is not whether the police should have guns. | | | If police work is now more risky than previously, the police should be somehow compensated for this additional risk factor. |
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| | British police chief calls for European anti-terror structure - EUbusiness |
| | Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. | | | British police chief calls for European anti-terror structure | | | British police chief calls for European anti-terror structure - EUbusiness |
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| | Jamaica Gleaner - British police coming - Thursday February 3, 2005 |
| | A Superintendent chief in the United Kingdom's Police Force, Mr. | | | Local human rights watchdog, Jamaicans For Justice said it too had "no objection, in principle, to the introduction of foreign police officers", stressing that this was a short to medium-term solution. | | | Local human rights watchdog, Jamaicans For Justice said it too had "no objection, in principle, to the introduction of foreign police officers", stressing that this was a short to medium term solution. |
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http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050203/lead/lead2.html
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| | Police999.com - French police target British drivers |
| | It would see French police given the right to pass British drivers' details to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea, which would then dispatch penalty notices. | | | Motorists who commit minor traffic offences in France could for the first time incur points on their licences at home. | | | Offenders would be punished twice under the new plan, with penalty points here added to fines imposed in France. |
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| | Wired News: ISPs 'RIP' Into British Police |
| | There were also complaints of police requiring ISPs to check their records just to see if a suspected criminal might possibly have an e-mail address. | | | Under the UK's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, passed in July, law enforcement agencies can demand access to suspected criminals' e-mail and other electronic communications. | | | Instead it sends encrypted information to numerous offshore "data havens," outside British jurisdiction. |
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| | Ethical Page - Corruption issues |
| | And this is with the full knowlege and consent of West Vancouver Police Chief Constable Edmund Grant Churchill who actively encourages this (illegal and CRIMINAL) Policy... | | | A Court has made a finding (published in July 2001) that West Vancouver Police Constables issued groundless Violation Tickets against persons who have laid complants against them, and specifically for that reason... | | | West Vancouver Police Chief EDMUND GRANT CHURCHILL has ignored Sworn Information of WVPD personnel Criminal Actions... |
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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/3853
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| | British Transport Police Homepage |
| | The British Transport Police is committed to making its website compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. | | | © British Transport Police 2003 - Privacy Policy and Legal disclaimer | | | British Transport Police is the national police force for the railways providing a policing service to rail operators, their staff and passengers throughout England, Wales and Scotland. |
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| | British Transport Police Federation |
| | The origins of the Federation can be traced back to 1919 when the wartime Railway Executive Committee appointed a sub-committee to consider rates of pay and service conditions of the 18 separate railway police forces. | | | We are a representative body, similar to a Trade Union but without the right to resort to industrial action. | | | The Federation is controlled and managed entirely by serving police officers and is not affiliated or associated with any bodies outside the service. |
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| | The Constabulary |
| | A good working knowledge of British Police History is a must for any collector of British Police Memorabilia. | | | From 1900 through the `50s there were hundreds of biographies and autobiographies written by or about notable British police officers (usually detectives and chief constables). | | | Many British Police forces have either official, or unofficial, historians who have written a force history account....often these publications include invaluable photographs. |
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| | CNN.com - Explosives find in UK terror raid - Mar 30, 2004 |
| | Clarke gave a hint as to which direction the case may be headed. | | | The men can be held for up to 14 days without charge under Britain's updated terrorism laws. | | | All the suspects were British citizens aged between 17 and 32, Clarke said, and were arrested "on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism." |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/30/britain.terror/index.html
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| | British police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | List of police forces in the United Kingdom | | | The General Police Act (1857) required each County and Burgh to establish a police force, either its own or by uniting with a neighbouring county. | | | The police became unionised during World War I and the strikes of 1918 and 1919 resulted in the Police Act of 1919, prohibiting trade unions but creating the Police Federation. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_police
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| | [British police, the primary state agency which invents and spread racist stereotype ] |
| | Offenders received harsher, often custodial, sentences than would be the case were a white offender to have committed the same offence. | | | Buying-off black “leaders” is the other method used by the police to undermine campaign for justice. | | | Two methods are used by the police to undermine black people campaign for justice. |
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http://www.blaqfair.com/blaqfair/police/blqonlycrime.htm
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| | Resources for Writers |
| | Translates U.S. terms to British and vice versa; also includes acronyms, units of measurement, slang, idioms, and explanations of the differences between British English and American English. | | | Links to resources on "agents, copyrights and legal, organizations, resources, publishers, forensics, law, guns, poisons, police, mafia, and misc. | | | Provides police writers with the knowledge, resources and networking capabilities to share their expertise with others through the written word. |
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http://www.banyonpublishing.com/ResourcesforWriters.html
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| | British Police |
| | Ms Bott said: "In a court of law the person who is most believed is usually a policeman. | | | While the majority of the police officers who have been in contact are retired, some are serving and include an Inspector. | | | Many of the examples from the second category will be taken from previously unreleased Ministry of Defence papers. |
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| | Telegraph News |
| | Police chiefs warned the Home Secretary that enforcing the ban would cost in excess of £30 million and divert resources from front-line policing. | | | The controversial measure was agreed at a secret meeting between David Blunkett and the chief constables of England and Wales after the hunting ban was announced last week. | | | Police are planning to use spy cameras in the countryside to enforce a ban on fox hunting. |
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| | Islam Online- News Section |
| | Last year, the U.K. enacted an anti-terrorism law which stipulates that it is a crime to be associated to any illegal movement or to raise funds for them. | | | British law prohibits extradition of asylum seekers facing death sentence in other countries. | | | The U.K. police department denied that the arrest was based on the request of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or upon the request of the Egyptian government that demands the turnover of Al Sirri. |
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| | Police999.com |
| | He was later released on bail pending further inquiries. | | | The role of the British Transport Police (BTP) is to be reviewed by the government, it has been announced. | | | The BTP is the national police force for the railways throughout England, Scotland and Wales, and employs around 2,500 officers. |
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| | Britain: police given new powers against the young |
| | Blears claimed that fixed penalty fines were “particularly appropriate” for young teenagers, as “police can deal firmly and quickly with first-time, low-level offending in a way that avoids the young person going through the criminal justice system.” | | | Asbos have been issued against all age groups. | | | On-the-spot fines of between £50 and £80 were introduced against those aged 16 years and over in April, since then some 40,000 have been issued. |
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| | Dates of Birth - British Police - ISAR |
| | Please note that all contents are the property of Paul Westran and all copyrights reserved. | | | The Police and Criminal Evidence act 1984 meant that investigations into, and the custody and interviews of prisoners, became a much more structured and stringently controlled thing. | | | The sample here is of police officers who all joined the police before 1984 and so is replete with 'old style' police officers. |
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| | British Association of Women Police Home Page |
| | BAWP was formed in order to fill a gap within the Police Service, with its main objectives to enhance the role and understanding of the specific needs of the women who are employed therein. | | | Internationally, The BAWP is affiliated to the International Association of Women Police, which is represented at the United Nations. | | | We are partly self-funded, although now have the benefit of some funding from the Home Office, and are run on a voluntary basis by an Executive Committee consisting of serving and former police officers from across the United Kingdom. |
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| | ABC News: British police arrest 10 in terrorist probe |
| | (0300 GMT) today police executed warrants at three residential addresses, making a total of 10 arrests, all on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000," it said. | | | A police spokeswoman would only confirm the arrests were not linked to Irish Republicanism. | | | She would not specify the nationality of those arrested. |
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- British police charge eight, including key ... |
| | The eight men were due to make a first court appearance Wednesday at Belmarsh high security prison in London. | | | U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said federal authorities were determining whether to press charges in the United States against the men, including the top al-Qaeda suspect accused of having surveillance plans of financial institutions in New York, Washington and New Jersey. | | | Maps, photographs and other details of possible targets in the United States and Britain were found on computers belonging to Khan and to Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian indicted for his role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, who also was arrested in Pakistan, according to the officials. |
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| | british transport police - reviewed and compared |
| | Locations and opening times of police stations and the Community Safety Unit. | | | Representative body of 10,500 Police Officers of the ranks below Chief Inspector serving in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | | Locations of Police stations, crime prevention advice and local Police Cadet Corps. |
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| | British police arrest suspect in Cisco code theft Tech News on ZDNet |
| | The suspect, who has not been charged with a crime yet, was released on bail and is scheduled to appear before authorities in a London police station in early November. | | | British police arrest suspect in Cisco code theft | | | British police arrest suspect in Cisco code theft |
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| | British Police Volunteers Sought to Train Iraqis |
| | UK to Pay for Damage to Basra Police Station | | | The officers will provide the local police with general and firearms training and act as mentors. | | | British officers will also train the Iraqi police service in an undisclosed third country. |
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| | The Dangers of CS Gas Sprays |
| | Why is CS Gas an offensive weapon under English Law and illegal for it to be carried by the general populace, let alone used ? | | | This unfortunate officer is in a critical, but stable, condition in hospital and the police have announced that they will be reviewing their training procedures. | | | Given the near, and still possible, fatality, in circumstances where there is a clear chain of evidence back to the use of CS gas; rather than review their training procedures they should be reviewing the whole issue of CS gas and its use. |
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| | Recruitment |
| | © British Transport Police 2003 - Privacy Policy and Legal disclaimer | | | The Government's integrated transport policy promises to give them an increasing role in the life and prosperity of the nation. | | | Complete the on-line application form on the PoliceCouldYou website, ensuring you submit your application form to the British Transport Police. |
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| | Books on Police Cars and Motorcycles |
| | American Police Motorcycles: A Photo History of Police Motorcycles | | | Cars of the State Police and Highway Patrol | | | A study of police use of firearms and high-speed pursuit. |
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http://www.dropbears.com/b/broughsbooks/autos/police_vehicles.htm
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| | OPCC Home Page |
| | Please read our Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer Statement. | | | The British Columbia Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is an independent agency established under the Police Act. | | | The Police Complaint Commissioner is an Officer of the Legislature. |
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| | Equal access - theage.com.au |
| | It has a number of levels of compliance tests, based on the w3c's guidelines and United States law requirements. | | | A site with the Bobby icon (a cartoon of a British police officer) means it has complied with the standards. | | | Anyone can test a website on the Bobby web page by entering the URL. |
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| | Bibliography of British Police History |
| | We intend to keep this database as comprehensive as we can with regard to ongoing academic work on the history of the police in the United Kingdom. | | | This is a pure bibliography, rather than a list of holdings in any one place– many of the items catalogued here are not in the Open University's library. | | | Back to OU Police Centre home page http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history/policing/index.htm |
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| | :: www.irunix.com: British Police Call for Center to Tackle Net Child Porn :: |
| | "It's the way forward," said Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hyde of the Association of Chief Police Officers. | | | A multi-national crackdown under the so-called Operation Ore and greater use of the Internet in general have led to an explosion in convictions for child pornography offences. | | | Now police have sent a new proposal to work with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and children's charities to Home Office Minister Paul Goggins. |
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| | British Transport Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Categories: Police forces of the United Kingdom | | | Their uniforms and rank system are similar to other British police forces. | | | This funding arrangement does not give the rail companies power to set objectives for the BTP, nor are the BTP a 'private security company'. |
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| | BRITISH POLICE LASER SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS |
| | September, 1985 - Chase Sailing Club, Chasewater, Brownhills near Birmingham | | | In 1979 the first National Laser competition was held under the banner of the newly formed British Police Laser Sailing Association. | | | By the end of the 1970's, it was apparent that the largest class competing in police regattas was the Laser Dinghy. |
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| | Provos to Join British Police... |
| | A group of several hundred former Republicans who were recruited by the 26-County State as plainclothes policemen, given 24 hours training and the task [initially] of protecting Free State ministers. | | | Alec Maskey stated on television that he could not condemn the shooting as the injured man may have been armed. | | | This will be after the upcoming Stormont elections -- Republican Sinn Féin has been proved right about the Provisionals' surrender before and will be again. |
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| | British Police cars |
| | Welcome to all that enjoy British Police cars whether you drive one as a serving officer, admire them or actually own a classic Police car that is no longer in active service. |
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| | ‘The new HQ is not a police station, so there are no public counter or custody facilities. | | | More than 500 officers will be on duty. | | | Rises in a number of crime categories, for instance drugs crime and public disorder offences, were due to increased police activity. |
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| | CNN - British police probe more cases linked to 'Dr. Death' British police probe more cases linked to 'Dr. Death' ... |
| | In addition to the 39 new cases given to Manchester police for investigation and the 15 convictions, 98 other cases were dropped because of "insufficient evidence" and 23 more were handed over by police to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) last week for a decision on whether or not to prosecute. | | | British police probe more cases linked to 'Dr. Death' | | | CNN - British police probe more cases linked to 'Dr. Death' British police probe more cases linked to 'Dr. Death' British police probe more cases linked to 'Dr. Death' - February 7, 2000 |
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| | British Police |
| | A British Police Car Siren is one circuit, but there are actually thousands of already-designed circuits out there. | | | This practice circuit was selected for you, so that you may learn the techniques of circuit construction. | | | This tutorial will aid you in constructing your first circuit, a British Police Car Siren. |
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| | Scotland - Scottish Police Federation |
| | Police Law in Scotland, UK and Prisons, Associations, Officers | | | General information, Scottish police branches and law guides. | | | POLICE WEBSITES - Town and County Police Forces |
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| | The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories |
| | Meanwhile, sources in the police said, normally, it is the SSP who reshuffles police officials and, then, seeks the approval of the District Magistrate which comes without fail. | | | Opposing the POTO in its new form, the MCPI general secretary, Mr Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, and the state secretary, Mr Kuldip Singh, said in a joint statement that a few amendments here and there could not make the otherwise “black” Bill acceptable. | | | He also cautioned farmers against the purchase of spurious cotton seed from unscrupulous elements which they were selling under the name of Bt-cotton. |
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| | Association of Chief Police Officers |
| | The Association supports the philosophy of strong local policing, and believes that must be maintained within the tripartite framework of policing which brings together the local Chief Constable, the local Police Authority and the Home Secretary. | | | was set up over 50 years ago so that work in developing policing policies could be undertaken in one place, on behalf of the Service as a whole, rather than in 44 forces separately. | | | But the nature of modern crime, with an increasingly international dimension, and the ever present need to use public resources to best effect, places a voluntary duty on forces to work together, employing common policies, strategies and methods wherever possible. |
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| | iafrica.com news sa news UK police target SA student visa racket |
| | sa news UK police target SA student visa racket | | | The network behind the suspected racket has been under investigation for more than 12 months, but detectives believe it may have been operating for several years, a police official said. | | | It allegedly provided mainly South African nationals with fraudulently obtained student visas, either by using counterfeit immigration stamps and false documents or by registering them at bogus colleges. |
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| | The Policeman's Blog |
| | The public’s understanding of police procedure in relation to young people is poor, and even if they know the score because their children have developed quite long criminal histories, they seem to think that the law can be suspended with respect to their own offspring; offspring who are, all too often, “misunderstood”. | | | I never suspected that the blog, written as it is by a police officer with no secret or even special knowledge to impart, would become quite so well read and appear in the national press. | | | I'm sure all those shift working police officers out there with access to cable or satellite TV occasionally watch Street Crime UK, Cops or those other reality police shows. |
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| | RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY |
| | As more Muslims join the police, uniforms have been modified to allow female officers to wear headscarves. | | | Tim Mahony, spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), said that "we're clear that we're going in the right direction, but we're not content that enough has been done to bring the police and Muslim communities better together. | | | Efforts to bring the Muslim community and police closer together were spurred by increasing complaints that Muslims were being targeted by police, and that they were the victims of frequent "stop and search" actions merely on the basis of their appearance. |
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| | PolitInfo.com - British Police Arrest Far-Right Leader - Dec 14, 2004 |
| | A far-right British political party says police have arrested its chairman on suspicion of inciting racial hatred, but later freed him on bail. | | | Earlier this year, British television broadcast a documentary exposing the extent of racism within the far-right party. | | | But they did not identify the detainee, since authorities have not yet formally charged him with any crime. |
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