SCOTLAND: COURTS SENDING CLEAR MESSAGE ON KNIFE POSSESSION
9th March 2010 Average jail sentences for handling an offensive weapon have risen to more than eight and a half months, according to new statistics released today.
(Added: 10 March 2010)
Click to View PDFSCOTLAND: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2008-09
9th March 2010 Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2008-09. This publication presents statistics on criminal proceedings concluded in Scottish courts during 2008-09 as well as information on motor vehicle offences and statistics on bail orders and offences.
(Added: 10 March 2010)
Click to View PDFTOUGHER LAWS ON KERB CRAWLERS AS PART OF GREATER PROTECTION FOR VULNERABLE WOMEN
8th March 2010 Men hunting out paid-for sex on the street can now be arrested on their first offence thanks to tough new measures to tackle the demand for prostitution, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today, to coincide with International Women’s Day.
(Added: 08 March 2010)
Click to View PDFPOLICE FEDERATION'S ANGER AT PLANNED RELEASE OF POLICE KILLER EGON VON BULOW
8th March 2010 Egon Von Bulow, who shot dead Surrey Constabulary’s PC John Schofield in 1974 and shot and injured two of his colleagues, is imminently due to be released, as he has been cleared for release by the parole board.
(Added: 08 March 2010)
Click to View PDFACPO ANNOUNCES NATIONAL CT CAMPAIGN
8th March 2010 'No call is a waste of time', that is the key message of a national counter-terrorism campaign launched across the UK today
(Added: 08 March 2010)
Click to View PDFAPA: NEPALESE DELEGATION VISISTS ASSOCIATION OF POLICE AUTHORITIES
8th March 2010 A delegation from the Government of Nepal has visited the Association of Police Authorities (APA) to find out more about the work of police authorities in England and Wales
(Added: 08 March 2010)
Click to View PDFPROTECTING CHILDREN: CHILD SEX OFFENDER DISCLOSURE SCHEME - START OF NATIONWIDE ROLL OUT
3rd March 2010 A pioneering scheme that will improve protection for children by giving members of the public a formal mechanism to make enquires about people who are in contact with children was announced today by Home Secretary Alan Johnson.
(Added: 03 March 2010)
Click to View PDFWEST MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL CRIME GANG JAILED
2nd March 2010 Three members of an international criminal gang involved in smuggling around 11 million cigarettes, evading £1.7 million in duty and laundering the criminal proceeds were jailed for a total of eleven years and four months today.
(Added: 02 March 2010)
Click to View PDFTRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS CHECK VEHICLE SAFETY AT OLYMPIC SITE
1st March 2010 Richard Turfitt and Sarah Bell, Traffic Commissioners for the Eastern and Western Areas respectively, were invited by PS John Garvey of the Metropolitan Police, to attend to an Operation Mermaid check, adjacent to the Olympic Site near Leyton, London on 4 February 2010.
(Added: 02 March 2010)
Click to View PDFSCOTLAND: POLICE OFFICER STATISTICS
2nd March 2010 Scotland's Chief Statistician today published statistics on Police Officer Quarterly Strength, which give the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by the eight Scottish police forces
(Added: 02 March 2010)
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