British cops still haven’t got the message about photography
There is a disturbing film and story on The Guardian site which shows two London Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) hassling an Italian art student, Simona Bonomo, largely, it seems to me, because she wasn’t submissive towards them and stood up...

English anti-terror cops ask nursery school workers to watch 4 year olds for signs of "radicalization"
England's West Midlands counter-terrorism unit is putting nursery schools on notice to check out their four-year-olds to make sure that they're not being "brainwashed" into "Islamic extremism."Arun Kundnani, of the Institute of Race Relations,...

English anti-terror cops ask nursery school workers to watch 4 year olds for signs of "radicalization"
England's West Midlands counter-terrorism unit is putting nursery schools on notice to check out their four-year-olds to make sure that they're not being "brainwashed" into "Islamic extremism."Arun Kundnani, of the Institute of Race Relations,...

Magickal horse-mane braid mystery solved by Dorset warlock
After consulting with a warlock, police in Dorset have concluded that the mysterious plaits (braids) that have been appearing in horse's manes are part of "knot magick" rituals. As many as 12 horses have been braided.PC Tim Poole, who has...

Police efficiency -Times Online
An excellent letter describeshow effectively crime was dealt with by the police before Labour bureaucracy took over

Don’t take away the modern copper’s toolkit | Sean O’Neill - Times Online
Sound common sense in the plea to allow the police to use their detection tools in our protection. But look at the number of Times readers in the comments who believe the rubbish about this making us a police state. Perhaps the mass of people of common...

UAE plans DNA database of entire population
Police in the United Kingdom have recently been forced by the European Court of Human Rights to scale back their increasingly large National DNA Database (NDNAD), which previously potentially included DNA profiles of anyone arrested by the police,...

If we can’t have more police, have less tolerance
This article by Libby Purves is a major piece, describing the new realisation of a nation picking itself up from the nonsense of political Correctness. Reader comment that follows is pathetic

Police officer 'attacked by 40-strong mob after he told teenage girl to pic
An incident that shows how the status of the police has been undermined in the past ten years

Secret pay deals give top police thousands extra - Times Online
This is another example of an area where expenditure can be saved without cutting performance. The police service is top heavy with too many highly paid officers doing no more than swell the bloated bureaucracy