Tag Archives: police
Bicycles ‘stolen’ in police stunt
A police force films an officer ‘stealing’ bicycles in full public view to show “just how easy” it is for a thief to get away unchallenged.
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Police probe ‘botched op’ surgeon
Police confirm they are investigating a surgeon accused of carrying out botched or unnecessary breast cancer operations in the West Midlands.
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Italian police seize castle in €65m tax probe
Investigation as 13 people are suspected over the sale of the Valentino luxury fashion brand to a private equity group in 2007
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Fire deaths police arrest two men
Two men are arrested in connection with a fire at a house in Derby in which six children died.
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‘Morale crisis’ hitting police
A “national crisis of morale” exists among police officers, the head of an independent commission on policing in England and Wales says.
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Police helicopter crash kills 2 in Atlanta
It started as a helicopter search for a missing 9-year old boy. About two hours later, the police chopper lay in pieces on a city street, two officers were dead and hundreds of northwest Atlanta residents had no power.
Bomb kills police chief in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb in Kandahar province has killed the police chief of Dand district.
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Police: Mom kills children to hurt father
A Chicago-area woman has been charged with killing her 5-year-old son and a 7-year-old girl as she babysat them, allegedly stabbing each dozens of times in a bedroom this week as they pleaded for their lives, authorities say.
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Met Police got £23m from sponsors
The Metropolitan Police received £22.7m of donations and sponsorship in the past five years, the BBC learns from a Freedom of Information request.
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French police face retrial over deaths
Two officers to be tried for failing to help teenagers who were electrocuted as they hid from police in power station.
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Police investigate 3 home bombings
Police are investigating three explosions at homes in Virginia. WRIC has more.
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Death in Tunis as Salafists clash with police
One protester killed and three security officers injured after men armed with swords attack a police station.
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Serbia police charge England pair
Two England U21 players face criminal charges in Serbia.
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Police investigate Clattenburg
Police start an investigation into alleged comments made by referee Mark Clattenburg to Chelsea players.
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Police disperse striking miners in S Africa
Rubber bullets, teargas and stun grenades used during clashes with Anglo American platinum mine workers in Rustenburg.
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Police election ballot ‘shambles’
A late decision to print ballot papers for the police and crime elections in both English and Welsh in Wales means £350,000 of papers will be shredded.
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Turkey police disperse pro-secular protesters
Tear gas and water cannons used to disband thousands marching in Ankara to mark Republic Day.
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Cities cut police forces to save cash
Stopped at a red light in a crime-wracked neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, a 31-year-old woman watched as her friend slumped to the floor after a bullet smashed through the back window of the 31-year-old’s Pontiac minivan.
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When Boston Police Spy on Free Speech, Democracy Suffers
New evidence garnered from an ACLU lawsuit reveals that the Boston Police Department has spied on the lawful political activity of local peace groups. Central in the controversy are ‘Fusion Centers’ which facilitate the sharing of information among all levels…