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Detective sergeant charged with theft - DS Michael Harrington will appear in court to face 11 counts adding up to more than £50,000. A serving Metropolitan Police detective sergeant has been charged with 11 counts of theft totalling £58,000. Michael Harrington, 44, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thu
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Met investigates more than one revenge porn case per day - Figures from country's largest police force reveal dozens of these offences are recorded each month. Detectives in the country’s largest police force are investigating dozens of cases of “revenge porn” every month, it has been revealed. Hundreds of offences of “
Former roads policing inspector to help tackle uninsured driving - WMP's Paul Bennett will provide a link between the Motor Insurers' Bureau and police forces. A former inspector with 25 years’ experience in roads policing has joined the Motor Insurers' Bureau to help tackle uninsured driving. Former West Midlands Police Inspector Paul Bennett,- Read more news »
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Graham
The thin blue line is becoming like an elastic band being stretched to its limit before it breaks. Those at the frontline having their health put at risk by the 9-5ers with every weekend off. If it ends up with more and more frontline officers suffering burnout and forced to go sick then the pressure will increase on those left behind and on it goes. The more frequent cancellation of restdays can only end in tears for the job. But senior management will already have jobs in private security lined up to continue the lifestyle they have come to enjoy.










