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ICO issues reprimand after suspects get hold of witness' address - A TVP officer had released contextual information to a Housing Authority. • Thames Valley Police has been issued with a reprimand after an officer "inappropriately" disclosed contextual information about a witness to a Housing Authority. As a consequence, suspected criminals lear- Shared Dorset and D&C firearms licensing unit to separate - The joint firearms licensing unit will be realigned into separate units for each force. • Devon and Cornwall and Dorset’s shared firearms licensing unit will be separated back into individual units for each force area. It follows a review and public survey after challenges have cropped
- Officers were briefed about dangers of Coronation protests says DAC - Significant intelligence about use of paint and rape alarms London Assembly told. • A review is being carried out of the Coronation security operation which included the arrest of six anti-monarchy protesters and three charity volunteers who were all later released without charge
- Force improves child protection through major restructure - CATE teams grown by 12 and online exploitation teams doubled. • Warwickshire has improved its child protection services by carrying out a comprehensive review of it structure according to a HMICFRS force re-visit inspection. The restructure included a review of the numbers of investigators
- PC dismissed for misleading force about arrest and criminal associate - Officer who was training to be tutor constable had visited friend in prison who was serving robbery sentence. • A North Yorkshire officer has been dismissed and placed on the barred list for misleading the force on his vetting form. PC Christopher Hudson had been arrested for criminal dama
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PC dismissed for misleading force about arrest and criminal associate
Paul
For very good reasons, there sometimes are restrictions on the private lives of police officers. For example, if one of your childhood friends is sentenced to 6 years in prison for robbery and you then decide you would like to join the police service, you have a straightforward choice to make:- either maintain your friendship or pursue your chosen career. It should be obvious to anyone that you can't do both - and what you definitely can't do is to try and do both and then lie about it when you're caught out.
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Paul
For very good reasons, there sometimes are restrictions on the private lives of police officers. For example, if one of your childhood friends is sentenced to 6 years in prison for robbery and you then decide you would like to join the police service, you have a straightforward choice to make:- either maintain your friendship or pursue your chosen career. It should be obvious to anyone that you can't do both - and what you definitely can't do is to try and do both and then lie about it when you're caught out.
