In Great Britain, the police is subordinate to the Home Office, and its operational headquarters is Scotland Yard, the criminal investigation department of the Metropolitan Police of London. The local police operate in the cities and counties. The police systems of Scotland and Northern Ireland are...
System abused to pursue personal and political vendettas... Entirely as predicted, Police Scotland has been deluged with vexatious and politically-driven ‘hate crime’ reports, with one top official complaining “we cannot cope.” Didn’t see this one coming. Under the new legislation, anyone ...
Byline: By Lindsay ClydesdaleDaily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
According to Police Scotland, July 13 was a really quiet Saturday with little crime to speak of. The force told the public about a couple of road crashes and a handful of music festival arrests but there was really nothing much else to report. In fact, a Sunday Mail investigation has ...
Scotland Yard disagree. A spokesman is reported by the Mail as saying : “The Met does not believe that Mr Settle was “hounded out” of the organisation.” To my mind there is one big unanswered question in all this. Given the high profile role and all the complexities of the Westminste...
National Ugly Mugs (NUM) is a UK-wide violence prevention and victim support charity that provides a mechanism for sex workers to share safety information
State, county, and local police will often come together to solve a crime that falls within their jurisdiction. Agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, and others also work with the police to help solve crimes. The emergence of computerized ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man after a bomb disposal team made a suspicious item safe on the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the queen's official Scottish residence in Edinburgh. Police Scotland said they...
Scotland Yard claims that moped muggers are snatching 20 phones an hour and that thieves mainly go for iPhones. If the phone is still switched on then they reset it and sell it on, if not then they will trade it for parts. If the owner has been astute enough to register their phone ...
Supporters of the new laws insist they will make Scotland more tolerant. But critics such as the Harry Potter author say the legislation could stifle free speech - and fails to extend these protections to women.