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Boris is determined to reform Met Police
Boris Johnson, the new Mayor of London, will press ahead with reforming the Metropolitan Police Service as soon as possible, including taking charge of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), adding pressure to the tenure of Sir Ian Blair as Commissioner.
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‘Campus cop’ on the beat in schools
A new uniform can be seen by pupils at Kirkland and Buckhaven High Schools in Scotland as they welcome their first ‘campus cop’ – PC Richard Cartwright – in an initiative by Fife Constabulary.
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Operation AgeWatch
Facial recognition
Facial recognition technology is to be installed in a convenience store to combat underage drinking and smoking as part of a groundbreaking project called Operation AgeWatch. Police Professional reports on the idea behind the scheme.
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Information sharing
Review of Criminality Information
Sir Ian Magee – former permanent secretary at the Department for Constitutional Affairs and head of operational delivery for the entire civil service – talks about his forthcoming Review of Criminality Information.
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Northamptonshire workforce modernisation
Financial savings
The 13 demonstrator sites across UK forces are not the only ones to have been focusing on workforce modernisation. Northamptonshire Police force has implemented a successful programme of modernisation that has seen significant financial savings and has earned the force accreditation from the NPIA. Police Professional talked to the team involved with the project. Saskia Welman reports.
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Trading places
Rogue trader operation
Thirty pounds for an attractive gravel drive that a seemingly kind and generous workman offers to produce using left over material seems like an excellent price and opportunity to embellish a home. But when the ‘honest’ workman demands almost £1,000 he shows his true rogue trader colours and underlines a crime that Thames Valley Police are determined to tackle. Damian Small reports.
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