GMP officers crash seized car
Two Greater Manchester Police officers have been suspended from driving duties after they were involved in an accident in a high-powered car seized from a suspected drink-driver.
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The Police Debate: five key questions
The proposals contained in the Home Office discussion document,
Policing in the 21st Century: reconnecting police and the people,
represent the most significant changes to the policing landscape since
the replacement of watch committees by police authorities nearly 50
years ago. The Government document invites feedback by mid-September on
26 specific questions. But there are other questions not addressed that
are at least as significant as those that are covered in the discussion
document. In this article, PA Consulting Group’s Bernard Rix, Neil Amos
and Richard Bailey highlight five issues that should be considered now
in order to ensure the future policing landscape is able to meet the
challenges ahead.
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Applying virtual ID
When skeletal remains require urgent identification, the ability to use
the virtual services of experts at the end of an email can be extremely
effective. Lucina Hackman and Sue Black explain more about bones@dundee.
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DNA identifies ‘our boys’
How do you identify bodies that are 90 years old when it is unlikely
they have any direct descendents? Familial DNA matching and police
forensics were used as never before when 96 bodies were identified as
Australian soldiers buried by the Germans in the First World War.
Serena Lander reports.
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Operation Danube: Surrey Police thwarts the ‘perfect murder’
The killer left his DNA at the scene but knew his profile wasn’t on the
national database, even though he was on bail for murder. He had flown
into the country to commit cold-blooded and calculated murder, but was
undone by even greater attention to detail.
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Next generation video surveillance system


A new 360-degree surveillance video being developed in the US uses
image-stitching technology that is perfectly detailed edge-to-edge to
give high-resolution detail and multiple views.
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Beating the vehicle theft ‘jammers’
A ground-breaking system with jamming counter-measures has been
launched to combat vehicle theft. It is in response to the growing
problem of car thieves ‘jamming’ tracking devices,
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US police use decommissioned aircraft for counter-terror training
The Houston Police Department last month became the first in the US to
begin using a decommissioned US Air Force (USAF) Boeing 737 for
training exercises. The scenarios will not involve flight, but will
simulate situations that officers might face at one of Houston’s three
major airports.
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Barnsley officers get smart to boost time on the beat
South Yorkshire Police is on target to have all frontline officers and
police community support officers (PCSOs) equipped with smartphones by
February 2011.
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Living room mock-up highlights burglary risks
A life-sized reconstruction of a living room appeared in the Deansgate
area of Manchester earlier this month to mark the launch of a
hard-hitting campaign travelling across the city to tackle burglary.
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