Law and Rights
Police Officers in Manchester were ordered not to give chase to men who stole expensive motorcycles. Why? Because the thieves were not wearing helmets! See Manchester Evening News 16th August 2010.
It makes you wonder ..... but see ACPO "Management of Police Pursuits" - link via this.
- An Event At An Anti-fracking Protest
Here is a link to a report in the Manchester Evening News 21st February. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the arrest of a man at an anti-fracking camp. Dr Steven Peers is planning to sue Greater Manchester...
- Climate Change Protests - No.4 - Role Of Acpo To Be Changed
It is reported that the Home Office Minister of State - Mr Nick Herbert MP has informed the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that the role of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in relation to control of any operational...
- A Problematic Sentence: R V Bolton, Griffin And Marshall - Manchester Crown Court
Some sentences handed down by judges make people wonder just where the law is heading. Three men in Manchester have just received "Intensive Alternative to Custody" - (which is available in Greater Manchester) - sentences for an appalling crime. ...
- The Mark Berry ("bez") Case ....
From time to time various "celebrities" appear in the courts to stand trial for serious matters. Mark Berry - (of "Happy Mondays" and "Domino Bones fame") - has been before the magistrates' court at Manchester and has been sentenced to...
- Is This The Way To Do It?
It looks like this lady would have been better off if she had not offended at all - see Manchester Evening News. I also liked the one about the burglar who left a mobile phone at the burgled property. As Bystander points out, he is now in "the Scrubs."...
Law and Rights
Can this be right ....it makes you wonder ....
It makes you wonder ..... but see ACPO "Management of Police Pursuits" - link via this.
- An Event At An Anti-fracking Protest
Here is a link to a report in the Manchester Evening News 21st February. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the arrest of a man at an anti-fracking camp. Dr Steven Peers is planning to sue Greater Manchester...
- Climate Change Protests - No.4 - Role Of Acpo To Be Changed
It is reported that the Home Office Minister of State - Mr Nick Herbert MP has informed the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that the role of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in relation to control of any operational...
- A Problematic Sentence: R V Bolton, Griffin And Marshall - Manchester Crown Court
Some sentences handed down by judges make people wonder just where the law is heading. Three men in Manchester have just received "Intensive Alternative to Custody" - (which is available in Greater Manchester) - sentences for an appalling crime. ...
- The Mark Berry ("bez") Case ....
From time to time various "celebrities" appear in the courts to stand trial for serious matters. Mark Berry - (of "Happy Mondays" and "Domino Bones fame") - has been before the magistrates' court at Manchester and has been sentenced to...
- Is This The Way To Do It?
It looks like this lady would have been better off if she had not offended at all - see Manchester Evening News. I also liked the one about the burglar who left a mobile phone at the burgled property. As Bystander points out, he is now in "the Scrubs."...