What the policing teams have done for you / Peterborough Today, 19 May 2007
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"WHAT have you done for me lately?
That’s the question being asked of neighbourhood policing teams across Peterborough and the answer in the south of the city could put a smile on residents’ faces."

Operation Washer Internationally Recognised / Police Oracle, 17 May 2007
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13459
"The Wales Regional Task Force (Operation Tarian+) has received international recognition for the success of Operation Washer and has been awarded The Keith English Award, presented by The International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI). The award is awarded each year to a person, persons, or organisation who have shown excellent work in detection, investigation or prevention of motor vehicle crime."

Wear award winners / Sunderland Echo, 18 May 2007
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2889941
John Howe
"An inspirational mum and a group of schoolchildren are set to receive awards for their work beating crime and staying safe.
Anti-gun campaigner Linda Mitchell, 42, along with teachers and pupils from Grangetown's Southmoor Community School, was due to attend a ceremony in London.
She was joined by pupils and teachers from Southmoor who have been involved in the Home Office's Watch Over Me scheme, aiming to help teenagers stay safe, for the last two years."

Home Office 'Disengages' Northants / Police Oracle, 17 May 2007
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13457
"Northamptonshire Police has welcomed as 'excellent news' confirmation that the Force is no longer under special scrutiny by the Home Office. Chief Constable Peter Maddison learned this week that the Police & Crime Standards Directorate (formerly the Police Standards Unit) has formally withdrawn from the Force – just three years after he first asked for their support. Plummeting crime rates, continuing improvements in performance, significant progress in other areas and the introduction of new systems and processes has restored Home Office confidence in Northamptonshire Police."

Minister at crime payback initiative / Northern Echo, 16th May 2007
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/display.var.1401070.0.0.php?utag=32924
"HOME Office Minister Vernon Coaker met offenders, police and community beat officers on a tour of Stockton, where crime has fallen 14 per cent in the past year.
He spoke with offenders on the community payback scheme, who were removing graffiti in the Oxbridge area of the town, and went to the new Safer Stockton Partnership office, based in the town's police station."

Offenders repaying society with work / Northern Echo, 16 May 2007
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/display.var.1401019.0.0.php?utag=32924
"A PIONEERING scheme to rehabilitate young offenders through unpaid work is being trialled in the region. The project is being piloted by North Yorkshire County Council's youth offending team. The scheme works by making young criminals carry out unpaid work to repay their debt to society."

Virtual terror strikes Second Life / PhysOrg, 24 Feb 2007
http://www.physorg.com/news91514917.html
"In an explosive display, virtual-world banes now mirror the havoc of the real one as terrorists have launched a bombing campaign in Second Life."

Big Brother is watching and selling pictures / Ham & High Express, 23 Feb 2007
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Katie Davies
"SHOCKING details about the controversial My Camden website - which allows web users to see detailed pictures of residents' homes - have been discovered by the Ham&High. Papers obtained from a Freedom of Information request show photo supplier Cyclomedia is allowed to reproduce or sell any of the images to anyone who requests them. Camden Council forks out thousands of pounds to put photos on the site, which allows anyone with a computer to view various angles of properties in the borough."

Arrest in news broadcast probe / Manchester Evening News, 24 Feb 2007
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"A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was today charged by police with possession of cannabis. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested after officers from Manchester executed a search warrant at a house at 7.30am today. Police said a "small" amount of cannabis was recovered. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said the arrest was made by police investigating a news broadcast in which a group of young people were shown with weapons and made reference to the use of illegal drugs."

Dutch demand ban of virtual child porn in Second Life : 'School for paedophiles' / The Register, 21 Feb 2007
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Jan Libbenga
"The Dutch prosecutor's office is considering legal actions to test the law against child porn in the popular virtual game Second Life. With no clear litigation, it is difficult to act against perpetrators. Kitty Nooij, who is in charge of the sex offences portfolio at the prosecutor's office in the Netherlands, told Dutch news show Netwerk that she will try to bring cases to court so precedents can be set."

Ticket-dodging Oz boy racer boasts of exploits online : Chat room crowing ends in court / The Register, 21 Feb 2007
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/21/oz_boy_racer/
Lester Haines
"A 22-year-old Aussie driver who decided to ignore a "major defect notice" on his Nissan 200 SX was busted after rather brilliantly boasting of his escape from cops in an internet chat room.
He was pulled at a roadblock in Melbourne's South Yarra district at 11pm on 12 August 2006. Police issued said major defect notice - known locally as a "canary" due to its distictive yellow colour - for two bald tyres. An Acting Sergeant stuck the notice to the driver's windscreen, but then rather generously gave the perp an hour to take his wheels home rather than cop a tow.
document. He, however, decided to use the opportunity to "party on", as The Age puts it. Two days later, he described his escape to a nissansilvia.com chat room."

Police track 100mph urban joyrider : YouTube biker questioned / Register, 20 Feb 2007
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OUT-LAW.COM
"A man has been accused of driving his motorcycle through a built-up area at over 100 miles per hour, filming the ride and posting the footage on the internet. The rider was questioned by police after they saw the video on YouTube. The film shows a Yamaha R1 superbike driving through traffic, squeezing between two cars driving in opposite directions and returning to the rider's home address."

CBS4 Investigates Online Gang Videos : Experts Have Warning For Parents / CBS4, 30 Jan 2007
http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_030094337.html
Katherine Blake
"Gang and law enforcement experts are warning parents about a violent new trend online as gang members post videos of their activities on the Internet. Police call the trend "net banging." Officers say it's like gang banging in the streets, except in this case, it is happening on the Web."

Racists' web of hate / Sunday Herald Sun, 18 Feb 2007
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Chris Tinkler and David Hastie
"THESE are the faces of those who preach racist hate and taunt police by bragging that they will do as they please in Australia. Freely available on the internet phenomenon YouTube, the images and messages are contained in homemade videos that depict ethnic gang warfare, violence and gun-toting. The videos incite racial attacks -- even killings -- and bait Melbourne police."

Young gangs target youths online / Stuff New Zealand, 24 Feb 2007
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3972135a10.html
IAN STEWARD
"Social networking websites are being used by young gang members, fuelling fears they are being used to recruit impressionable youths. The Mongrel Mob and what appears to be their feeder gang, The Bloods, have an extensive network of members on popular website Bebo. com.
Younger members' profiles emphasise their allegiance to the Bloods gang and tend to ape American "gangsters". But as the age of the user increases, Mongrel Mob insignia starts appearing."

'Blood money' goes to crims / The Dominion Post, 23 Feb 2007
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3971038a10.html
EMILY WATT
"Six criminals are in line to receive about $50,000 in government payouts because their victims do not want the "blood money". A much vaunted law change to strip criminals of compensation and make it available to their victims has been declared "a failure" by opponents - just 20 months after it was launched. Only one victim of the seven criminals who have received a tax-payer funded payout since the new law has applied for the cash. The Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Act, passed in June 2005, restricted compensation paid to inmates for mistreatment in prison and allowed the prisoners' victims to apply for the money."

Website still threatening Bradford / Stuff New Zealand, 23 Feb 2007
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3971089a10.html
COLIN ESPINER
"The authors of a website containing threats against the life of Green MP Sue Bradford say they will publish her home address unless she withdraws her anti-smacking legislation currently before Parliament. Internet giant Google pulled the plug on the CYFS Watch website, which for several months has hosted abusive comments about social workers and MPs. But within hours the site was back on another hosted domain."

Police recruitment - the facts / Scoop New Zealand, 20 Feb 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00365.htm
Press Release: New Zealand Government Police recruitment - the facts
"Since 2002, only two police recruits have graduated from the Royal New Zealand Police College as constables with restrictions on their duties, says Police Minister Annette King. Such records have only been kept since 2002."

Failed police recruits put on the beat / Stuff New Zealand, 20 Feb 2007
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3967574a10.html
KIM THOMAS
"Police recruits who fail parts of basic training are being allowed to go on the beat. Recruits who fail police college tests for skills such as driving, firearms and unarmed combat are starting uniform work on limited duties. In some cases, a lack of English leaves recruits unable to complete tasks such as reading offenders their rights. Police are trying to fill an extra 1000 positions within two years as part of the Government's confidence and supply agreement with NZ First."

Stand up! / Scoop, 22 Feb 2007,
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0702/S00234.htm
Les Brown
"There is a growing plague that has settled in our community, that in the end only we can deal with. The well spring of the Gangs, grafitti, prostition, and crime is the massive increase in drugs use. Drugs are killing our young,destroying their minds and stealing their innocence. This problem is getting worse and is fuelling escalating gang activity. At the centre is a growing gang battle over distribution rights, is the worst drug of all, P. Too much of the violence on our streets has its cause in this drug, that leaves its users with no moral base, nor normal human compassion."