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Police ‘will quit’ if Tories create elected bosses

20.11.09
One of Britain’s top policemen clashed with David Cameron over Tory plans for locally elected police chiefs... more

Police forces must merge to save money, says top officer

18.11.09
Leading police officer calls for neighbouring forces to merge in an attempt to cut costs... more

Wife beaters may be forced to register with police

16.11.09
NEW: Serial wife-beaters could be forced to register with police under proposals to be unveiled... more

Police ridiculed over 'how to ride a bike' manual

12.11.09
Latest: Police officers ridiculed after drawing up a 93-page step-by-step guide to riding a bicycle... more

Innocent protesters' details collected for police databases

26.10.09
Police are collecting information on thousands of protesters for a series of national intelligence databases, it was revealed ... more

Police win right to hold on to conviction records

19.10.09
Police won a 'critical' legal battle to allow them to retain details of offenders’ convictions and prevent convicts from deceiving employers about their criminal past... more

Complaints against police up by 8%

24.09.09
Complaints against the police shot up by 8% last year, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said... more

Police are told to treat hundreds more attacks as 'honour' crimes

22.09.09
Police and prosecutors are to be told to presume that hundreds more crimes are 'honour' based in a new drive to bring more offenders to justice... more

You're his boss, Boris - don't let Paul Stephenson forget that

08.09.09
At last, a London row that really matters and where only one side can be right. London's police chiefs are demanding that politicians stop interfering in how they police the streets... more

Lunatics or BNP could win control of police, warns chief

07.09.09
Row between Boris Johnson and police reignites as 'Yates of the Yard' said it was 'entirely unacceptable' to claim control of Met ... more

Met chief tells Boris Johnson he's not in charge

03.09.09
Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul Stephenson has issued a dramatic challenge to City Hall, saying: "Hands off the Met"... more

Chelsea drops into the red on buy-to-lets fraud damage

21.08.09
British banks and building societies may have lost hundreds of millions of pounds through mortgage fraud committed by criminal gangs working in the buy-to-let housing boom ... more

Premier League footballer faces ban after speeding conviction

12.08.09
Premier League footballer faces possible driving ban after he was found guilty of speeding ... more

Police sued by drug charity boss over sniffer dog search

03.08.09
Director of a national drugs charity is suing police for damages after he was targeted by a sniffer dog at a Tube station... more

Met to target 'honour' crime with specialist training for all officers

28.07.09
Every police officer in London is to be given training on how to detect 'honour'-based violence... more

Terror threat lowest level since 7/7 bombings

20.07.09
Official terrorist threat level downgraded to its lowest level since before the 7 July London bombings in 2005... more

One in 10 Met constables from ethnic minority

25.06.09
The number of ethnic minority officers in the Met is poised to break 3,000 for the first time... more

One in 10 Met constables is now from ethnic minority

25.06.09
The number of ethnic minority officers in the Metropolitan police is poised to break 3,000 for the first time... more

How events unfolded

29.05.09
Here is a timeline of how events unfolded since Mark Saunders was shot dead in Markham Square, Chelsea, last year... more

Black chief constable hopes to step up to senior role at Met

19.05.09
Britain's highest ranking black police officer has applied to the post of Deputy Commissioner at Scotland Yard... more

Police forces told to stop wasting time chasing hunts

15.05.09
Police have been told to stop monitoring hunts and concentrate on more important priorities... more

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