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Some police forces have been under-recording violent crimes, the Home Office admits.
Ref. BBC

Police British

Police 'pay protester informers'

Police use paid informants inside protest groups to gather intelligence, according to evidence handed to the Guardian. Ref. Source 1

British Police History & Civil Business Politics

Police stop-and-search forms cut

Police officers will no longer have to fill out lengthy forms when they stop and search people, the home secretary is to say. Ref. Source 6

Police British

Put police on patrol, says Brown

Gordon Brown is to tell police forces to get more officers on the beat in an effort to tackle crime. Ref. Source 5

Police British

Having more officers out on the streets may solve some crimes but I still think it is going to take more actions to lessen crime as a total.

British Police

John Yates resigns

Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates resigns amid criticism of his investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World. Ref. BBC

British Police

Bernard Hogan-Howe new Met chief

Former chief constable of Merseyside, Bernard Hogan-Howe, is named new Metropolitan Police Commissioner. He beat three others to the job. Ref. BBC

British Police Politics Business Civil & History

Police will have the right to fire rubber bullets on student protesters as they prepare for huge London demonstration:

Police are prepared to use plastic bullets for the first time on the British mainland if student protests planned for tomorrow erupt into violence. Ref. Source 3