Police
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How 999 callers can ask for help if it’s not safe to speak
Speed Read New #MakeYourselfHeard campaign designed to raise awareness of method to alert police in silence
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Policeman who gave homeless man dog poo sandwich wins appeal
Speed Read San Antonio patrolman Matthew Luckhurst claims his actions were ‘misconstrued’
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What happened to murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail?
Speed Read Aaron Campbell sentenced to minimum of 27 years in prison after finally confessing
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Surrey village stabbing declared a terrorism incident
Speed Read Man, 50, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and racially-aggravated public order offence
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What is Operation Sceptre and can it reduce knife crime?
Speed Read The week-long national campaign includes weapon surrender bins and sweeps
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Knife crime: police demand return of stop and search
Speed Read Theresa May accused of reducing controversial powers to fit 'political agenda'
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Can you police by machine?
In Depth Liberty warns predictive policing threatens citizens’ rights as federation warn of dangers of staffing shortages
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Police warn paedophile hunters against vigilantism after five arrests
Speed Read Three men and two women are detained in Leeds on suspicion of wrongly imprisoning alleged abusers
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Nigerian police chief says gay people ‘should leave country’
Speed Read Chief Superintendent Dolapo Badmos posted Instagram message citing 2014 law banning homosexuality activity
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Man arrested after poppy wreaths thrown from memorial
Speed Read The 54-year-old suspect was detained on suspicion of criminal damage following vandalism of Swindon Cenotaph
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Sarah Wellgreen: man charged with murder of missing Kent mum
In Depth Ben Lacomba, 38, arrested for second time over ex-partner’s disappearance
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Met Police reveal most annoying 999 calls
In Depth Scotland Yard took 21,733 nuisance calls in 2018, including about a whistling bus driver and a lack of fried chicken
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Video of police wrenching baby from mother’s arms sparks outrage
Speed Read Officers surround Jazmine Headley as she lies on floor holding one-year-old son during tug of war at New York benefits office
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Dozens of offences quashed after forensic manipulation
Speed Read More than 10,500 test results under review after ‘most serious breach of forensic science standards in living memory’, says police chief
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