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Tuesday, June 15, 2004 |
The face of a man is being displayed on posters around his new home town in an effort to curb his criminal behaviour.
Daniel Holmes, aged 20, is the subject of an anti-social behaviour order and North Yorkshire police want the public to help keep him in line.
The posters are on display around Selby and show his name, photo and the conditions of the behaviour order.
BBC
8:24:15 AM 
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Police are failing to tackle serious crime - and concentrating on motoring offences instead, startling figures revealed yesterday.
In the new league table of 43 police forces across the country nearly two-thirds achieved "good" or "excellent" grades in "roads policing."
But only ten forces were rated good at dealing with serious criminals, such as drug gangs -- and no force was rated excellent.
Sun
8:23:35 AM
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The home secretary has announced new measures to compensate victims of crime.
David Blunkett was piloting the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill through its second reading in the Commons on Monday.
And following a public consultation since the publication of the Bill earlier this year he unveiled plans to make offenders pay more towards compensation and support for sufferers.
ePolitix
8:22:59 AM
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Fourteen chief constables will be warned today that they face jail unless they act to stamp out racism in their forces.
In what was described as a "critical test" for the Government's new race relations legislation, Trevor Phillips, the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), will put the senior officers on notice, along with the heads of eight police authorities, telling them they must respond or face being brought before the courts.
Independent
8:22:21 AM
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Scotland Yard is setting up a unit to tackle crime carried out by, and on, South Asians in Britain.
It will be based on Operation Trident - the Met unit which specialises in gun crime in London's black communities.
Documents obtained by BBC News show kidnappings, drug crime and the use of firearms, including sub-machine guns, are on the increase among South Asians.
BBC
8:21:38 AM
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Some police forces are so slow at answering routinephone calls that frustrated callers are clogging 999lines with non-urgent requests, according to the chiefinspector of constabulary.
Guardian
8:21:01 AM
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© Copyright 2004 Nick Page.
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Updated: 30/9/04; 2:10:24 pm.
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