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Earlier Policing stories

Met shops self to IPCC over terror toddlers

We're nicked. But you're still awfully suss, shorty

11 Sep 07:02

IWF takes 'pragmatic' stance on level one images

Doesn't want to be 'forever embroiled' in grey areas

10 Sep 09:58

Met: We shan't scrap Form 696

Red-tape-tastic risk form now racist-undertone-free

8 Sep 13:15

IWF chief: We don't need crusaders

Interview El Reg speaks to URL-blocker boss Peter Robbins

8 Sep 12:00

CRB checks can take years to complete

Come on, while we're young!

8 Sep 09:41

Investigators blind on P2P child abuse

Encryption on the rise too

7 Sep 11:33

Police drop case against admin over animal rights comments

Probe of judge's exposure on Indymedia UK continues

4 Sep 14:32

Home Office foot-dragging exposes ACPO to criticism

But talk of a rift is premature

3 Sep 11:14

California child kidnapper stalked Street View van

Phillip Garrido caught on camera?

1 Sep 12:18

Dole bludger fined for BNP leak

List leaker was party insider

1 Sep 12:15

Man beaten and stabbed by Gumtree scammers

Police issue common sense warning

26 Aug 12:50

Met hires Twitter consultancy

Outsourced hive-mind ego surfing

25 Aug 12:01

UK cops eye shotgun cartridge Taser

'eXtended Range Electronic Projectile' a bad mofo

24 Aug 13:39

Handset makers, the criminal's friend

See no evil, speak no evil

21 Aug 18:37

Police drag feet following DNA law change

Green's off - 850,000 to go

20 Aug 11:49

Devon force divulges ANPR towns online

TV promo website spills the beans

20 Aug 09:32

Met trades truncheons for Twitter

Pointless babble to soothe seething climate protestors

19 Aug 10:43

Shop risks legal action for posting 'shoplifter' CCTV online

Your face here. Or not

18 Aug 13:10

Police, Cameras, Pixellation

Comment Are police becoming more sensitive over their privacy?

16 Aug 09:02

Oppressed snappers focus on police in London and Chatham

Photographers attempt to reclaim the right to photograph

14 Aug 08:02

Two convicted for refusal to decrypt data

Up to five years in jail after landmark prosecutions

11 Aug 13:17

Coppers make fake football sites pay penalty

Fans fouled by bogus vendors

7 Aug 14:16

Cops and ISP in paedophile data mix up

'Very unfortunate' arrest gaffe follows

23 Jul 14:57

Too-tall terror snapper stopped by cops again

Shiny new ID powers invented by Kent police

22 Jul 07:45

'No more CCTV', cries top CCTV cop

Shetlands crime wave under control

21 Jul 12:06

Tasered Oz man bursts into flames

Petrol-sniffing incident ends in third degree burns

21 Jul 08:48

Kent Police clamp down on tall photographers

Updated New heights of absurdity (about 5'11")

15 Jul 12:45

Plod offered SIM confiscation powers by Tories

Errant yoof face summary mobile justice

15 Jul 12:22

DNA database swells despite human rights ruling

5.6 million records and still growing

15 Jul 09:56

Two jailed for online racism after US turned down asylum bid

Freedom of speech claim denied

10 Jul 15:48

Police decline to reopen mobile phone hacking case

'Nothing to hear, move along' says Yates of the Yard

10 Jul 12:27

Police may have had a duty to notify phone-hacking victims

Make sure no-one's listening in when you do, though

10 Jul 10:12

Met warns officers off photographers

The return of copper plate photography?

9 Jul 12:59

Cops to step up use of phone and net records

Hello hello hello

8 Jul 13:20

Counter terror cops prep for recession funding squeeze

First time for everything

7 Jul 14:40

Police headcams burst into flames

Exclusive Burning helmets leave heat feeling blue

6 Jul 13:20

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