Frontex lands court challengers in debt
This is the story of Luisa and Arne and how they tried to watch the watchers, a secretive, well-funded EU body, Frontex, in charge of policing Europe’s borders and saving lives at sea. Luisa and Arne asked for very simple information – what type of boats does Frontex have in Continue Reading
Knife and Violent Crime Increases
In October the Home Office published its latest police-recorded crime figures for the year ending June 2019, which yet again showed a rise in violence and knife-related offences. Crime was up in almost all categories, with the total number of offences in England and Wales increasing by seven per cent. Continue Reading
Extinction Rebellion threatens action over Terrorist Listing
by Vikram Dodd (Guardian’s Police and crime correspondent) Extinction Rebellion is threatening legal action against counter-terrorism police for what it said was the illegal listing of the group an extremist ideology in a guide designed to help stop terrorist violence. The Guardian revealed on Friday that counter-terrorism police placed the Continue Reading
Dorothea Puente – The Killer Landlady
When people think of serial killers, we tend to think of men who violently and compulsively kill victims often arising out of sexual or compulsive behaviour in living out their dark nature and evil gratifying desires. No one would have suspected an elderly 59 year old white haired landlady named Continue Reading
Praise for Muslim Woman who tackled Anti-Semite!
Source: Sky News. The Jewish man who was targeted with an anti-Semitic rant on the Tube has thanked a Muslim woman who confronted his abuser. In a statement, the victim said he feared the situation could have escalated to “physical violence” if the woman had not stepped in. The man Continue Reading
UN Award for Senegalese Female Police Officer
A Senegalese police officer serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has beenawarded special recognition for her outstanding service to the Congolese community and national police. Major Seynabou Diouf was announced the 2019 UN Female Police Officer of the year on Friday. She Continue Reading
Kevlar Liquid Armour
Liquid Armour is a material under research by defense institutions and universities around the world including the United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Some of the earliest research in this area was performed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Delaware in 2003. Typically, it consists of Kevlar that is soaked in one of two fluids – either a Continue Reading