Alan Johnson

'Gangbos' aimed at teenage crime

New injunctions against gangs and action on wheelclampers included in Alan Johnson's crime bill New antisocial behaviour injunctions – dubbed gangbos – aimed at tackling teenage gang members as young as 14 are to be introduced...

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Police 'to visit every crime scene'

Police should visit every victim of crime, says Home Secretary Alan Johnson, ahead of the first national TV and radio advertising campaign to explain what people should expect from their force. Andy Tighe reports. The BBC is...

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Police should see all crime victims

Every victim of crime should be visited by the police, irrespective of how serious the offence, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has indicated. Every victim of crime should be visited by the police, irrespective of how serious the...

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Wyoming challenges Yellowstone snowmobile rules (AP)

By BEN NEARY, Associated Press Writer Ben Neary, Associated Press Writer – 12 mins ago CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The state of Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to block the National Park Service from further restricting...

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Police Slam Tory Commissioner Plans

One of the UK's top policemen has warned Tory plans to introduce locally elected commissioners could prompt mass resignations from constabulary chiefs nationwide.Association of Chief Police Officers President, Sir Hugh Orde...

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Cumbria floods: residents braced for more rain - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk Cumbria floods: residents braced for more rain Telegraph.co.uk England's wettest day on record claimed the life of a "heroic" policeman and left hundreds of people homeless as forecasters warned the "Biblical"...

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New £10 million funding to train housing officers to lead fight against ASB

Up to ten thousand front-line staff and community champions are to receive training and support to help tackle anti-social behaviour, Communities Secretary John Denham and Housing Minister John Healey announced today. Many...

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MoD bonuses: a 'travesty of justice'?

By Contributing editor Emily Hohler Nov 20, 2009 Dangerous business - but staple guns can nip a bit too Being a civil servant at the Ministry of Defence is a "very difficult and sometimes dangerous job", said Home Secretary...

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Europe: Fired British Drug Advisor Calls for Royal Commission on Marijuana Decriminalization

Professor David Nutt, the former head of Britain's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), who was fired late last month by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for criticizing the government's drug policies as driven by...

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[Comment] Government vs science over drug and alcohol policy

My statement in October that alcohol was more dangerous than many illegal drugs, including cannabis, ecstasy, and LSD, referred back to a paper I published in The Lancet 2 years ago. It would be an understatement, given the...

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