Topic: London Metropolitan Police

British police spent $54,000 checking the time

For Britain's biggest police force, time really is money.. Figures show that London's Metropolitan Police spent 35,000 pounds ($54,000) on calls to ...
Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corp., the parent company that owns the now-defunct News of the World tabloid newspaper, his son James Murdoch...

Anarchists will target royal wedding: police

Anarchist militants who clashed with police during Saturday's march against public sector cuts will "deliberately target" next month's royal wedding, a senior policeman told Monday's Telegraph.Commander Bob Broadhurst, head of public order for London's Metropolitan Police force ...

Olympics: Stiffer penalties for 2012 ticket touts

Touts caught selling tickets illegally at the 2012 Olympics in London will face fines of up to £20,000, the government has said.The stiffer penalties ranging from about £5,000 to the maximum £20,000 were announced days before 8.8 ...

History of the Police

These civilian officers were called Bow Street Runners in London and responsible to catch thievesIn 1796 the French ministry of police were founded and properly organised by 1800.In 1814 Sir Robert Peel established the first professional British force. This police force ...

Police arrest 19 over online banking fraud

LONDON (Reuters) - Police have arrested 19 people on suspicion of taking part in an online fraud that hit thousands of customers of some of the world's biggest banks, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.London's Metropolitan Police said 6 million ...

UK Police Nab Six for Banking Fraud

Computerworld reports that London's Metropolitan Police have arrested six people in connection with a phishing operation that netted at least $569,000 and compromised more than 20,000 bank accounts and credit cards.. Allegedly, the suspects sent out spam to trick ...

UK Police Investigate Google Privacy Complaint

Scotland Yard has joined the lineup of government agencies investigating Google's Wi-Fi snooping. According to Reuters, London's Metropolitan Police are looking into a privacy complaint against Google by Privacy International.. In the United States, Google is facing a multi-state probe ...

Man jailed for pretending to be policeman

A man was jailed on Friday for pretending to be a police officer over several years, even duping his wife, police said.Stuart Howatson, 31, told guests at his wedding in 2006 that the chief of London's Metropolitan Police was due ...

Guns, knives recycled into 2012 Games sites

Knives and guns seized from London thugs are being recycled into building materials for the 2012 Olympic Games, police said Tuesday.London's Metropolitan Police said it collected more than 52 tonnes of scrap metal from guns, knives and old keys in ...