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New CCTV unit at Southwark Police Station

From BBC News The eventual aim is to turn the gathering of video evidence into a third forensic specialism alongside DNA analysis and fingerprinting. There are 4.2 million cameras in the UK but until now there has been no dedicated police unit to deal with the collection and dissemination

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Happy slapping comes to the South Bank

When he spun around another teenager - who had been hiding behind nearby scaffolding - leapt out and hit him hard in the head. When he staggered to his feet he noticed the rest of the gang were jeering and pointing their mobile phones at him. Silver admits that while the attack

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556 arrests on Tower Bridge in two years

PC Richie Fullbrook, the City of London Police's beat officer for Tower Bridge, is described in Monday's Times as "arguably Britain’s most successful policeman" for clocking up a record 556 arrests in two years on and around the famous river crossing.

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PwC London Bridge burglars jailed

PA News reports on the jailing of four burglars who targeted big businesses in London: Another time they broke into the officers of international accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers by clambering across the roof of London Bridge railway station. They then spent 45 minutes happily plundering seven floors of every laptop they

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Self defence on the South Bank

Check out this blogger's account of an incident near the National Theatre this week. [contains strong language]

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South Bank safety

The Southwark Days blog has some interesting thoughts on our recent piece about safety on the South Bank in the light of the murder of David Morley. PS - it's South Bank, not 'Southbank', thank you very much!