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25/10/2011
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Emergency Call Handler Dismissed
An police officer has been dismissed on Tuesday at a Misconduct Board following an investigation managed by the Police Complaints Commission. The 58-year-old PC, whose name has not been released, handled incoming emergency 999 calls, and was found to have failed to perform duties diligently. The investigation found he had not provided a police response to 141 cases, including rapes, domestic abuse and assaults, and failed to follow up on or obstructed pleas for help. Commander Peter Spindler, in charge of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) said: "It is only right that the misconduct panel took the allegations of failing to properly deal with emergency calls so seriously. It was a fellow call handler who reported him, showing how shocked the vast majority of the hard working and professional call handlers were when they found that this one officer was not treating victims and witnesses with the appropriate concern, seriousness and high standards required. "We want to ensure that Londoners feel that we are here for them, that their calls are taken seriously and that the police response meets the high professional standards the public and the Met demand. Therefore we take any allegations of wrong doing extremely seriously - as the dismissal of this officer demonstrates."
Gadaffi Buried In Libyan Desert
The bodies of ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddaffi, his son Mutassim and a top aide have been buried in secret in the desert, according to Libyan officials. A National Transitional Council (NTC) official said the bodies were buried at dawn in an unknown location. The move comes days of uncertainty among the new leadership about what to do with the bodies that had been decomposing while on public view in Sirte. Gaddaffi's family wanted them buried outside the former leader's hometown of Sirte. NTC leaders had expressed a preference for a secret burial.
Life For PC Attack
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty on Wednesday of the attempted murder of a police officer and a Police Community Support Officer in Ealing in December last year. John Paul Onyenaychi, 30, unemployed of Wise Road E15, was also convicted of two counts of wounding with intent to cause serious harm; one on a further PCSO at the same incident and one in relation to a separate incident in a cab office five days earlier; and a robbery in Hammersmith in the same week. "All of the officers involved put their lives on the line to protect the public," A police spokesman said. Onyenaychi is to serve life imprisonment at a minimum of 25 years for the attempted murder of PC Madden, another life sentence, to serve a minimum of 20 years for the attempted murder of PCSO Dolata, 15 years for the wounding with intent in relation to the assault in the cab office, 10 years for the wounding with intent of a PCSO in The Broadway, Ealing and 10 years for robbery. All sentences are to run concurrently. The Judge, The Recorder of London Paul Beaumont, praised the courage of the officers and PCSOs involved on the day, and highlighted the bravery of PC Madden in confronting Onyenaychi, a wanted man, while knowing he may be armed.
(DW/BMcC)
An police officer has been dismissed on Tuesday at a Misconduct Board following an investigation managed by the Police Complaints Commission. The 58-year-old PC, whose name has not been released, handled incoming emergency 999 calls, and was found to have failed to perform duties diligently. The investigation found he had not provided a police response to 141 cases, including rapes, domestic abuse and assaults, and failed to follow up on or obstructed pleas for help. Commander Peter Spindler, in charge of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) said: "It is only right that the misconduct panel took the allegations of failing to properly deal with emergency calls so seriously. It was a fellow call handler who reported him, showing how shocked the vast majority of the hard working and professional call handlers were when they found that this one officer was not treating victims and witnesses with the appropriate concern, seriousness and high standards required. "We want to ensure that Londoners feel that we are here for them, that their calls are taken seriously and that the police response meets the high professional standards the public and the Met demand. Therefore we take any allegations of wrong doing extremely seriously - as the dismissal of this officer demonstrates."
Gadaffi Buried In Libyan Desert
The bodies of ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddaffi, his son Mutassim and a top aide have been buried in secret in the desert, according to Libyan officials. A National Transitional Council (NTC) official said the bodies were buried at dawn in an unknown location. The move comes days of uncertainty among the new leadership about what to do with the bodies that had been decomposing while on public view in Sirte. Gaddaffi's family wanted them buried outside the former leader's hometown of Sirte. NTC leaders had expressed a preference for a secret burial.
Life For PC Attack
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty on Wednesday of the attempted murder of a police officer and a Police Community Support Officer in Ealing in December last year. John Paul Onyenaychi, 30, unemployed of Wise Road E15, was also convicted of two counts of wounding with intent to cause serious harm; one on a further PCSO at the same incident and one in relation to a separate incident in a cab office five days earlier; and a robbery in Hammersmith in the same week. "All of the officers involved put their lives on the line to protect the public," A police spokesman said. Onyenaychi is to serve life imprisonment at a minimum of 25 years for the attempted murder of PC Madden, another life sentence, to serve a minimum of 20 years for the attempted murder of PCSO Dolata, 15 years for the wounding with intent in relation to the assault in the cab office, 10 years for the wounding with intent of a PCSO in The Broadway, Ealing and 10 years for robbery. All sentences are to run concurrently. The Judge, The Recorder of London Paul Beaumont, praised the courage of the officers and PCSOs involved on the day, and highlighted the bravery of PC Madden in confronting Onyenaychi, a wanted man, while knowing he may be armed.
(DW/BMcC)
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