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Postle | 02.02.2007 23:26 | Repression | Liverpool

Police seal off two streets and search every home.

Meseyside police sealed off two streets in the Old Swan district of Liverpool tonight.Accompanied by the Benifits Agency.DVLA,NPower,British Gas and the housing association.Once both ends of the streets were sealed off,preventing anyone entering or leaving.All the houses in the streets were searched.Police described the raids as Al Capone Chicargo style.Untaxed and uninsured vehicles were seized.There were arrests for electricity abstraction.One 15 year old boy and his Mother were arrested for possesion of section one firearm.

Postle

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Two streets targeted in crackdown

03.02.2007 00:32

Two streets targeted in crackdown

Police raids in Old SwanTwenty four properties in Old Swan were visited
Two Liverpool streets have been targeted in raids by police in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.

Three properties in Old Swan were raided on Friday by officers investigating alleged drug dealing.

Officers from the Department of Work and Pensions, Customs & Excise, the Environment Agency and the RSPCA then visited 21 other addresses.

Six people were arrested during the raids and were held on offences including possession of firearms.

The raids were carried out in response to community concerns over anti-social behaviour.

Supt John Myles said: "The anti-social behaviour taskforce has waged a war on anti-social behaviour, as part of Merseyside Police's war against crime."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6324147.stm

Me.

Total Policing aka robocop

03.02.2007 10:16

You know, there are only four John Myles addresses in Liverpool, not too hard to track down if anyone wants to discuss his policing methods. His work telephone number is 0151 777 8048.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/5416128.stm

Crackdown on neighbourhood yobs
A new "Total Policing" initiative from Merseyside Police is declaring war on anti-social behaviour (ASB).

The new ASB task force will see officers from all force departments unite with fire investigators and the Crown Prosecution Service.

The aim is to use civil and criminal law to hit those who make living in certain neighbourhoods a misery.

Powers include seizing uninsured cars, evicting criminal families and issuing Asbos (Anti-social behaviour orders).

This combined team of over 130 will be led by Superintendent John Myles and Divisional Fire Officer Chris Case.

It will utilise the latest law enforcement technology, including automatic number plate recognition, CCTV "head-cams" and metal-detecting gloves.

There will also be low-level surveillance and other methods of intelligence-gathering.

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Busy bizzies

03.02.2007 10:48

Forty-seven people have been arrested in connection with alleged immigration offences after a series of police raids at restaurants across England.

Searches have been carried out at sites in Manchester, Liverpool, Ellesmere Port, Sheffield and Kent.

The operation, headed by Merseyside Police, also involved the Department for Work and Pensions and the UK Immigration Service.

In total, 10 out of the 14 premises raided, were restaurants.

bird
Homepage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6326517.stm