tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12016602.post183651873592176201..comments2024-01-27T14:05:07.702+00:00Comments on MAILSTROM : protect the gamesajohnstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12016602.post-51300473441422535062012-01-31T01:43:50.201+00:002012-01-31T01:43:50.201+00:00Alison Saunders who is in charge of the Crown Pros...Alison Saunders who is in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service in London said they have been doing trials of live links to court – where police officers give evidence from their police stations, rather than having to go to court to give evidence.<br /><br />They have also been using video links between police stations and courts so suspects do not have to be transferred for first appearances.<br /><br />Both should be ready for use during the Olympics should there be any trouble, Saunders said.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/30/london-riot-sentences-absolutely-rightajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12016602.post-37858181021404883452012-01-30T09:42:28.901+00:002012-01-30T09:42:28.901+00:00http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/904...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9046668/UK-riots-paratroopers-are-trained-in-riot-control.html<br /><br />"Hundreds of soldiers from 3rd battalion The Parachute Regiment spent last week learning how to contain and arrest "rioters" in a series of exercises mirroring last summers violence. Defence sources have confirmed that if violence were to return to British cities, especially during the Olympic Games, the Paras would be "ideally placed" to provide "short-term" support to police forces"<br /><br />"As well as 3 Para, the Army has another unit known as the "Public Order Battalion", also trained to deal with rioting, bringing the total number of troops to around 1500."<br /><br />Crowd control - Derry, 30 January 1972<br /><br />War crimes 3rd Para in Falklands<br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/falklands-war-crimes-claim-mod-investigates-allegations-that-paras-shot-argentine-prisoners-1540755.htmlajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com