Daily Policing Media Summary
Top Stories
The Times reports that the police and crime commissioner lead for substance misuse has said cannabis is ‘chronically dangerous’. David Sidwick, who is the police and crime commissioner for Dorset, backed Sir Andy Marsh’s comments that the smell of the drug on British streets is ‘a sign of crime and disorder’.
Melanie Phillips writes in The Times that ‘Police finally wake up to the dangers of cannabis’.
The Daily Mail reports that Brian Booth, deputy national chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, has said that officers are scared to stop and search suspects if they smell cannabis.
Other stories
Sky News reports that the families of three murdered schoolgirls have demanded ‘real change’ before the start of the public inquiry into the Southport stabbing attacks later.
CCTV footage of the alleged assault of three police officers at Manchester Airport has been played to jurors (BBC, Guardian, widespread coverage)
BBC reports that West Midlands Police is to introduce its own mounted unit.
BBC reports that Sir Mark Rowley has said that football clubs should pay towards the £70 million cost of policing matches in the UK.
The Mirror reports that a man has been shot by police at a pub in Kent, as a bomb disposal vehicle was spotted at the scene.
The Mirror reports that drugs being dropped into prisons by drones are fuelling 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' in prisons.
Emergency Services Times reports that Northumbria Police is set to become the first force in the UK to equip every response car with a defibrillator, thanks to a large charitable donation from charity Red Sky Foundation.