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Thames Valley Police chief constable, Sara Thornton, resigns after earning national role

The chief constable of Thames Valley Police has announced she is resigning from her position which she has held for more than a decade.

Sara Thornton will begin her job as chair of the newly formed National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) in April replacing Sir Hugh Orde, current head of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) which is disbanding.

Ms Thornton said: “Having been formally…

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Changes in firearms laws come into effect in Cheshire

People in Cheshire should be aware that rules for buying and supplying firearms, including antiques, have been tightened.

NABIS – The National Ballistics Intelligence Service – has been working with the Home Office to bring about changes in the law around firearms.

Amendments to the Firearms Act 1968 came into effect yesterday (Monday) and the firearms provisions in the Anti-Social Behaviour,…

Volunteering facility opens to help with humanitarian aid in Syria

Greater Manchester Police has today (14 July) joined up with Manchester City Council to support charity Syria Relief with the launch of a humanitarian aid volunteering facility in Openshaw, Manchester.

The facility, provided by Manchester City Council at New Smithfield Market will give the general public an opportunity to physically and positively support the planning and hard work that goes into…

Photographers’ Rights – And Responsibilities

Nic Crocker is a Police Inspector and keen street photographer who has studied the law in relation to photographers’ rights and lectures on the subject.  As a professional standards investigator he has engaged with photographers subject to unreasonable police intervention.  Views expressed here are his alone and should not be considered those of the police service generally or any police agency…

Natasha Grigori est une célèbre hackeuse. Elle a commencé sa carrière dans les années 80 mais ne devient connue que dans les années 90 avec son projet de site pour les programmeurs et hackers amateurs. Avec ce site, elle partage plusieurs sortes de logiciels.

À la fin des années 90, elle fonde le site et l’organisation « Anti-Child Porn Organization » (ACPO). C’est une croisade contre la pornographie infantile sur le net et beaucoup de pirates informatiques utilisent des techniques apprises par Natasha Grigori pour aider des organismes chargés de faire appliquer la loi à trouver les auteurs de ces différents contenus.

Son plus gros succès est d’avoir créé un logiciel capable d’analyser des dizaines de milliers d’URL suspectes et qui dépiste les envois et les réceptions de données sur ce genre de site. Elle a ensuite partagé ce logiciel avec les autorités pour permettre de trouver et d’appréhender les amateurs de contenus à caractère de pornographie infantile.

Natasha est décédée le 11 novembre 2005 d’une maladie très grave. L’organisation Anti-Child Porn est aujourd’hui encore active. Jusqu’à sa mort Natasha a été une véritable battante.