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The veteran officers said it was time to decide whether the country needs a police force or a police service - as they said it was time to act decisively to bring order back to the country's streets. And they welcomed news that courts could sit overnight to sentence thugs in a plan which carries echoes of the battle to restore peace during the 2011 riots. Yesterday, anarchy swept the UK in apocalyptic scenes across major cities and towns, as rioters threw bricks at police, cars were torched and shops were ransacked in a feeding frenzy of looting.

Offenders received a criminal record after the police and Crown Prosecution Service decided to a "community charter" rather than taking them to court. The orders, which call for criminal charges of responsibility for their offence and/or paying compensation to a victim, are supposed to be used for low-level offences. However, according to Home Office data, they were used to investigate 2,152 sex crimes in the last four years, including sexual assaults, grooming, and flashing offenses. Since being allowed to simply say "sorry" to their victims every week, more than ten sex offenders are escaping any real punishment and side-stepping the court system.

On Monday afternoon, family and friends paid tribute to fallen hockey star Adam Johnson in a heartfelt celebration of life service. Only 29, a Nottingham Panthers hockey player, died last month after his throat was slashed in a horrific on-ice crash.

Adam Johnson, 29, (left) died after being struck in the chest by an ice hockey blade during the match between Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers at Utilita Arena Sheffield on Saturday night (top right). Following the horrific accident, his partner, who was in the crowd during the game, is reported to have rushed to his side. Witnesses claim that fellow hockey players formed a ring around Mr Johnson to shield anonymity as thousands of spectators were asked to leave the stadium and paramedics installed a protective screen.

Police chiefs in a protest that sparked mockery on social media today, blasted a Met officer who allowed a suspected sweet thief to pull a female cop by her hair and throw her into a wall. In Willesden, north-east London, a female officer swung around by her ponytail by an enraged 26-year-old woman, although her male counterpart pleaded "madam" in a futile effort to calm her. "It is escalating," Ken Marsh, a serving Met Police constable and chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said. We're seeing more scenarios like this. However, my coworkers must take responsibility for each other.'

The ducks were released by HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire as part of its Pet Assisted Therapy scheme to encourage prisoners to abandon gang beliefs. The ducks, which came from a local rescue center, were not the only meditative device to be used at the Serco-run facility. In-cell yoga and chess, a band, and plans to plant vegetables and flowers are all available at the Category B facility.