Islamic Extremism is under-reported in Derbyshire
Posted on 08. May, 2010 by Cllr Lewis Allsebrook in BNP News, Local News
It should be a huge concern to everyone in Derbyshire that our Police force is one of the most under funded forces in the country next to the duties it has to carry out. Continued under-funding of Derbyshire Police could mean the force’s ability to continue to fund counter-terrorism collaboration will be vulnerable, meaning the Police won’t have the ability to call on special operations units as often as they’d like.
Derbyshire Police has already undergone a huge restructure recently to make the force leaner. The efficiency savings will see Amber Valley’s main Police HQ move from Ripley to Chesterfield, the Chief Constable maintains that backroom office cuts won’t affect frontline services. For Derbyshire’s sake I hope he’s right, because reports of Islamic extremism have been rising year on year. It should be born in mind that the UK’s first suicide bomber came from Derby and areas within the Peak District have been used for training purposes. The latest police figures we have, show an estimated 2800 reports of Islamic extremism in Derbyshire during 2008. The rising trend on the graph shown to us suggests today’s figures could be much higher. There remains a high level of counter-terrorist activity within Derbyshire which clearly impacts on normal policing issues.
Some facts on Terrorism in Derbyshire are shown below they come from a report of the Derbyshire Police Authority and Derbyshire Constabulary. For full report follow link
Emerging new communities from Europe represent new and ongoing challenges for the force to maintain social cohesion and provide a quality service to all.
Illegal immigration is challenging our policing response in a number of ways. The force has created the Foreign National Crime Team (Operation Rebutia).
Derby is recognised as one of the country’s highest threat areas for terrorist activity. Over the last 12 months Derbyshire has seen some of the highest security service counter terrorism operations within the UK.
Derby has been recognised as a popular venue for the extremist groups Al Muhajiroun.
Extremist leader, Omar Bakri Mohammed has publicly stated that Al Muhajiroun has carried out recruitment activity at Derby University.
A number of arrests have occurred within Derby related to several national counter terrorist operations.Derby resident, Omar Khan Sharif was involved in a suicide bombing in Israel.
Derby resident, Uman Javed, imprisoned for soliciting to murder during Danish cartoon protests.
Recently a Derby man was arrested following investigations regarding online threats to kill the Prime Minister.
Areas within the Peak District have been used for terrorist training purposes related to almost every single terrorist plot within the UK.
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