Scientific Cops Look Abroad for Work


25 September 2008
Intelligence Online
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND LOBBYING/FIRMS


Forensic Science Service Ltd., a public firm that makes most of its money working for police forces in the United Kingdom, has retained the services of the American lobbying firm Van Scoyoc Associates to help it land contracts from U.S. federal agencies and police forces in the American states. Although it is government-owned, Forensic Science Service doesn’t enjoy a monopoly in the U.K. and finds itself competing with private groups. As a result, it wants to diversify its sources of revenue by carrying out forensic investigations on behalf of foreign police forces. Forensic Science Service has already made contact with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Van Scoyoc, the company hired by Forensic Science Service to drum up business for it, already has several British customers. In one instance, the firm represented the private security concern ArmorGroup.
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Ex-cops approached for hunt


11 September 2008
The West Australian

Some of Britain’s most experienced police detectives are being approached to join a team to help find Madeleine McCann. The Find Madeleine Fund has asked for lists of suitable retired or soon-to-retire officers from forces across the country. The fund, which is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, owner of Sale Sharks rugby team, has approached several police forces around the country, including Greater Manchester. Madeleine, 3, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May last year.
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Super cops join search for Maddie


10 September 2008
Daily Star
Ohn Mahoney
Ex-police help hunt

A crack team of retired supercops is being hired to help the hunt for Madeleine McCann. Scotland Yard, Cambridgeshire and Greater Manchester (GMP) forces have been approached for lists of former detectives who could bring fresh leads. The elite squad of officers – all retired or close to collecting their pensions – will be recruited by the Find Madeleine Fund and told to re-examine previous evidence. The fund is being bankrolled by leisure tycoon Brian Kennedy, 48, who owns Sale Sharks rugby union club and boasts an estimated £350 million fortune.
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Wanted: Our ex-top cops to join hunt for Maddie


9 September 2008
Manchester Evening News


Top former detectives from Greater Manchester Police could be recruited to help find Madeleine McCann. Chief Supt Steve Heywood, head of the force's serious crime division, has been asked to provide a list of retired or about-to-retire officers. Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal just a few days before her fourth birthday in May last year. The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby union club.
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McCanns look to ex-cops


9 September 2008 
Wigan Observer

Chief Supt Steve Heywood, head of Greater Manchester's serious crime division - which covers the Wigan area - has been asked to provide a list of retired or about-to-retire officers.Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal in May last year.The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby union club.
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English cops would have found Maddie


English cops would have found Maddie
Ross Hall
7 September 2008
The News of the World


Kate and Gerry McCann believe missing daughter Madeleine would have been found now if she had disappeared in England rather than Portugal.

Gerry said: "English police have more experience in kidnaps, they are more alert to the problem.

I don't have any doubt it would have been different if Madeleine had disappeared here."

Maddie, five, vanished from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May last year.

The couple, both 40, from Rothley, Leics, told a Portuguese mag they now keep their other two children, three-yearold twins Sean and Amelie, constantly by their side. Kate said: "We now think about everything that can happen - predators and kidnappers. In shopping centres we never let go of them."

The don't believe the dozens of witnesses reinterviewed by their investigators will lead to Maddie. They think the breakthrough will come from someone linked to the kidnapper.
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