Driver pulled over by police twice in same hour
A drunk driver is in hot water after being detained twice in the space of an hour by PSP police in Lisbon. First, the 37-year-old was pulled over for being
PSP police chiefs suspended without pay for torturing recruits
Two PSP police chiefs have been suspended for “acts of torture” meted out on recruits during rapid intervention training in Lisbon. The seven recruits were beaten with truncheons and verbally
PSP launch campaign against “crimes invented over the Internet”
Portugal’s PSP police is about to launch a campaign via its Facebook page “against crimes invented” over the Internet. The objective, a source has told Lusa news agency, is to
New Faro PSP chief says he needs “more agents, more cars and better conditions”
Wasting no opportunity, Faro’s new PSP district commander Ricardo van Zeller Matos took advantage of the forces’ 87th anniversary on Thursday to ask for “more agents, more cars and better
Police hunt gang after late-night attack in Faro
PSP police are hunting a five-strong gang that robbed two young men in Faro in the early hours of Saturday morning (October 24). The attack took place when the two
PSP police suspend and demote Benfica “bullyboy cop”
Following shocking film footage which clearly showed him attacking a father and grandfather for no apparently justifiable reason in full view of two horrified children, PSP inspector Filipe Silva has
New law sees government crack down on Portugal’s spiralling domestic violence
After three years in which domestic violence has become “Portugal’s most worrying type of crime” leading to thousands of complaints and claiming as many as 100 lives, the government has
Emotional scenes in Quinta do Conde as victims of Saturday’s massacre laid to rest
Police were united in mourning at Quinta do Conde, Sesimbra, yesterday as the three victims of Saturday’s gun rampage (click here) were laid to rest. As a mark of respect
Police work-to-rule continues as union boss calls Interior Minister “the worst in living memory”
Following her shambolic TV performance yesterday (click here http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/2015-08-27-Governo-aprova-Estatuto-da-PSP-e-deixa-de-fora-GNR), Interior Minister Anabela Rodrigues woke up this morning to discover her last minute intervention over police statutes has not had the
Police threaten a month without fines
In a move that will delight everyday citizens, the country’s PSP police force is threatening a month where they will refuse to issue fines, in protest to the government’s inability