UK Policing News

A man who was obsessed by guns has been jailed for 3D printing a firearm, following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/gun-obsessive-jailed-for-printing-3d-firearm Good work by the NCA with the raid on the gun maker and put a stop to make the weapon function fully.👏

A woman detective has been sacked for gross misconduct and put on a blacklist alongside killer and rapist officers after calling out her force’s woke ideology. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16038795/Female-detective-transgender-women-c-ks-frocks-sacked-blacklist.html Words fail me when you get officers like this and got sacked by her force and Ms Fletcher is claiming unfair dismissal😦

We've stopped millions of pounds worth of cannabis from hitting the streets of the West Midlands, as we seized thousands of plants at a unit in Aston and arrested two men. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/august/almost-5000-plants-worth-millions-of-pounds-seized-at-aston-unit-as-two-arrested-on-drugs-offences/ Good work by WMP in removing drugs from getting onto the streets and shutting down the cannabis farm👏 , the two men arrested should not have been bailed due to the size of 5,000 plants worth millions of pounds.☹️

An officer who took a photograph of a dead body and attempted to show the image to colleagues has been dismissed from the organisation. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-over-inappropriate-photograph-of-deceased-person-511722 wrong when you get a stupid officer doing this the dead body and attempted to show the image to colleagues 😡

This is no way to treat an officer for performing his Authorised Firearms duty. He has already been found "Not Guilty" by a Crown Court jury and should never have been charged and put through the stress of any trial. IOPC harassing again and then dropping the case after 4 years of mental torment for the officer. Met Police firearms officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba in London four years ago FINALLY has misconduct proceedings against him dropped | Daily Mail Online

London's police force will begin axing jobs as it tackles a significant funding shortfall - despite New Scotland Yard warning of rising demand on officers. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2237126/met-police-cut-1000-jobs Sadiq Khan is to blame by not giving money to the MET.🤬

An officer has been convicted of assault after spraying a colleague with PAVA spray. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-convicted-of-common-assault-511690 ☹️

An off-duty officer has been praised for their response in giving the victim of a stabbing life-saving first aid. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/august/off-duty-officer-praised-after-giving-elderly-man-life-saving-first-aid/ Well done the officer who Alongside a member of the public, who commenced vital first aid 👏and the person who stab the man was was jailed for two years 👍

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a new social media campaign warning young people that smuggling cannabis from Thailand to the UK could land them in a foreign jail. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/it-starts-with-a-free-holiday-and-ends-in-a-thai-jail-cell-nca-launches-campaign-warning-against-cannabis-smuggling IF you are stupid enough to think you are getting free holiday and bring drugs back into the UK then you deserve all you get.👍

An operation targeting and disrupting gang violence in South London has seen nearly 300 arrests and 38 dangerous weapons seized. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-makes-hundreds-of-arrests-in-week-long-gang-violence-crackdown-511661 Good crackdown on gang crime by the MET that is long overdue around London.👏

A police federation is threatening to take legal action against Andy Burnham's 'unforgivable decision' to allow the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16029777/Furious-police-federation-threatens-legal-action-block-PC-Harpers-killers-released-early-Andy-Burnham-faces-backlash.html This Government is a disgrace in letting the two scum police killers out early🤬 and hope the Thames Valley Police Federation get to keep the pair kept locked up 👍

A significant drug supply chain has been disrupted after officers uncovered a £1.7m cannabis farm in a warehouse in rural Doncaster. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/august-2026/major-drug-supply-chain-disrupted-as-officers-uncover-1.7m-cannabis-farm/ Good work by officers with a arrest of the drug dealers and a man was also arrested on suspicion of possession of firearm offences, with officers seizing weapons from a property on the premises and closed down the cannabis farm .👏

Two men who controlled an organised crime group (OCG) involved in laundering £5 million and arranging the transportation of hundreds of kilos of Californian cannabis in the UK have been jailed. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2026/july/city-police-dismantle-organised-crime-group-smuggling-high-strength-cannabis-in-air-passengers-suitcases-and-laundering-millions/ Good work by the COLP in bringing down the drug dealers and now behind bars.👏

This is the horrifying moment a police officer was left blinded and struggling to breathe after she was viciously assaulted with pepper spray. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16011551/Moment-policewoman-left-temporarily-blind-struggling-breathe-spray.html Disgusting he only got two years for assault on an emergency worker, possession of a weapon for the discharge of a noxious liquid, and actual bodily harm.😡

A total of five defendants have today been convicted at Caernarfon Crown Court following a major child sexual exploitation investigation led by North Wales Police. https://www.northwales.police.uk/news/north-wales/news/news/2026/august/five-defendants-convicted-following-child-sexual-exploitation-investigation/ A major child sexual exploitation investigation led by North Wales Police has lead to all five being convicted and hope they all get a decent sentence for there crimes👏