UK Policing News

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2025-01-24/retrieving-rudakubanas-internet-history-could-take-years It could take investigators years to uncover what was in the internet browsing history Axel Rudakubana deleted before he left the house to carry out his attack, the officer in charge of the case has said. Why are Merseyside Police claiming it will take years when they could interrogate his devices directly? Clearing your internet history doesn't actually remove that data from the device, if he's cleared it just before his attack and the device obviously hasn't been used since then, there's a good chance that digital forensics could recover quite a lot.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with assaulting a police officer who was knocked unconscious after a pursuit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-66023985 What this 16 year boy has done to this officer He was charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm hope the officer makes a full recovery and hope he gets a decent sentence by the court,👍

Rian Hitchman (25/08/2004) of no fixed abode was sentenced to two years and Owen Parkes (28/06/2002) of Hanson Street, Bury was jailed for three years and six months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Friday 24 January 2025 after pleading guilty to robbery at a previous hearing. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/two-men-have-been-jailed-for-their-roles-in-a-knifepoint-robbery-in-bury/ Good work by the GMP by bringing them to justice but again the court still gave them a low sentence for a violent knifepoint robbery ☹️

National Crime Agency referrals to social media companies led to a 40 per cent increase in takedowns of accounts linked to people smuggling during 2024. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-leads-major-increase-in-takedowns-of-social-media-accounts-linked-to-people-smuggling Good work by the NCA with ongoing work to bring down people smuggling gangs.👏

Memorials to two murdered police officers have been defaced within hours of each other prompting officials to launch a probe into the 'linked' incidents. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14327485/memorials-two-murdered-police-defaced-hours.html Disgusting what some low life has done to officers who have lost there lives in the line of duty and hope the police find the person and put before the court☹️

Four men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into a network involved in the widescale supply of cocaine and cannabis. https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2025/january/canvey-four-charged-after-co-ordinated-drug-warrants/ Good arrest by Essex police and getting more drug dealers to justice and drugs off the streets.👏

Police are investigating after a cannabis factory was found at a residential property in Farnborough. https://www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshire/news/news/2025/january/farnborough-police-discover-large-cannabis-factory-at-residential-property/ Good find by the Hampshire police and remove the cannabis factory 👏

Jack Harrison 21/06/1996 of Gildersdale Drive has been sentenced to six years and two months in prison, plus handed a four year and eight month driving ban at Manchester Crown Court after being found guilty of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and dangerous driving yesterday (Friday 24 January 2025). The judge also factored in the fact Harrison was driving whilst disqualified, without due care and attention, and without a seatbelt within the sentencing. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/man-from-blackley-sentenced-to-over-six-years-for-drug-and-driving-offencesman-from-blackley-sentenced-to-over-six-years-for-drug-and-…

A Met officer has been convicted of rape following an investigation by detectives. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-convicted-of-rape-493067 Good another bad apple gone from the MET👍

A man who made images of himself sexually assaulting a young girl and then distributed them online has been jailed. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/wigan-man-who-sexually-abused-young-girl-is-sentenced Good work by the NCA 👏 but people like him should have got a longer sentence,

https://news.yahoo.com/news/police-fear-gamble-career-force-113000196.html Police officers fear they are gambling with their future when they use force to tackle criminals, the head of the Police Superintendents’ Association has warned. Completely agree, I don't want a system where we've made officers so afraid of being hounded for their actions that they scared to use force even when justified. That's how you end up with videos of one officer on the ground being attacked and his colleague just standing nearby frozen to the spot. I don't think officers should get a free pass either, any complaint should be investigated obviously. But if it's honest mistakes, mad…

Cash, cigarettes and a baseball bat have been seized by police in east Kent as part of work to tackle organised crime. https://www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/latest/policing-news/cash-cigarettes-and-a-baseball-bat-seized-following-car-stop-near-canterbury/ Good stop and arrest by kent police and on suspicion of money laundering.👏

We have arrested two men after finding around £1,500-worth of class A drugs, a knife and cash following a proactive operation in Stoke-on-Trent. https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/news/staffordshire/news/2025/january/two-arrests-made-as-1500-worth-of-class-a-drugs-and-knife-recovered-in-proactive-operation/ Good arrest by police and getting more drug dealers off the streets.👏

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has confirmed that its demonstration on Saturday will now be limited to a static protest in Whitehall. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-announces-further-conditions-for-palestine-solidarity-campaign-protest-492674

This is an interesting article from the Manchester Evening News and highlights case where Officers have been injured whilst on duty and how they were treated, disgracefully, by the GMP. The one in a million fluke which wrecked a career - Manchester Evening News