UK Policing News

This is the shocking moment a female police officer flips her patrol car before lying and saying an animal ran in front of the vehicle. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14378121/moment-female-officer-flips-police-car-lying-animal-ran-sacked.html What a stupid woman to lie to her boss after having a accident and now lost her job as a police officer.🤫.

Lewisham High Road was closed with a large amount of emergency services present near the HSBC Bank Branch. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2012397/lewisham-live-police-hsbc Live now with Armed police are currently in Lewisham High Street .

Seven members of an organised crime group who pocketed an estimated £22 million in unpaid taxes have been jailed. https://www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/latest/policing-news/organised-crime-group-jailed-for-pocketing-millions-in-unpaid-taxes/ Good work by Kent police and HMRC in bringing down this gang👏

Four men and three women have been arrested and two suspected stolen vehicles recovered after officers quickly responded to a report from a member of the public concerning suspicious activity around vehicles in their neighbourhood. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/february/seven-arrested-after-officers-in-oldham-uncovered-suspected-chop-shop/ Good work by the GMP in arresting the chop shop gang now face justice.👏

The jailing of a seven-strong child sex abuse ring who preyed on children as young as 13 in a Glasgow drug den nicknamed the 'Beastie House' brings to an end one of the most disturbing trials in recent history. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14347289/The-depraved-paedophile-rings-operating-Britain.html Great UK police team work by bringing down the most sick gangs in our towns to justice👏

By building up intelligence around suspects and working at pace, Met officers in Camden arrested a male and recovered 16 stolen phones which are being returned to their owners. https://news.met.police.uk/news/youth-arrested-as-stolen-phones-and-e-bike-seized-in-camden-493680 Good arrest by the MET and put a end to this theft and robbery .👍

A man who was stopped in west London and found with cocaine and £80,000 in cash has been jailed. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-jailed-after-london-drugs-and-cash-seizure Good work by the NCA in getting another drug dealer off the streets👏

A man who killed an off-duty police officer a decade ago has been sentenced a second time after admitting being part of an organised crime group (OCG) and laundering up to £13m. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-man-who-killed-off-duty-police-officer-laundered-millions-for-organised-crime-group-2 Good work by the NCA bringing him and the rest to justice👏 and now off the streets given a 14 years and six months sentence pity the gang did not get the same sentence.

Civilian staff working for the Metropolitan Police will strike for two weeks after heavy-handed bosses threatened to dock their wages in a dispute over flexible working. https://www.pcs.org.uk/contact-us/press-media-contacts/hundreds-met-police-staff-strike-tomorrow#:~:text=Hundreds of civilian workers at the Met Police,their wages in a dispute over flexible working. Seems this is not going down well over staff wanting to work from home.🤫

GMP Rochdale and Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) are working together to improve the lives of residents in the Freehold neighbourhood in Rochdale with innovative orders and increased funding. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/february/thanks-for-making-freehold-a-place-to-feel-proud-to-live-in-again---neighbourhood-police-initiative-is-bringing-change-to-local-community/ Good work by the GMP by doing the neighbourhood police initiative .👏

A Merseyside man arrested in Ibiza's Pacha nightclub has been convicted alongside his ex-partner of orchestrating two large-scale drug importations following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/couple-convicted-of-20m-drug-importation-after-ibiza-nightclub-arrest Good work by the NCA and Border Force officers by stopping drugs getting on to the streets👏 and the driver, 64-year-old Latvian national Maris Fridvalds, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and the The pair will be sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on 12 February. 👍

Three men have been arrested after officers from our Kinetic Roads Crime Team spotted a vehicle believed to be connected to criminality on the M62 near to Goole yesterday (Thursday 30 January). https://www.humberside.police.uk/news/humberside/news/news/december/january/men-arrested-following-kinetic-roads-crime-team-vehicle-stop/ Good arrest by officers and getting more drug dealers and drugs off the streets👏

Three Doncaster police officers, including one who was off-duty and returning home from her shift, have been commended for their actions after helping to bring a woman in distress to safety. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/february-2025/you-never-stop-being-a-police-officer---off-duty-doncaster-officer-and-colleagues-praised-for-saving-woman-in-distress-on-bridge/ Good news and well done by the three officers 👏

A West Mercia Police sergeant is due to appear at Magistrates’ Court charged with corruption offences. https://www.westmercia.police.uk/news/west-mercia/news/2025/february/police-officer-charged-with-corruption-offences/ Not good if it turns out to be true but cant comment till the case is over by the court.👍

We are supporting a national amnesty aiming to recover Turkish manufactured Top-Venting Blank-Firing (TVBF) firearms from our streets. The amnesty officially begins on Monday 3 February 2025 and particularly covers models Retay, Ekol, Ceonic ISSC and Blow. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/we-pledge-our-support-to-a-national-amnesty-aiming-to-recover-turkish-manufactured-top-venting-blank-firing-tvbf-firearms-from-our-streets/ Lets hope people do hand in the guns to police 🫰to stop them being on the streets,