UK Policing News

North Yorkshire Police’s Chief Constable Tim Forber has paid tribute to a police officer who was tragically killed in a road collision earlier today (Saturday 11 January 2025). https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/news/north-yorkshire/news/news/2025/01-january/chief-constable-pays-tribute-to-police-officer-who-was-one-of-two-people-killed-in-tragic-collision-on-the-a19-at-bagby-near-thirsk-on-saturday-11-january-2025-morning/ Sad loss of life to family, along with the family of a man who was also tragically killed in the incident and loss to all.😞

An officer has been dismissed after a misconduct hearing found he sent and received offensive WhatsApp messages over a number of years. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-for-sending-and-receiving-offensive-messages-492495 Another black mark for the met when they still use offensive WhatsApp messages and now lost his job😞

Yesterday afternoon (Thursday 9 January) a bank in Middleton raised serious concerns about an elderly man who was attempting to transfer almost £100,000 to an alleged contractor. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/gmp-and-banking-institutions-are-clamping-down-on-fraudsters-exploiting-vulnerable-victims-in-greater-manchester/ Good work by the officers in arresting the man and swiftly arrested on suspicion of fraud👏

A Birmingham brother and sister were sentenced yesterday (9 Jan) for fraud relating to donated charitable funds. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/january/two-jailed-over-charitable-fund-fraud/ Good arrest by WMP and bringing them to justice,👏but why was there sentence so low Yesterday?, Kaur was sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment and Lehal was given a four months sentence suspended for 18 months and 80 hours of community service both should have been given a longer sentence for this type of crime.😠

Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, a man has been charged with one count each of the following offences in Wycombe: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2025/january/06-01-2025/man-charged-with-a-number-of-drug-supply-and-driving-offences--wycombe/ Good arrest by TVP arresting this drug dealer👏 and drugs off the streets and hope the judge sends him down for a very long time 👍

Yesterday (Wednesday 8 January 2025), as part of Operation AVRO, neighbourhood officers in Oldham conducted a search warrant at a property on Higginshaw Lane in Royton in relation to a suspected cannabis farm. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/police-swoop-on-1-million-cannabis-farm-as-officers-make-arrest-in-oldham/ Great find by the GMP and arrest of one person and the haul will be dismantled, seized and destroyed.👏

Detectives are appealing for information after a 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Bedford. https://www.beds.police.uk/news/bedfordshire/news/2025/01-january/appeal-following-fatal-stabbing-in-bedford/

Two men have been charged as part of a joint National Crime Agency and NHS England investigation into the creation and online sale of fraudulent Covid 19 vaccination records during the pandemic. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-charged-as-part-of-investigation-into-fraudulent-covid-19-vaccination-records Good work by the NCA in arresting the two fraudsters👏 and hope when they go to court are sent down for a very long time.👍

A man who sold counterfeit designer products from a shop in Manchester has been sentenced. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/december/counterfeit-goods-seller-sentenced/ Good work by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU)👏 getting fake goods of the streets but shame he got off so light two years’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months.

Scotland Yard could lose up to 2,300 officers, it emerged on Tuesday, because of Labour's "failure" to fund the Metropolitan Police "properly". https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1997402/dangerous-criminals-set-roam-free I blame Sadiq Khan if London loses more police officers London deserve better - and proper support from the country's politicians when it comes to funding the force.👍

We've arrested two more men on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in Coventry. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/january/further-attempted-murder-arrests-following-coventry-shooting/ Good arrest by WMP and charged the men with attempted murder👏

Two men have been arrested and a large quantity of cannabis seized after officers on patrol in Kirkdale suspected they were dealing drugs in the area. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2024/january/two-men-arrested-and-drugs-seized-following-incident-in-kirkdale/ Good arrest by MS police in arresting drug dealers took drugs off the streets.👏

Four final members of an organised crime group that peddled drugs and firearms across the north of England have been jailed following a long-running National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-leeds-based-cocaine-and-amphetamine-production-ring-dismantled Good work by the NCA👏 and bringing then to justice and now serving a long time in jail and keeping drugs off the streets👍

The spray technology is part of a Home Office project https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/london-police-resort-using-dna-30723176 Great hope it will work to try to end phone snatching in London and the phone snatchers face justice.👍

A shocking video shows two sword-wielding men having a machete fight in the middle of a London street on Friday night. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14254039/sword-wielding-men-machete-fight-street-london.html Lawless London again and Sir Sadiq is accused of 'losing control' on crime in the city😠