UK Policing News

In a bid to stop Muslim extremists from becoming more militant, the UK Government is set to issue a guideline for police, directing them not to charge them in many hate crime cases, a move that has created outrage amongst critics. Guidelines will tell forces to press for conviction only in cases of clear-cut criminal acts, and refrain from proceeding when evidence of lawbreaking is "borderline." Officers will be advised to turn a blind eye on crimes such as incitement to religious hatred or viewing extremist material on the Internet. "For instance, where there has been incitement or someone has been on the internet there can be a grey area where there is some discre…

Four arrested as Met investigation of Hounslow Post office robbery intensifies Met officers conducted warrants last Friday, 30 August relating to a robbery at a post office on Brabazon Road in Hounslow in April of this year. https://news.met.police.uk/news/four-arrested-as-met-investigation-of-hounslow-post-office-robbery-intensifies-487492 Good work by the MET.👏

A serving Met Police officer is due to appear in court following an investigation by Hertfordshire Police. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-in-court-charged-with-offences-487485 If he is guilty or not It is not good news for the MET letting down the service with the charge of rape three counts of stalking, three counts of controlling and coercive behaviour and three counts of voyeurism.

Rourke Lorenzo David was operating a large scale drug operation in Woodford Green https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/drug-dealer-jailed-after-international-police-crack-encrypted-phones-of-gangsters-b1179198.html Nice sentence given and this drug dealer now off the streets,👏

Watch the moment a drug dealer is caught red-handed by police as cocaine tumbles out of his trousers. 36-year-old Abdallah Chakir was a passenger in a Peugeot 5008 when Kent Police officers stopped the vehicle in Tunbridge Wells for suspicious activity. https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/watch-dealer-caught-red-handed-29842733 Nice job done by the police and another drug dealer off the streets.👏

Three men have pleaded guilty to running a website enabling criminals to circumvent banking anti-fraud checks. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/website-operators-promised-fraudsters-profit-within-minutes-if-they-subscribed-to-illegal-service All three will be sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 2 November 2024. Good hope they get a nice sentence for there scam. 👍

Four men have been charged with firearms offences following warrants carried out in Merseyside yesterday, Wednesday 28 August. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2024/august/four-men-charged-with-firearms-offences-following-incident-in-walton/

We have seized stolen car parts and a stolen vehicle after we conducted a warrant at a suspected chop shop. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2024/august/stolen-car-parts-and-stolen-vehicle-found-at-suspected-chop-shop/ Good work by the WMP in shutting down the chop shop.👏

Two dealers have been jailed for supplying crack cocaine and heroin in Birmingham after we shut down a highly active drugs line. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2024/august/dealers-jailed-after-drugs-network-shut-down/ Good sentence given to the two drug dealers and a seized a shotgun off the streets. 👍

A proactive investigation launched by officers in Stoke Newington uncovered a sophisticated international network of money laundering via Chinese underground banking. https://news.met.police.uk/news/local-officers-break-up-ps55m-money-laundering-ring-in-hackney-487319 Nice job done by the met officers to bring down the gang and bring them to justice.👏

A Cambridge drug dealer who was discovered by police with drugs worth more than £500,000 and a loaded gun has been jailed. https://www.cambs.police.uk/news/cambridgeshire/news/2024/august/drug-dealer-found-with-live-firearm-jailed/ Good another drug dealer off the streets and his gun👍

The National Crime Agency is warning travellers arriving into the UK from Thailand, Canada and the United States that they face jail sentences if caught attempting to bring cannabis into the country, after a huge increase in arrests. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/it-s-not-worth-the-risk-jail-warning-for-passengers-flying-to-the-uk-after-increase-in-cannabis-arrests

An international manhunt for one of Canada's most wanted men - suspected of a bodybuilder's murder - has ended at a four-storey block of flats in Luton. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13778937/manhunt-Canadas-wanted-bodybuilder-murder-ends-block-flats-Luton.html Shows that you can,t escape justice from the law when you are wanted for murder when wanted by the RCMP and found in the UK.👍

A police chief has been praised for common sense, saying: ”I have a policy that says crime is a priority.” https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1940244/police-chief-praised-for-outbreak-of-common-sense Well said and police do need more Chief Constables and do away with PCC .👍