UK Policing News

A Metropolitan Police volunteer who claimed £10,000 in false expenses avoided prison. Special constable Danny Taylor submitted countless duplicate expense claims of no more than £50 which totalled £10,051. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/met-police-volunteer-who-claimed-10-000-in-false-expenses-avoids-prison/ar-AAZpXKg?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=1670ef6392fa4d31841c628d51c07442

London has lost a staggering 75 per cent of its police stations since 2008, shocking figures revealed today - as new research linked the closures to rises in serious crime. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13546635/closure-police-stations-london-fuelling-crime.html IT is sad and a Disgrace that police stations are closed around London 😠

The National Crime Agency has dismissed five officers for gross misconduct after an internal investigation. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/firearms-trainers-dismissed-after-internal-investigation

Reading through the various news reports contained within this topic, it appears to be all negative news in regards to UK Police Forces.🙁

Detective Constable Andrew Hardy drove an unmarked police car for nearly 4,000 miles while he was off-duty https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/speeding-met-police-officer-crashed-29339818

A vulnerable woman who says she was 'groomed' by a Metropolitan Police officer after he was called out to check on her welfare has waited almost 1,800 days for a misconduct hearing to be held into his actions. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13512563/woman-groomed-Met-Police-officer-wait-FIVE-YEARS-misconduct-hearing.html Even after the officer left the force 5years is a long time to wait from the IOPC when his case comes up in court EX PC Hunter's hearing will go ahead at the start of August.

A man who made thousands of number plates to sell to criminals to use on cars involved in crimes ranging from attempted murder to burglaries has today been jailed for more than three years. https://www.west-midlands.police.uk/news/watch-underworld-number-plate-maker-jailed-after-trying-flee-officers-raid

A police officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct after an aspiring child actor and his aunt were killed by a joyrider in a high speed chase. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13537925/Police-officer-guilty-gross-misconduct-joyrider-chasing-60mph-pursuit-killed-aspiring-child-actor-10-aunt.html

He is to spend nearly two decades in prison https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/dad-kept-guns-childrens-underwear-29354578 Good another scumbag off the street who deals in drugs and firearms. 👍

A team of specialist detectives from across the Met are leading the fight against illegal firearms to prevent devastating and fatal consequences. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-continues-to-crack-down-on-firearm-offences-485119

Constable McPherson (25) was gunned down in front of shoppers in Dungiven, Co Londonderry, after being called to reports of suspicious activity at a post office. https://policeprofessional.com/news/three-men-arrested-in-relation-to-1975-murder-of-police-officer/

Two men face multiple charges following work by Kent Police's County Lines and Gangs Team. https://www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/latest/policing-news/suspected-drug-dealers-charged-with-ashford-offences/

Our multi agency operation targeting the illegal counterfeit trade and associated criminality in Cheetham Hill has been shortlisted for another prestigious international award. The Herman Goldstein Award celebrates the very best examples of problem-solving policing across the globe. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/june/operation-vulcan-shortlisted-for-prestigious-international-problem-solving-award/

A fast-paced Met police operation has led to the disruption of a prolific Class A drugs line that flooded the streets of North and East London. https://news.met.police.uk/news/a-career-drug-dealer-who-operated-in-north-and-east-london-has-been-jailed-for-nine-years-485103 good sentence and another dealer off the streets.👍

Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was shot in Woolwich. https://news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-following-shooting-in-woolwich-485077