UK Policing News

Peter Murrell has been charged in connection with embezzlement of party funds. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1889986/peter-murrell-snp-resigns-nicola-sturgeon

A website used by more than 2,000 criminals to defraud victims worldwide has been infiltrated in the Met’s latest joint operation to tackle large-scale online fraud. https://news.met.police.uk/news/law-enforcement-infiltrates-fraud-platform-used-by-thousands-of-criminals-worldwide-482687

This is the terrifying moment a gunman rushes onto a busy London street and fires shots at horrified passersby who rush to find cover behind parked cars and in nearby shops. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13322507/Moment-gunman-runs-busy-London-street-fires-shots-horrified-onlookers-run-cover-shops-parked-cars.html

A woman who called 999 over 2,000 times in three years, and racially abused emergency workers, has been sentenced to 22 weeks in prison. https://news.met.police.uk/news/a-woman-who-called-999-over-2000-times-in-three-years-has-been-jailed-482703

Home Office cops smashed down doors across the country yesterday amid an 'arms race' against people smugglers. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13319645/Home-Office-cops-kick-door-dawn-raid-smash-sophisticated-people-smuggling-gang-smuggled-50-illegal-migrants-UK-charged-1-000-time-fake-passports.html

A high-ranking member of an organised crime group (OCG) that trafficked heroin and cocaine has been convicted following his extradition by the National Crime Agency. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-senior-leader-of-merseyside-gang-that-shipped-class-a-drugs-between-england-and-scotland-is-convicted

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/police-officer-seriously-injured-after-being-stabbed-in-the-shoulder-in-enfield/ A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a Met police officer was stabbed in a north London street.

A man has been jailed for nine years after a long-running Met investigation showed he had conspired to supply ecstasy, ketamine, and cannabis. https://news.met.police.uk/news/drug-dealer-jailed-for-nine-years-after-long-running-met-investigation-482557

Four alleged members of an organised crime group that specialises in smuggling criminal cash out of the country and into Albania have been arrested in a National Crime Agency investigation. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/four-arrested-on-suspicion-of-smuggling-money-from-uk-to-albania

This is the shocking moment a 'child' joyrider reverses a stolen police car along a pavement at speed - after an officer abandoned his vehicle to chase a suspect on foot. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13311745/Shocking-moment-child-steals-police-car.html

Two people have been charged with numerous offences following an investigation into reports of a teenager being attacked with a corrosive substance in Vaudrey Road, Stockport, on 24 March. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/april/two-charged-following-incident-which-saw-teenager-attacked-with-corrosive-substance-in-stcokport/

Committed criminals caught supplying cocaine in wholesale quantities have been jailed alongside two of their customers thanks to an investigation by our Serious Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2024/april/organised-crime-group-jailed-for-almost-30-years/

City of London Police working in partnership with the National Crime Agency, has seized multiple strains of hybrid Californian cannabis estimated to have a street value of over half a million pounds. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/april/over-half-a-million-pounds-of-cannabis-seized-as-three-charged/

A serial burglar who targeted properties across east London on Christmas Day has been jailed for six years. https://news.met.police.uk/news/christmas-day-burglar-jailed-after-officers-arrest-him-following-pursuit-482417

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51njyp71vvo A police officer who provided false updates on a harassment case said he did so to keep his workload down. I think it's right that he be sacked for this, but if there is an underlying issue of officers having impossible workloads and pressure from above to get them dealt with, getting rid of one officer won't really address that. I think that ideally, officers should be pushing back against unrealistic expectations from management. Tell them either give us more resources or stop complaining that the work isn't being done fast enough. If they put you on a performance plan for not managing an impossible workload, ch…