UK Policing News

The Director General of the National Crime Agency and European Police Chiefs are calling for industry and governments to take urgent action to ensure public safety across technology platforms. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out-to-include-public-protection-measures

Police Sergeant Lee Juniper sent messages to a female officer under his command, a tribunal heard https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-officer-fired-inappropriate-sexual-messages-b1152835.html

In the early hours of yesterday morning (Friday 19 April) whilst our officers were on patrol in the Worsley area of Greater Manchester, their suspicions were raised by a vehicle driving erratically on Chaddock Lane. The car was stopped, and a search revealed a revolver style firearm with ammunition. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/april/officers-instinct-leads-to-arrests-and-firearm-seizure-after-proactive-car-stop/

A married police chief faces being sacked over an alleged affair with an officer nearly 20 years his junior after being charged with gross misconduct. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-chief-faces-being-sacked-over-an-alleged-affair-with-officer/ar-BB1lKgTU

Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery in Banbury. https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2024/april/15-04-2024/appeal-for-witnesses-following-armed-robbery--banbury/

Three officers who detained a group of heavily armed and violent men have won Thames Valley Police Federation bravery awards. https://policeprofessional.com/news/tvp-officers-who-detained-violent-and-heavily-armed-robbers-win-bravery-awards/

Watch the shocking moment a group of 'feral kids' attack each other with machetes and hammers before armed police officers break it up. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13330605/kids-attack-machetes-hammers-lives-gun-police-London.html

A painstaking four-year investigation by Met officers has led to the conviction of four highly dangerous Hackney gang members. https://news.met.police.uk/news/members-of-hackney-gang-jailed-for-drug-and-firearms-crimes-following-painstaking-investigation-482790

UK-based Albanian crime groups are openly posting videos of cannabis farms on social media they claim are in London and other UK cities. A new map reveals in London and other parts of England you could be living next door to one of these farms. https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/map-cannabis-albanian-crime-groups-29018352

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/18/only-40-of-people-in-england-trust-their-police-force-research-reveals Only four out of 10 people in England say they trust the police, with the UK’s biggest force, the Metropolitan police, getting the lowest confidence score, research has found. Can anything be done to fix this, any changes you would like to see?

A man has been stabbed to death after a late night brawl in East London https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/live-leytonstone-murder-stabbing-arrest-29023039#source=breaking-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