UK Policing News

A Met police officer has been dismissed after he made inappropriate remarks to female officers while on duty. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-after-making-inappropriate-comments-481884

Two men have been jailed after they were found hiding on the roof of a warehouse which had been turned into a cannabis factory. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2024/april/pair-caught-hiding-on-roof-of-cannabis-factory-warehouse/

Police pulled over a car packed-full of cannabis plants and arrested a suspect at the roadside. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2024/april/cannabis-filled-car-pulled-over-following-rapid-police-response/ Nice find for Police 👍

Police officers in Preston have been blending in with shoppers and store staff as they continue to tackle shoplifting in the city. https://lancashire.police.uk/news/south/plain-clothed-shoplifting-operation-in-preston/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/01/hate-act-will-lessen-public-trust-in-the-force-says-scottish-police-chief Enforcing Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act will “certainly” reduce public trust in the police, according to the general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation.

A child was rescued from the River Brent on Saturday by brave and quick-thinking police officers. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officers-rescue-child-from-west-london-river-481852

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating an incident in Hanworth which left a man with critical injuries. https://news.met.police.uk/news/arrest-made-by-officers-investigating-assault-in-hanworth-481848

An east London man who repeatedly raped a woman has been jailed following a Met investigation. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-following-met-rape-investigation-481851

This is the astonishing moment a Met Police officer told a Jewish woman that swastikas 'need to be taken into context' after she complained about the Nazi symbol being displayed on banners during a pro-Palestine march in London. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13256743/Moment-Met-Police-confronted-Jewish-woman-officer-told-swastikas-arent-necessarily-anti-Semitic-banners-spotted-pro-Palestine-march-London.html

Shocking video footage shows hundreds of children still wearing their school uniform turn into a violent mob and overwhelming shopping centre security. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1883086/Schoolchildren-chaos-Milton-Keynes-shopping-centre-Easter

As part of our ongoing pledge to listen and tackle crime within communities across London, nine people in Romford and Woolwich were arrested by officers with the assistance of Live Facial Recognition technology. https://news.met.police.uk/news/nine-people-arrested-after-live-facial-recognition-deployment-481839

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/24/former-cps-chief-clampdown-protests-risks-creating-thought-crimes The former director of public prosecutions for England and Wales has warned against the risk of creating “thought crimes” amid the recent clampdown on protesters and demonisation of demonstrators by politicians.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/25/ministers-may-toughen-response-to-indecent-exposure-after-wayne-couzens-inquiry Government accepts findings of report which says police showed ‘apathy’ in following up reports of Couzens’ offending What's the reason for prosecuting him for additional offences when he already has a whole life order? He's evil and I'm not defending him or saying he shouldn't be prosecuted, just wondering why that happens as he obviously can't have his sentence increased.

The Home Office has lost a bid to appeal against a judge’s ruling that blocked plans to transfer policing powers in the West Midlands. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/home-office-loses-appeal-bid-over-west-midlands-policing-powers-merger-ruling/ar-BB1kmVqi?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=9ed2967cef97460db0df7650346c6918&ei=26

A Metropolitan Police officer allegedly stole cash from the corpse of an Italian filmmaker after he died suddenly on a busy street. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13227381/met-police-stole-cash-dead-corpse.html IF this officer has done this and proved then this officer is a disgrace to the police and not fit to wear the uniform.