UK Policing News

A 50-year-old man has been jailed for six years after a National Crime Agency investigation identified him as the‘Global Moderator’ of a dark website dedicated to the sharing of child sexual abuse material. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/global-moderator-of-child-sex-abuse-website-sentenced People like him should be jailed for a lot longer.

The driver has been jailed for 6 months https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/watch-moment-dangerous-drink-driver-28695602

A South Kirkby man has been jailed after admitting carrying out armed robberies at a building society and bank in Wakefield and Ossett. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/man-jailed-robberies-building-society-and-bank-wakefield-and-ossett

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police carried out a week of action, carrying out interviews across the country as part of a crackdown on the supply of illegal streaming services, with a focus on individuals selling modified fire sticks. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/february/eleven-interviewed-during-week-of-action-to-tackle-the-supply-of-illegal-streaming-services/

Detectives have charged a man and a woman with the murder of George Eric Rogers from Enfield. https://news.met.police.uk/news/two-charged-in-enfield-murder-investigation-480457

The Angiolini Inquiry lays bare how Wayne Couzens was able to join the police. https://news.met.police.uk/news/response-from-the-commissioner-to-todays-angiolini-inquiry-report-480182

A man who preyed on men to rob them has been sentenced. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-who-preyed-on-gay-community-jailed-for-robberies-480345

A Ferrari stolen from Gerhard Berger in Italy in 1995 has been recovered after a four-day investigation led by the Met. https://news.met.police.uk/news/organised-vehicle-crime-unit-recover-ferrari-stolen-in-italy-28-years-ago-480340

A rising number of prison officers and staff have been investigated for allegedly giving drugs to criminals behind bars https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1873209/drugs-prison-staff-arrested-supplying-criminals

A former police officer who was caught playing rugby while off sick with a back injury has quit before he could be sacked. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1873008/police-officer-off-sick-with-back-injury-caught-playing-rugby

A Lincoln response officer is taking on a challenge with a difference… a 10K run in full riot gear. https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2024/feb-2024/lincoln-officer-to-run-10k-in-riot-gear/ Good luck and hope you raise the raise money for awareness for the charity COPS (Care of Police Survivors) and other members will join in.👍

Police investigating a large series of attacks on cash machines have charged two further suspects – taking the total number of defendants to four. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2024/march/more-suspects-charged-over-large-series-of-cash-machine-attacks/

The firearm was later discarded and left on the road in Clapham Common https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/gallery/clapham-shooting-scene-photos-pub-28740385

A doctor employed at a Warwickshire hospital has been convicted of downloading/accessing child abuse material after a National Crime Agency investigation. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/doctor-found-with-child-abuse-images-is-sentenced

This is the dramatic moment five thieves are caught by police hours after stealing £90,000 of premium booze from a gin distillery. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13144853/thieves-caught-motorway-police-sting-hours-stole-gin-rum-champagne-heist.html Good arrest by the police👍 But the sentence given was not long enough after ramming the police car and the manner of the driving.