UK Policing News

A man from Sussex who was the assistant moderator of a site dedicated to child sexual abuse on the dark web has been jailed for five years and four months. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/assistant-moderator-of-dark-web-child-sexual-abuse-site-is-sentenced

A statement from Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley: https://news.met.police.uk/news/response-from-sir-mark-rowley-to-the-online-reaction-to-cmdr-karen-findlays-appointment-as-btp-acc-479648

Police were called at 22:53hrs on Saturday, 17 February, to a male stabbed in Hackney Road near the junction with Cremer Street, E2. https://news.met.police.uk/news/murder-investigation-launched-in-hackney-479649

Statement on City of London Police Officer Sgt Constandino Simeonidis. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/february/city-of-london-police-officer-charged/

A former professional footballer who ran a drug and gun importation operation with his brother has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a National Crime Agency investigation. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-drug-smuggler-s-brother-sentenced-for-role-in-class-a-and-gun-importations

This is the moment a Met Police officer threatens to arrest a Christian preacher who was accused of a hate crime - weeks after a gospel singer was threatened with arrest for singing religious songs. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13080819/Moment-Met-Police-officer-threatens-arrest-Christian-gospel-preachers-accused-hate-crime.html

A knife-wielding man has been jailed after a group of off-duty officers rushed to intervene as he attacked another man in south London. https://news.met.police.uk/news/knife-wielding-man-jailed-after-heroic-off-duty-officers-intervene-to-stop-violent-attack-479516

The first photos of the Oval horror crash which left nine people in hospital including Met Police officers have been shared. The pictures show the mangled London bus with a cracked windscreen, and the Met van with its back completely torn off. https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/gallery/first-photos-oval-horror-crash-28633236

A mechanic from Cheshire who created and moderated sites dedicated to child sexual abuse on the dark web has been jailed for 16 years. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/mechanic-who-had-secret-life-running-child-abuse-sites-on-the-dark-web-is-jailed

A 32 year old man who lashed out and assaulted security officers and police at Hull Paragon station has been jailed for more than seven months following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation. https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/in-the-courts/man-jailed-for-assaulting-police-and-security-officers--hull/

Last night (Tuesday 13 February) detectives from GMP Serious Organised Crime Group searched an address on Edward Street, Leigh, in connection to an armed robbery which took place on Saturday 3 February, on Bradshawgate, Leigh. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/february/detectives-involved-in-manhunt-for-armed-robbers-make-a-late-night-arrest/

Greater Manchester Police’s dedicated operation to tackling serious violence and knife crime uncovered another positive find after a routine stop search in Leigh on Wednesday 31 January 2024. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/february/operation-venture-swoop-in-and-arrest-suspected-wigan-drug-dealer-after-routine-patrol/

A misconduct hearing is set to begin tomorrow into claims PC Daniel Naggea posted offensive material on social media https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1866392/Met-Police-officer-sexist-misogynistic-TikTok

A Met Police officer has been sacked for after he “kicked cops” and called them the c-word, on top of other slurs. A panel ruled that PC Sam Billett should be dismissed without notice for his behaviour on August 30, 2021. https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/met-police-officer-kicked-cops-28572854

Colin Pitchfork, the double child murderer, has been given a new hearing before the Parole Board. What do you thin k?