UK Policing News

His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) graded West Midlands Police's performance across eight areas of policing and found the force was adequate in two areas, requires improvement in three areas and inadequate in three areas. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1848099/concerns-west-midlands-police-inspectorate

Three people have been rushed to hospital today (December 22) after a triple stabbing in Central London near to the famous Carnaby Street. Police have arrested a single suspect in his 20s after the attack in the early hours of this morning saw officers called to Ganton Street at 3.10am. https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/three-young-men-rushed-hospital-28336792#source=breaking-news

A police crackdown on vehicle thefts in East London has led to one man from Romford being hit with 26 different charges against 16 victims, including theft, fraud, burglary, and more. https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/romford-car-thief-who-used-28334843

One of the operators would check friends' number plates to see if they had been caught speeding https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1848161/Speed-camera-operators-jailed-deleting-fines

Two brothers have been put behind bars for a total of 40 years after they ambushed and fired a gun at men who tried to steal their motorbikes in an 'extremely reckless' attack. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12887825/Brothers-jailed-40-YEARS-shot-robbers-tried-steal-motorbikes.html

Marius Bucys, 43 (25.05.80) of Neasham Road, Dagenham, was sentenced to 16 years and 6 months on Friday 15 December at Kingston Crown Court for conspiracy to import class A drugs. Bucys was the latest to be convicted after Met officers dismantled an organised crime group in November 2020. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-police-halt-drug-network-importing-large-quantities-of-cocaine-into-the-uk-477219

This is the moment a wind-up merchant taunts police and starts giving them advice as an officer struggles to break down a door. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12881227/moment-taunt-police-officer-break-door.html Not good when it should have been a male officer and not this woman officer.

police will be able to run facial recognition searches on a database containing images of Britain’s 50 million driving licence holders under a law change being quietly introduced by the government. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-to-be-able-to-run-face-recognition-searches-on-50m-driving-licence-holders/ar-AA1lNZ8U?ocid=msedgntp&pc=WSEDSE&cvid=79351a86984942a78c54c8e1a18922e8&ei=24

This morning (Wednesday 20 December), in a joint operation by Greater Manchester Police, Oldham Trading Standards, and the RSPCA, 18 dogs have been seized, along with drugs, ammunition, and a machine police believe is used to make bullets. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2023/december/police-seize-dangerous-dogs-drugs-and-ammunition-after-raid-in-chadderton/

Six people have suffered injuries after a police van overturned in a West London crash. Shortly after 5am this morning (Wednesday, December 20) the police van collided with another vehicle in Warwick Road, near Earl's Court in West London. https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/live-traffic-updates-6-rushed-28321238

Thirteen men convicted of the wholesale supply of Class A drugs across Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Devon are starting prison terms totalling 91 years. https://www.northants.police.uk/news/northants/news/in-court/2023/december/unlucky-for-some-13-men-jailed-for-91-years-over-three-county-class-a-drugs-supply/

Ten people were arrested in Croydon yesterday, 14 December, and a crossbow seized in a live facial recognition (LFR) deployment in hot spot areas around the two mainline train stations, East and West Croydon. https://news.met.police.uk/news/precise-policing-using-live-facial-recognition-in-croydon-leads-to-ten-arrests-476959

The entire upper half of the police vehicle was cut off to free the injured officer after a car smash with a taxi. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1846340/police-car-crash-officer-hurt-no-roof

Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command carried out a 15 month investigation into an organised crime group’s involvement in the supply of multiple kilos of Class A drugs and firearms. https://news.met.police.uk/news/15-month-covert-police-operation-sees-22-people-jailed-for-more-than-160-years-476976 Good sentence given out to low life by the judge.

A gangland enforcer and debt collector has been jailed for drugs offences after a National Crime Agency investigation. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-criminal-enforcer-and-drugs-accomplices-jailed