UK Policing News

A 'vigilante' motorist who posed as a traffic cop, put blue lights on his car and hunted speeding drivers has been convicted of impersonating a police officer after he was pulled over by a real special constable. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12918703/Vigilante-motorist-51-posed-traffic-cop-blue-lights-car-hunted-speeding-drivers-convicted-impersonating-police-pulled-officer.html

After more than 31 years in policing, the Chief Constable of Lancashire police Chris Rowley has announced his intention to retire from policing at the end of March 2024. https://lancashire.police.uk/news/2024/january/lancashire-police-chief-constable-chris-rowley-announces-his-retirement/

This is the moment a car repeatedly rams into an east London pie shop in front of horrified onlookers. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12917535/Pie-shop-car-ram-raid-video-Dagenham.html

on Sunday 31 December 2023, serving GMP officer PC Dean Dempster (20/02/1989), who was posted to GMP's Oldham district, was charged with sexual assault on a child under 13 and misconduct in a public office, following an investigation by GMP. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2023/december/serving-gmp-officer-charged-with-sexual-assault-and-misconduct-in-a-public-office/

The teenager died shortly before midnight despite police and ambulance attempts to save his life. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1850678/London-stabbing-new-years-eve-Primrose-Hill-boy-dead

A murder investigation has been launched following a fatal stabbing in Camden. https://news.met.police.uk/news/murder-investigation-launched-in-camden-477408

A man has been charged with attempted murder after two female police officers were attacked. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12914545/Man-charged-attempted-murder-two-female-police-officers-attacked.html

A police officer has been charged today following footage that emerged of him putting a suspect in a chokehold during an arrest. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12909835/Welsh-police-officer-suspect-chokehold-charged.html

A policeman who successfully campaigned for a law to protect service animals from violent criminals has quit after being wrongly accused of breeding a dog for financial gain. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12910857/policeman-wrongly-accused-dog-money-out.html

Disgraced cops purged from the Metropolitan Police this year can today be revealed as part of the scandal-hit force's 2023 'wall of shame'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12850129/Metropolitan-police-officers-sacked-gross-misconduct-2023.html SO sad to read how some bad apples have ruined the reputation of the MET POLICE SERVICE and with the public.

Four officers have been injured during clashes with protesters in south London. https://news.sky.com/story/southwark-police-and-protestors-clash-in-south-london-13039670

They should have known better but age is no barrier to crime it seems https://www.mylondon.news/news/gallery/14-london-boomers-spend-retirement-28365215

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with arson after a fire at a prestigious 160-year-old Catholic school in West London, the Metropolitan Police said. Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters were called to the London Oratory School, which admits boys aged seven to 18 and girls aged 16 to 18, on Seagrave Road in Fulham at around 10am on Wednesday, December 27. https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/boy-16-charged-arson-assaulting-28363341

A suspended police chief, who is facing a 'stolen valour' probe, worked in a pub when he said he was serving in the Royal Navy, according to court records. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12830331/Walter-Mitty-police-chief-suspended-accused-wearing-Falklands-War-medal-despite-15-time-conflict-worked-pub-claimed-Royal-Navy.html

Police were left stunned after pulling over one of Britain's worst drivers who was found to have a staggering 96 points on his licence. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12909401/How-96-POINTS-licence-roads-Police-pull-one-Britains-worst-motorists-driving-uninsured-sparking-bewilderment-online.html