UK Policing News

A police officer has denied assaulting a man in a police station and will face trial next year. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/derbyshire-iopc-independent-elliott-derby-crown-court-b1121976.html

Inspector Phil Grimwade, 48, was sacked by Nottinghamshire Police For six years, he trolled female MPs, lawyers and fellow officers on social media. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12788221/vile-troll-unmasked-police-inspector-targeted-women-campaigning-sarah-everard-sacked.html

A former member of Dorset Police staff convicted of theft of cash from the Force has been ordered to pay over £32,000 by a court. https://news.dorset.police.uk/news-article/48174578-d28a-ee11-9d5d-6045bdd24049

A YouTuber has captured the moment police defused a heated confrontation over a ban on e-bikes and e-scooters. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1838776/police-video-heated-face-off What a slip up his Designation Card was out of date🤔

PC Deniz Ali, attached to North Area BCU, was found to have breached the codes of conduct in relation to discreditable conduct. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-misconduct-hearing-475864

PC Matthew Steel was let off for smacking a colleague's bum then went on to sexually assault a different colleague only a few months later https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/bum-slapping-met-police-officer-28160809

At 19:59hrs on Thursday, 23 November, officers were called to Weston Green, Dagenham. The occupant of an address called the police and said that he wanted to take his own life. https://news.met.police.uk/news/fatal-police-shooting-in-dagenham-475830

A man from Rotherham has been found guilty of nine child sex abuse offences, following an investigation conducted by the National Crime Agency as part of Operation Stovewood. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-stovewood-rotherham-man-jailed-for-10-years-over-child-sex-abuse-offences

A West Midlands man who posted videos of himself raping and sexually assaulting a young boy online has been jailed for nearly 12 years. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/child-rapist-jailed-following-nca-investigation

A new 'woke' police force guide that warns its own staff to not use the word 'policeman, or risk breaking the law, has been slammed by a Tory MP. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12760181/Woke-police-guide-policeman-breaking-law-Tory-MP.html How daft is this .🤣

Police chiefs are planning to roll out technology that enables officers to take photos of suspects on their mobile phones and then search for a match – within seconds – among millions of criminals stored on their database. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12766589/Police-controversial-facial-recognition-software.html

A housekeeper is wanted by police after a suitcase containing jewellery worth £350,000 was stolen from a hotel in Knightsbridge. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/jewellery-stolen-hotel-housekeeper-knightsbridge-wanted-police-photo-b1121971.html

The annual Met Police Christmas Tree Appeal has launched for Christmas 2023 to ensure thousands of children in London - who may otherwise go without a gift - wake up to one on Christmas Day. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-police-annual-christmas-campaign-aims-to-bring-1000s-of-disadvantaged-children-a-gift-for-christmas-475662 hope people give a lot of gifts for the disadvantaged 👍children for Christmas

Police say they are 'very grateful' to an elderly man who put himself in between the fight https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/video-shows-met-police-officer-28130558 Good on the brave pensioner helping the officer.

His step-daughter forced him to admit to assaulting her as a child moments before 'painful' death https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/evil-couple-murdered-step-dad-28143286