UK Policing News

Police have charged a man with the murder of 16-year-old Taye Faik in Edmonton. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-charged-with-murder-of-teenager-in-edmonton-474891

The Metropolitan Police has caught more than 35 officers using drugs over the last three years, including one who took cocaine and got high on laughing gas. PC Aaron Smith revealed to his inspector he had been inhaling nitrous oxide and also took cocaine, a February 2021 hearing heard. https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/met-police-officers-caught-taking-28048515

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/05/about-100-young-people-in-violent-clashes-with-police-in-edinburgh About 100 young people were involved in clashes with police in Edinburgh on Sunday night, as petrol bombs and fireworks were thrown at officers

Just Stop Oil clowns today staged a 'die-in' in front of the Cenotaph, sparking fears that the eco-protesters could spark trouble at this weekend's Remembrance Sunday parade. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12715581/Now-Just-Stop-Oil-clowns-target-Cenotaph-police-stand-arms-backs-Eco-mob-stage-die-sacred-war-memorial.html More scum trying to ruin Remembrance Sunday parade

Eight police officers sustained minor injuries in Edinburgh and Glasgow, while in London hundreds of police were deployed at Million Mask March https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/edinburgh-bonfire-night-police-petrol-bombs-glasgow-fireworks-b1118335.html

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that it deploys licenced security guards to keep an eye on its mobile ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) cameras as the devices are being 'blocked and vandalised'. The Metropolitan Police Service revealed last week that it recorded nearly 1,000 ULEZ camera-related crimes in just six months. https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/ulez-vans-security-guards-cameras-28052153

It's been another rough weekend on London's streets https://www.mylondon.news/news/bleak-weekend-sees-man-fighting-28049836

Scuffles broke out between protesters and police officers in central London on Saturday as thousands descended on the capital with 40 marches planned across the country in solidarity with Palestinians amid the Hamas-Israel conflict. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12709639/Police-pro-Palestinian-Day-Action-thousands-London-40-marches-five-arrested-Kings-Cross.html Good about time police arrested them and the activists and the troublemakers who are causing disruption and hope the courts deal with them.

More than 1,300 officers were on duty today as tens of thousands of people demonstrated in London. https://news.met.police.uk/news/29-arrests-made-as-met-takes-positive-action-against-hate-crime-474792

The arrest comes after a serious assault against an Essex Police officer on Canvey Island. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1831491/man-arrested-police-officer-attempted-murder-essex

A South Yorkshire police officer has been found not guilty of raping a young woman who spent the night at his home. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-south-yorkshire-leeds-crown-court-b1118057.html

A career criminal who transported drugs and cash across Europe has been jailed for 21 years. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/europe-encrochat-netherlands-london-uxbridge-b1118177.html

A corrupt police worker who illegally accessed sensitive information to tip off a criminal friend about a secret, international investigation into serious crime has been jailed for over three years. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-corrupt-police-worker-jailed-for-tipping-off-criminal-over-secret-international-investigation

This is the shocking moment a HGV trailer, steered by a drunk driver nearly four times over the limit, nearly topples over on a roundabout. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12706619/hgv-trailer-topples-drunk-romanian-driver-avoids-prison.html