UK Policing News

A black holdall containing as much as 30kg of cocaine has washed up on a beach – the fourth time huge quantities of drugs have landed on the South Coast this month. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12663641/Armed-police-patrol-Sussex-beach-haul-cocaine-washes-ashore-South-Coast-fourth-time-month.html

Video footage captured the moment police seized a large dog after it attacked a puppy in Croydon, south London. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12659273/Moment-armed-police-seize-large-dog-attacked-puppy-Croydon.html

Police have launched a manhunt for two inmates who they believe have absconded from a prison together. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12658737/Manhunt-prisoners-HMP-Hollesley-Bay-police-issue-warning.html

The suspect, who is accused of running a drugs line to Brighton, was arrested and taken to a police station in Sussex https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/gallery/photos-show-how-met-police-27954562

Three men have been convicted of the murder of Taylor Cox in Islington after an investigation by the Met. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-investigation-results-in-three-men-being-convicted-of-murder-474092

An IT engineer from Bristol who arranged to meet young girls at an airport hotel so that he could sexually abuse them has been jailed for two years. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/registered-sex-offender-packed-sweets-and-toys-for-girls-he-intended-to-abuse-in-hotel-room

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/14/london-police-defy-ban-on-badges-linked-to-far-right-and-white-supremacy Metropolitan police officers are openly defying orders not to wear badges appropriated by the far right and linked to white supremacy. I think it's completely unfair to portray the thin blue line badge this way. If officers have been ordered not to wear it and are still doing so then that is a problem but only in the sense of refusing to follow orders. I think neutrality is very important in the police and in general they shouldn't wear any badges of support for any cause, but I have no issue with the TBL one as it's not really political, just…

A £165,000-a-year police chief once tipped for top job at The Met is at the centre of a fakery storm today after he was accused of wearing a Falklands War combat service medal - despite only being a 15-year-old sea cadet at the time. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12573043/Police-chief-57-accused-lying-fought-Argentina-Falklands-War-wearing-combat-medal-just-15-time-conflict-dismissed-force-watchdog-launches-probe.html Disgusting if true to wear a medal that don,t belong to him and this will make a lot of war veterans very unhappy who won them fighting in the Falklands war.

This is the shocking moment a knife-wielding phone thief repeatedly stabbed two Met Police officers in a horrific attack in London's West End. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12622717/Shocking-moment-knife-wielding-phone-robber-repeatedly-stabs-two-Met-Police-officers-horrific-attack-Londons-West-End.html Lets hope the judge gives him a long sentence.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/08/suella-braverman-urges-police-to-crack-down-on-hamas-support-in-uk Suella Braverman expects the police to “use the full force of the law” against displays of support for Hamas after an escalation of attacks on Israel’s borders, she wrote on Sunday morning.

A man has been charged with terrorism and firearms offences, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-charged-with-terrorism-and-firearms-offences-473577

Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command are appealing for anyone in the UK who has direct evidence related to the terrorist attacks in southern Israel to contact police. https://news.met.police.uk/news/counter-terrorism-policing-issues-appeal-for-information-following-attacks-in-israel-473575

A Polish lorry driver has been charged with people smuggling offences, as part of an investigation by the National Crime Agency into an organised crime group suspected of transporting migrants to the UK in HGVs and boats. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/driver-charged-over-alleged-cross-channel-people-smuggling