UK Policing News

Police are issuing an urgent appeal to the public to help trace a 21-year-old man who has escaped from prison. https://news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-to-trace-man-escaped-from-hmp-wandsworth-471856

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/02/home-office-accused-of-secret-lobbying-for-facial-recognition-spy-company Senior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent privacy regulator to act “favourably” towards a private firm keen to roll out controversial facial recognition technology across the country, according to internal government emails seen by the Observer. So the Home Office tell the ICO that if their investigation into Facewatch isn't positive then the policing minister will be writing to the information commissioner. The Home Office says this can be avoided if the ICO look more favorably on Facewatch. Do you t…

Police will no longer investigate every crime reported to them under controversial new soft-touch justice plans. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12481681/Police-Scotland-wave-white-flag-crime-Fury-force-admits-WONT-investigate-offence-reported-controversial-soft-justice-pilot-scheme-savaged-shabby-surrender-criminals.html

A police officer left a fellow PC in a coma after smashing into another patrol car while scrambling to an emergency incident. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12480271/Police-officer-left-colleague-coma-running-red-light-smashing-cop-car-driving-70mph.html

Four police officers had to be rescued in appalling weather conditions from a Scottish island peak. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12480407/Four-police-officers-saved-mountain-rescue-teams-eight-half-hour-ordeal-got-trouble-climbing-famous-peak-Isle-Skye.html

Two men have been stabbed to death within hours of each other in separate daylight attacks in south and west London on Monday. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/brixton-stabbing-murder-morrison-road-angell-town-park-london-b1104748.html

Police chiefs will be able to sack more corrupt and abusive officers to restore public confidence after a series of scandals, the Home Office declared last night. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1807682/police-corruption-new-law-sacking

Police in London have been facing a deluge of knife crime this week after a total of 15 stabbings since Monday, leaving one man dead, with five arrested in connection with the attacks. https://www.mylondon.news/news/grim-week-londons-streets-sees-27621785

Pc Harry Chaplin was fined and issued with eight penalty points at Winchester Crown Court earlier this week after he admitted careless driving. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/winchester-crown-court-dorset-police-dorset-weymouth-honda-b1104356.html Video https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12471395/Police-car-smashes-family-vehicle-seriously-injuring-mother-two-officer-81mph-30mph-zone.html#v-3189545207316394806

A cocaine-fuelled nurse who led police on a dangerous road chase at nearly 100mph has today been jailed for 16 months. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12466603/Nurse-led-police-94mph-chase-cocaine-car-jailed-16-months.html

A Sussex Police officer has been sacked for sexually harassing a PC who he supervised. Det Sgt Jason Hoadley, 52, who was based in Eastbourne, sent the female PC inappropriate messages and kissed and touched her at team social occasions. The officer was found to have breached standards of professional behaviour at a misconduct hearing at Sussex Police headquarters on Wednesday. He was dismissed from the force and banned from returning to policing. The hearing was told the PC had alleged she had been sexually harassed by Det Sgt Hoadley, who was her supervisor. He was found guilty of gross misconduct and placed on the College of Policing Barred lis…

A hero police officer is in a serious condition after being hit by a train while trying to save a distressed man who was on the tracks. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12445207/Police-officer-hit-train-trying-save-distressed-man-tracks.html sad news hope the Nottingham officer makes a full Recovery.