UK Policing News

Police officers have been warned that they could be sacked for questioning a colleagues' gender. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12395087/Police-officers-sacked-question-colleagues-gender-tackle-crime-favour-diversity.html

Greater Manchester Police's Chief Constable Stephen Watson has instructed police officers working at the Pride march not to wear any LGBTQ+ emblems in the event this month. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1799110/police-banned-rainbow-badges-pride-march Some sense at long last from there boss and cant have officers looking like this in the photo. 👍

They have long been known as the boys in blue. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12361817/Cruel-trolls-mock-boys-blue-young-look-Senior-police-officer-forced-defend-student-recruits-targeted-online.html no wonder people say police are getting younger every day .

Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Boulter who "slipped under the radar" will face a South Yorkshire hearing this week over seven charges of misconduct. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1800539/roge-police-daniel-boulter-misconduct-south-yorkshire-police

The Met Police chief has urged the Government to reform the misconduct process because chief constables are unable to sack 'rogue' officers with the final say being taken by lawyers. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12392421/Met-Police-Commissioner-Sir-Mark-Rowley-urges-government-reform-misconduct-process-cops-power-sack-rogue-officers.html

London's Oxford Street is bracing itself for a social media-fuelled crimewave after a call by TikTok tearaways to 'rob JD Sports' and shoplift went viral. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12386757/Mayor-urges-people-not-Oxford-Street-amid-social-media-nonsense.html

Three emergency service workers are in hospital after a police van overturned in a violent smash with an ambulance while both vehicles were responding to emergency calls. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12384005/Horror-moment-police-paramedics-rescued-crash-scene-force-car-ambulance-collided.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/stop-search-london-metropolitan-police-b2383860.html The Metropolitan Police is trialling a “new approach” to stop and search in which officers are trained to use “respectful language” and explain their actions, amid a crisis of public confidence. I thought this already happened. Every search I've seen the officer goes through who they are, where they are based, what the grounds are, what they are looking for, and that the person can have a copy of the search form if they want. It's hard to see what else could be done.

Two men have been charged in a National Crime Agency investigation after a parcel containing 24 kilos of heroin was intercepted on its way to Liverpool. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/merseyside-pair-charged-after-drugs-parcel-intercepted-at-birmingham-airport

A Thames Valley Police officer recorded himself sexually assaulting a young girl on her mobile phone while off duty, a court heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12371503/Thames-Valley-Police-officer-recorded-sexually-assaulting-girl-13-using-mobile-phone-duty.html The man is a disgrace to the police service and as let the police service down.

A police dog has been shot dead after biting its female handler while searching for a missing person. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12369385/Police-dog-shot-killed-seriously-injuring-handler-search-missing-person.html

The National Crime Agency has today (2 August) published a list of active preventative orders ( spreadsheetNCA Ancillary Orders (113 KB) ) to support its lifetime management of serious offenders. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-publishes-updated-list-of-restrictions-imposed-on-convicted-criminals

An organised crime group (OCG) set up a fake computer company to cover industrial supplies of cocaine it imported. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-ocg-that-used-fake-company-as-front-for-massive-cocaine-smuggling-are-jailed

Two teenagers allegedly tried to rob a Royal Mail train in the middle of the night after they were said to have tampered with the signalling system and boarded a carriage. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12360773/Two-teenagers-tried-rob-Royal-Mail-train-Scotland.html

Dashcam footage has captured the moment a police officer was rammed off the road by a banned driver during a high-speed chase. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12360897/Dashcam-footage-captures-moment-police-officer-killed-car-rammed-road-banned-driver-high-speed-chase.html