UK Policing News

Two lorry drivers who are accused of smuggling migrants for a London-based organised crime group have been arrested in Romania and now face extradition back to the UK as part of a National Crime Agency investigation. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/drivers-accused-of-transporting-migrants-for-people-smuggling-kingpin-arrested-in-romania

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/11/facial-recognition-could-transform-policing-in-way-dna-testing-did-says-met-chief Britain’s most senior police officer has predicted that facial recognition technology will transform criminal investigations as much as DNA testing has done, a prospect described as dystopian byhuman rights campaigners. It does seem that whatever we think about it, technologies like facial recognition are going to become a normal part of life. I can see the capability eventually being integrated into individual officers body cameras, with the officer able to point it at someone, push a button, and get a notification of that per…

A police officer has been dismissed after she was found to have breached the standards of professional behaviour at the level of gross misconduct after she used unreasonable force on duty during the arrest of a man. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-misconduct-hearing-472037

Metropolitan Police officers have arrested Daniel Khalife, who escaped from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday 6 September. https://news.met.police.uk/news/escaped-prisoner-daniel-khalife-arrested-471995 Job well done by the met police.

He reportedly swallowed items secreted in his clothing while he travelled with the officers in a police van https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-officers-investigated-manslaughter-man-died-van-custody-croydon-b1105792.html

Three men have been jailed for a combined 28 years after a National Crime Agency sting operation caught them red-handed exchanging 25 kilos of cocaine. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/trio-of-drug-suppliers-jailed-after-cocaine-exchange

Two police officers are in hospital after a driver ploughed into their cop car causing it to catch fire, as a man who 'ran away from the scene' is arrested. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12498025/Two-police-officers-hospital-driver-ploughed-cop-car-sparked-huge-inferno-ripped-vehicle-man-ran-away-scene-arrested.html

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/met-police-losing-more-officers-recruiting-commissioner-sir-mark-rowley/ The Commissioner, giving evidence to the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee, said recruitment has been challenging and his biggest concern now is that he’s losing more officers than he’s bringing in.

A West Yorkshire-based organised crime group that trafficked cocaine have been sentenced to a combined 49 years behind bars. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/op-venetic-drug-supply-ringleaders-sentenced-after-encrochat-takedown

Children as young as nine attacked police with petrol bombs, masonry and rocks in Northern Ireland last night - with four officers needing hospital treatment. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12495681/Gang-children-young-nine-attack-police-petrol-bombs-rocks-masonry-Londonderry.html Not good for the PSNI having to deal with trouble like this.

Detectives from Islington are urgently appealing for help to trace a man who absconded from a mental health facility in Islington. https://news.met.police.uk/news/renewed-appeal-to-trace-man-who-absconded-from-mental-health-facility-in-islington-three-weeks-ago-471944

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…