UK Policing News

Retailers blighted by prolific shoplifters are being issued with DIY crime report kits to gather evidence for police. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12358277/Police-force-dishes-DIY-crime-report-kits-stores-shoplifting-returns-pre-pandemic-levels.html

A Met Police commander who wrote the force's anti-drugs strategy took LSD and magic mushrooms while off duty and smoked cannabis daily before breakfast, a tribunal has heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12356811/Scotland-Yard-commander-wrote-Mets-anti-drugs-strategy-took-LSD-magic-mushrooms-duty-smoked-cannabis-breakfast-tribunal-hears.html

A serving Gwent Police officer has gone on trial accused of sexually assaulting a young girl under the age of 13 on multiple occasions. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12356969/Gwent-Police-officer-sexually-assaulted-young-girl-13-multiple-occasions-Covid-lockdown-court-hears.html

A serving Metropolitan Police officer was arrested on Friday, 28 July on suspicion of harassment and stalking. https://news.met.police.uk/news/serving-officer-charged-with-harassment-and-stalking-470215

This is the shocking moment two groups of men wielding large sticks attacked one another in the street as they beat a man lying in the road. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12355549/Moment-groups-attack-wooden-bats-Hull.html

Smail Riah was detained by off-duty police who heard the victim scream 'My watch' https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/rolex-robber-who-ripped-27k-27385614 Good arrest by the officers getting this scumbag.

An exclusive poll found 80 percent said they would welcome more police on the beat. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1796675/police-public-confidence-crime-steve-reed-labour

A man has been found guilty of being part of an organised crime group linked to the prolific smuggling of migrants to the UK by lorry. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/people-smugglers-used-lorries-to-smuggle-migrants-to-the-uk-for-7-000-per-person

Two retired Met officers have been jailed following a complex Specialist Crime investigation. https://news.met.police.uk/news/two-retired-officers-jailed-following-investigation-into-indecent-images-470191

An officer who was found guilty of sexual assault has been jailed. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-jailed-after-being-convicted-of-sexual-assault-470192

An officer has been found guilty of assault following an incident outside a nightclub in Shoreditch. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-to-face-misconduct-hearing-after-being-convicted-of-assault-470162

A man from Surrey convicted for running schemes to help criminals launder their cash is wanted by the National Crime Agency after he failed to turn up to a sentencing hearing. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/wanted-money-launderer-who-ran-professional-services-for-organised-crime-groups

A woman claims she was strip-searched by 'savage' police in Birmingham and left naked in a cell for 16 hours, reports have emerged. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12346211/Woman-claims-strip-search-police-Birmingham-naked.html Makes me wonder if this woman is jumping on the bandwagon after it was reported what allegedly happened at Manchester.

West Mercia officer PC Abigail Myers, 29, spoke only to confirm her name and address at Worcester Crown Court. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1794882/police-officer-dangerous-driving-worcestershire