UK Policing News

https://news.sky.com/story/police-release-bodycam-footage-after-dog-tasered-and-put-into-wheelie-bin-12921692 I like that West Midlands has taken this approach of releasing the body worn footage in response to the criticism, and more forces should do it.

A police chief constable has warned that crimes will go unpunished, cheating victims of justice, if officers can't afford to do the job due to low pay. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12289105/Police-chief-says-crimes-unpunished-officers-afford-job.html

A man allegedly impersonating a police officer handcuffed a young child after approaching them on a street. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1791687/Man-pretending-to-be-police-officer-handcuffs-young-child-in-street Police need to find this imposter fast.

More police officers have been deployed on the capital's Tube network https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/sadiq-khan-insists-london-underground-27326756

Roving undercover police squads who fine men £100 for catcalling women in the street are set to roll out across London, a Metropolitan police chief has said. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12298849/Undercover-police-squads-fine-men-100-catcalling-women-roll-London.html Good more police on the streets and might catch people committing as well.

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of harassment. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-police-officer-guilty-of-harassment-469840

A police officer rescued two men from a tower block blaze which was caused by an e-bike. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12299757/Police-officer-saves-two-men-hanging-ledge-16-storeys-high.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-66185431 A custody detention officer who threw a bucket of water at a suspect in a cell has been given a community order.

Police Constable Andrew Cushing has been named as the London region winner in the annual National Police Federation Bravery Awards. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-police-officer-wins-bravery-award-for-apprehending-a-man-who-pointed-a-gun-at-him-469825

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66176102 A serving police officer is to face a disciplinary panel over allegations he behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner with a woman he met at a bar

A police officer who took bribes from licenced premises in the West End has been convicted of seven offences following a complex anti-corruption investigation. https://news.met.police.uk/news/former-westminster-licensing-officer-convicted-of-bribery-469787

This is the moment an off-duty special constable disarms a suspected gunman moments after a shot was fired. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12277491/Moment-heroic-duty-volunteer-PC-disarms-gun-suspect-moments-shot-fired.html Well done that special constable hope you receive a reward from your bosses.👏

A man has been convicted of murder and four others of manslaughter after detectives carried out extensive CCTV work and phone analysis to track their movements before and after a brutal robbery. https://news.met.police.uk/news/five-guilty-of-violent-attack-that-killed-man-in-his-ilford-home-469755

A Metropolitan Police detective has lost his 18th employment tribunal case in just 16 years, after claiming £25,000 for 'injury to feelings' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12290505/Metropolitan-police-detective-loses-18th-employment-tribunal-case-16-years.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/09/doreen-lawrence-police-duty-disclose-phone-data-investigation-misconduct Police officers under investigation for discipline offences should have to hand over data from their personal mobile phones, Doreen Lawrence has said. I can see why people want this, when you constantly hear about misconduct and the Met having several officers a week in court on criminal charges, it's temping to call for drastic measures to deal with it. But I think it would be a step too far. Police officers can already have their personal phones seized if there are grounds for it, like anyone else suspected of a crime. This proposal seems to…