UK Policing News

More than 700 firearms have been recovered in the UK after an operation led by the National Crime Agency. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/more-than-700-firearms-recovered-in-ground-breaking-nca-led-operation

A policewoman who was scarred for life after being mown down while attempting to arrest a suspected drug dealer has spoken of her ordeal for the first time. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12271447/Brave-female-PC-scarred-life-run-trying-arrest-drugs-suspect.html

Man jailed for 32 years for 2017 murder of man in Enfield https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-32-years-for-2017-murder-of-man-in-enfield-469666

Police officers facing action over misconduct are lodging grievances against bosses as a smokescreen to avoid punishment, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12268033/Met-officers-facing-misconduct-action-lodging-complaints-dodge-punishment-commissioner-says.html

A man has been jailed after admitting a string of sexual offences committed over 20 years ago https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-sexual-offences-committed-more-than-20-years-ago-469643 No matter how long it takes the long arm of the law will find you and bring a person to justice.

Police officers have been banned from wearing a badge commemorating colleagues killed in the line of duty – in case it offends the LGBT+ community. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12254749/Police-Pride-told-wear-Blue-Line-emblem.html How ridiculous are met bosses to stop officers wearing the thin blue line badge and will upset a lot of officers for not wearing them.

He is the second person to be charged following the Islington triple stabbing https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/man-charged-islington-double-murder-27274275

The group would threaten victims with knives and make them enter passcodes for their phones to steal the cryptocurrency https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/gang-teenagers-who-stole-115000-27276015

A Greater Manchester Police officer failed to report a relationship he had formed with a victim of domestic violence he met on duty. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1787745/police-officer-phone-message-domestic-victim

Operation Mille also saw almost 1,000 people arrested, with every police force in England, Scotland and Wales taking part. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1788030/cannabis-plants-raids-operation-mille-police

The Supreme Court has today dismissed an appeal brought by a Met firearms officer known as W80 after the Independent Office for Police Conduct determined he should face misconduct proceedings for the fatal shooting of Jermaine Baker. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-police-statement-following-supreme-court-judgment-of-w80-appeal-469521

A man has been jailed for firearms offences after officers chased him down when they spotted a suspicious car in Kensington. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-after-vigilant-officers-recover-firearm-in-kensington-469475

This is the terrifying moment a Mercedes smashed into a group of thugs attacking a man on the ground opposite the MI6 headquarters - before the victim leapt into the car as it sped away. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12265831/Terrifying-moment-car-slams-crowd-people-outside-MI6-building.html

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23626548.police-scotland-whistleblower-says-staff-breaking-point/ The public "isn't getting the service they deserve" from the police in Scotland, according to a whistleblower who says staffing cuts have left officers at breaking point and quitting the force.

Police have swooped a massive horde of counterfeit goods worth an estimated £870million, making it the biggest single UK seizure in history - as well as the largest in Europe in nearly 20 years. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/counterfeit-goods-seized-by-police-in-record-uk-haul-worth-eye-watering-870m/ar-AA1doG23?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=aa467ddf1fc3434a856b17a08ac6cfca&ei=10