UK Policing News

A rape detective accused of making sexual advances to victims and caught offering cocaine to women was sacked today after being suspended on full pay for seven years. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12125205/Rape-detective-whos-400-000-suspended-seven-years-finally-sacked.html

During a national operation, the Met intensified tactics and activity to target knife crime and wider violence, making 468 arrests, with 170 knives taken off the streets in just one week. https://news.met.police.uk/news/468-arrests-made-and-170-knives-seized-during-op-sceptre-week-of-action-467387

A serving Metropolitan Police officer will appear in court charged with rape. https://news.met.police.uk/news/serving-officer-to-appear-in-court-charged-with-rape-467318

National Crime Agency investigators have foiled a plot to smuggle heroin with a street value of £38.8m into the UK in bottles of pomegranate juice. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/38-8m-worth-of-heroin-recovered-from-cover-load-of-pomegranate-juice

Furious motorists left stuck in gridlock by Just Stop Oil protesters in London's rush hour were warned by police they could be charged with assault if they push the demonstrators off the road. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12010487/Moment-furious-motorist-tears-Just-Stop-Oil-banners-zealots-road-blockade.html What side is the police on as they should be arresting then and keeping the roads clear and taking them to court and hand them a prison sentence like they did the last two.

A police officer has been dismissed without notice following a misconduct hearing. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-misconduct-hearing-467315

A senior police officer who was honoured by the Queen for his services to diversity appeared in court yesterday charged with four counts of rape. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12122187/Police-superintendent-honoured-Queen-appears-court-charged-four-counts-rape.html

The head of Scotland Yard's catastrophic VIP sex abuse investigation is to face gross misconduct proceedings following an explosive Daily Mail investigation. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12120415/Head-Scotland-Yards-VIP-sex-abuse-investigation-faces-gross-misconduct-probe.html

A former Met Police officer who carried out a "lamentably poor" investigation into Wayne Couzens has been found guilty of gross misconduct. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65671361 I wonder if she knew it was a police officer or not and if that caused her to do a poor investigation? If she knew it was a police officer, she should have handed the investigation over to Professional Standards? If not, I feel sorry for her as I'm sure many officers cut corners and don't expect it to come back and bite them.

Footage captured by a resident shows teens gripping onto the back of a double-decker London bus, stopping it from moving in Wembley. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1772996/Yobs-London-buses-terrorise-drivers-arrests

Multiple emergency services are in the area after a large crowd of people gathered. There were some objects thrown at police and fires have been started https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1773267/riot-cardiff-estate-serious-rta-fires-police After a RTA police come then you get mindless thugs hell bent starting a needless riot.

Footage shows officers attempting to persuade the child to drop the weapon before firing the Taser. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1770583/Boy-11-Tasered-police-South-Ayrshire-knife The boy should have done what he was told by the officer and it was the boys own doing he got tasered and the officer was right to do so for his own safety .

Four men who conspired to supply drugs from the Netherlands to the UK and Ireland have been convicted following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/gang-convicted-for-cocaine-and-cannabis-smuggling

PCs Tim Willett and Darren Brimacombe both tried to apply a tourniquet, but were too badly injured https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1772451/Police-officers-stabbed-multiple-time-in-frenzied-attack

Seven people have appeared in court charged with smuggling Iraqi migrants across the English Channel. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12095331/Seven-people-appear-court-charged-smuggling-Iraqi-migrants-English-Channel.html