UK Policing News

A pharmacist and his son ran a secret Breaking Bad-style pharmaceuticals factory from an industrial estate, a court heard. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pharmacist-and-his-son-made-3-5m-by-selling-fake-drugs-from-secret-breaking-bad-style-factory/ar-AA1b0EGS?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9ccff628daaa4159939a22b4bddf6550&ei=54

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/10/police-britain-private-security-firms-powers Private security firms are increasingly being used to patrol shops and private open spaces. What happens if they overreach their limited powers?

A trainee PC sacked after disgusted colleagues complained about him telling a 'foul' racist joke likening an Asian person to a skunk claims his dismissal from the force was 'irrational'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12067099/Trainee-PC-sacked-racist-joke-launches-High-Court-bid-overthrow-dismissal.html

Police have launched a murder investigation, with the 29-year-old gunman currently in critical condition in hospital. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1768429/kent-dartford-mum-shot-dead-hostage-hayley-burke

A pair of thieves were caught on camera sprinting out of a jewellery store carrying an 18-carat gold and diamond ring then launching a high-speed chase with police. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12065113/Pair-thieves-caught-camera-sprinting-store-carrying-18-carat-gold-diamond-ring.html

Sixteen people have been convicted following a major National Crime Agency investigation into a West London-based organised crime group involved in international money laundering and people smuggling. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/money-laundering-and-people-smuggling-network-dismantled-by-the-nca

Shocking footage has shown the moment Met Police officers shot dead two 'dangerously out of control' dogs that mauled a woman. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12057857/Shocking-footage-shows-moment-Met-Police-shoot-kill-two-dogs-woman-mauled-attack.html

Greater Manchester Police deployed extra officers in the wake of the incident. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1767665/manchester-city-centre-dispersal-order-paramedic-attack

The latest incident caps a bloody weekend in the capital which has seen at least three fatal, unconnected stabbings. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1767672/London-shooting-Bow-police-appeal-arrest

Thousands of trainee officers recruited to boost police numbers left during their probation period, according to recent figures. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12055499/Over-2-000-police-officers-recruited-boost-numbers-left-probation.html

Three male victims were stabbed to death in separate incidents in east London over a period of less than eight hours on the eve of the coronation. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12055241/Police-reveal-Coronation-Eve-bloodbath-three-people-stabbed-death-separate-attacks.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/03/metropolitan-police-live-facial-recognition-in-crowds-at-king-charles-coronation The Metropolitan police has been accused of using the coronation to stage the biggest live facial recognition operation in British history. They should make the use of facial recognition dependent on having reasonable grounds to suspect the person whose face is being scanned of committing a crime. I am told that reasonable suspicion is around 3 on a scale of 1-10 so it wouldn't be a very difficult threshold to reach but would stop facial recognition being used completely indiscriminately. Make it a tool that is used to support and add …

In a video shared on Twitter, a Just Stop Oil protestor is seen standing in the road as the car passed. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1765130/car-knocks-over-just-stop-oil-protestor-holloway-road-london-protests

A high-ranking Scotland Yard officer was allowed to keep his job despite being found to be a regular user of ‘high-class’ prostitutes, the Mail can reveal today. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12034017/Met-Police-officer-regular-user-high-class-prostitutes-allowed-job.html

Police said the car arrived at the hospital shortly after a shooting which officers said was a 'targeted attack.' https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1764893/Birmingham-Heartlands-hospital-shooting-man-police