UK Policing News

An officer who took a photograph of a dead body and attempted to show the image to colleagues has been dismissed from the organisation. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-over-inappropriate-photograph-of-deceased-person-511722 wrong when you get a stupid officer doing this the dead body and attempted to show the image to colleagues 😡

This is no way to treat an officer for performing his Authorised Firearms duty. He has already been found "Not Guilty" by a Crown Court jury and should never have been charged and put through the stress of any trial. IOPC harassing again and then dropping the case after 4 years of mental torment for the officer. Met Police firearms officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba in London four years ago FINALLY has misconduct proceedings against him dropped | Daily Mail Online

London's police force will begin axing jobs as it tackles a significant funding shortfall - despite New Scotland Yard warning of rising demand on officers. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2237126/met-police-cut-1000-jobs Sadiq Khan is to blame by not giving money to the MET.🤬

An officer has been convicted of assault after spraying a colleague with PAVA spray. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-convicted-of-common-assault-511690 ☹️

An off-duty officer has been praised for their response in giving the victim of a stabbing life-saving first aid. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/august/off-duty-officer-praised-after-giving-elderly-man-life-saving-first-aid/ Well done the officer who Alongside a member of the public, who commenced vital first aid 👏and the person who stab the man was was jailed for two years 👍

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a new social media campaign warning young people that smuggling cannabis from Thailand to the UK could land them in a foreign jail. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/it-starts-with-a-free-holiday-and-ends-in-a-thai-jail-cell-nca-launches-campaign-warning-against-cannabis-smuggling IF you are stupid enough to think you are getting free holiday and bring drugs back into the UK then you deserve all you get.👍

An operation targeting and disrupting gang violence in South London has seen nearly 300 arrests and 38 dangerous weapons seized. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-makes-hundreds-of-arrests-in-week-long-gang-violence-crackdown-511661 Good crackdown on gang crime by the MET that is long overdue around London.👏

A police federation is threatening to take legal action against Andy Burnham's 'unforgivable decision' to allow the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16029777/Furious-police-federation-threatens-legal-action-block-PC-Harpers-killers-released-early-Andy-Burnham-faces-backlash.html This Government is a disgrace in letting the two scum police killers out early🤬 and hope the Thames Valley Police Federation get to keep the pair kept locked up 👍

A significant drug supply chain has been disrupted after officers uncovered a £1.7m cannabis farm in a warehouse in rural Doncaster. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/august-2026/major-drug-supply-chain-disrupted-as-officers-uncover-1.7m-cannabis-farm/ Good work by officers with a arrest of the drug dealers and a man was also arrested on suspicion of possession of firearm offences, with officers seizing weapons from a property on the premises and closed down the cannabis farm .👏

Two men who controlled an organised crime group (OCG) involved in laundering £5 million and arranging the transportation of hundreds of kilos of Californian cannabis in the UK have been jailed. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2026/july/city-police-dismantle-organised-crime-group-smuggling-high-strength-cannabis-in-air-passengers-suitcases-and-laundering-millions/ Good work by the COLP in bringing down the drug dealers and now behind bars.👏

This is the horrifying moment a police officer was left blinded and struggling to breathe after she was viciously assaulted with pepper spray. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16011551/Moment-policewoman-left-temporarily-blind-struggling-breathe-spray.html Disgusting he only got two years for assault on an emergency worker, possession of a weapon for the discharge of a noxious liquid, and actual bodily harm.😡

A total of five defendants have today been convicted at Caernarfon Crown Court following a major child sexual exploitation investigation led by North Wales Police. https://www.northwales.police.uk/news/north-wales/news/news/2026/august/five-defendants-convicted-following-child-sexual-exploitation-investigation/ A major child sexual exploitation investigation led by North Wales Police has lead to all five being convicted and hope they all get a decent sentence for there crimes👏

Record numbers of police are on long-term sick leave, with critics blaming poor management, rising levels of violence and increasing workloads for the problem. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16022157/Record-numbers-police-long-term-sick-leave-taxpayer-3-million-management-workloads.html ☹️

A motorbike rider has been charged after a police pursuit in Clacton. https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2026/august/clacton-motorcyclist-charged-after-pursuit/ People like him who are a danger on our roads failing to stop, dangerous driving, driving without insurance and driving whilst disqualified deserve all they get from the court.👍

Two men have been arrested after over 300 wraps of white and brown powder were found inside a car in Whiston yesterday, Sunday 2 August. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/august-2026/two-arrested-after-over-300-wraps-of-class-a-drugs-found-in-whiston/ Good stop by officers and removed drug dealers and there drugs from the streets.👏