UK Policing News

A Canadian man who was caught flying in to Aberdeen airport with almost 33 kilos of cannabis has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/canadian-who-smuggled-295-000-worth-of-cannabis-to-scotland-sentenced

A serving Metropolitan Police officer will face a misconduct hearing after being sentenced for stalking a woman he met while on duty. https://news.met.police.uk/news/serving-police-officer-to-face-misconduct-after-being-sentenced-for-stalking-464757

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell, the former Scottish National Party (SNP) chief executive, has been arrested following an investigation into the party's finances. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/national/nicola-sturgeon-s-husband-peter-murrell-arrested-over-snp-finances/ar-AA19uNyL?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=5fbb9381ee6d4304be95e867bd5716d7&ei=8

A former Metropolitan police officer has been found guilty of raping a woman known to him following an investigation by specialist detectives. https://news.met.police.uk/news/former-pc-guilty-of-rape-464734

Two men have been arrested after police stopped a stolen car driving at speed along Evelina Road, SE15 on Thursday, 30 March. https://news.met.police.uk/news/arrests-and-firearm-recovered-in-peckham-464721

EXCLUSIVE: A damning report into the transport fleet of North Yorkshire Police has identified a catalogue of mismanagement so poor that vehicles could just vanish without anyone realising. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1752920/North-Yorkshire-Police-wasting-taxpayers-cash

The creepy copper flicked beer at the teenager, who was 20 years his junior, before pulling down her top. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1753936/police-officer-text-teenager-wetherspoons-leeds His behaviour had completely destroyed peoples faith in the police.

Ministers are on course to miss their manifesto pledge of recruiting an extra 20,000 police officers, analysis shows. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11931297/PCSOs-promoted-police-hit-target-20-000-extra-officers.html

Since Wednesday, a string of incidents, which Met Police are linking, have taken place in Brent Cross, Wembley, Southall, and Greenford. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1753966/Masked-gang-London-breakins-chemical

Officer Joseph McCabe, 27, has been suspended from duty pending the outcome of an "accelerated misconduct hearing which will now be considered at a future date". https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1753702/Officer-sexual-assault-case-sentencing

Police are cracking down on drivers using mobile phones and driving without wearing a seatbelt with a new van which has a camera mounted about 21ft above the road. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-11916133/The-NEW-weapon-catching-drivers-using-mobiles-van-camera-mounted-21ft-motorway.html?ico=mol_desktop_home

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62798871 What do you think about the use of the word "victim" in paragraph two to describe the man who was shot? It does seem very misleading almost implying he was shot at random.

One of Britain’s top police officers is secretly under investigation for alleged serious sexual offences, the Mail can reveal. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11926487/Top-policemen-investigated-sexual-offences-kept-secret.html

The NCA’s National Economic Crime Centre has led a successful operation working closely with City of London Police and other policing partners against suspected fraudsters across the UK. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-henhouse-hundreds-of-arrests-and-millions-in-assets-seized-in-month-tackling-fraud

They escaped in two vehicles after successfully grabbing the cash. Police would not say if the robbers were armed. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1753069/slough-robbers-cash-depot-truck-industrial-estate