UK Policing News

Police officers spend just one day a week fighting crime, a senior prosecutor has told MPs. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11810117/Police-accused-spending-equivalent-ONE-day-week-fighting-crime.html

A man who supplied firearms to organised crime groups across the UK has been jailed for more than 19 years as part of a National Crime Agency investigation under Operation Venetic. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-criminal-who-sold-firearms-across-the-uk-jailed

Police officers found guilty of low-level misconduct will now be completely re-vetted to see if they can return to policing. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11811949/Every-police-officer-vetted-change-circumstances.html

More than two million investigations into reported crimes were dropped by police last year, shocking figures show. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11796233/Police-drop-2-million-crime-investigations-325-000-probes-violent-crime-single-year.html just asking are cases best left to police who they charge for crimes who break the law and not left to the CPS to who they want to charge or not?

A police officer has been dismissed without notice after a misconduct hearing. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-hearing-462730

A female police officer lied about her sergeant lover's controlling behaviour in the knowledge it would lead to his arrest, a court has heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11803725/Female-police-officer-lied-sergeant-lovers-controlling-behaviour-court-hears.html

ABuckinghamshire man has been arrested as part of an investigation into a migrant smuggling operation. A group is alleged to have been involved in using a boat to travel migrants in Belgium to the UK. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/aylesbury-man-arrested-in-migrant-smuggling-investigation-by-national-crime-agency-after-boat-from-belgium-arrived-in-kent/ar-AA182kgG?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9cc8c87f0a594711c95d4699e89a3455&ei=11

THE POLICE have seized a car twice within weeks after they stopped its driver in Buckinghamshire at the weekend. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/police-catch-illegal-driver-twice-within-weeks/ar-AA181P5y?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=054c24328fc946479728f34c919dce68&ei=22

Police have issued an image of a man they want to identify following a stabbing in Newham on Valentine's Day to come forward. https://news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-following-stabbing-in-newham-462651

Officers across the country are being attacked every day as members of the public brand the police "rapists and sex pests" since the scandals involving Wayne Couzens and David Carrick. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1739531/scandal-police-officers-public-faith-attacks-wayne-couzens This is not good when people turn on police after what bad ex officers have done.

Police leaders have demanded a pay rise for officers amid fears that falling wages and a succession of scandals will see thousands quit. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11773951/Police-call-salary-increase-fears-officers-leave-afford-stay.html

Reports of 10 to 20 youths smashing windows with machetes sparked a police crackdown. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/windows-smashed-with-machetes-by-10-to-20-youths/ar-AA17WQfA?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=cb8e40e28e144d4d896a5819314eee31&ei=12

A lorry driver who ploughed into and killed three motorists after becoming distracted by a seven-minute Facebook video on his phone has been jailed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11789671/Lorry-driver-killed-bride-28-car-broken-two-motorists-helping-her.html Sad case when will people learn not to use there phone when driving.

Police are urging members of the public not to approach gangs stealing catalytic converters in Cambridge. Groups of three or four balaclava-wearing men, who police say are known to carry weapons, are using angle grinders to cut the part out of vehicles. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/cars-in-cambridge-being-targeted-by-armed-gangs-stealing-catalytic-converters/ar-AA17TSzp?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6abde90e4b624b5bb929a835c38ec52e&ei=18

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365531873/UK-police-have-culture-of-retention-around-biometric-data Do you think this damages trust or are most people in favour of police retaining biometrics on the basis it might prove useful in future?