UK Policing News

A British Transport Police officer has been sacked after failing an alcohol test while on duty. PC Jason McGuinness was made to do an alcohol test at Albany House near St James Park Tube station on October 3 after he was suspected of being under the influence. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/british-transport-police-officer-sacked-after-turning-up-for-duty-drunk/ar-AA171YIp?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=3bf68d0a6b9e49069f9a7b2bd849a456

A Cambridgeshire police detective has been dismissed following a misconduct hearing last week (February 2). Detective Constable Michael Chang, based at Huntingdon Police Station, was found to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of Authority Respect and Courtesy, Orders and Instructions, Duties and Responsibilities and Discreditable Conduct. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/cambridgeshire-police-officer-dismissed-after-completely-unacceptable-behaviour/ar-AA17a17j?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=774cdf1d04dd406b8d1ef42c2c7bd5bc

A former trainee police officer has been jailed for grooming as many as one hundred girls, as young as nine, by sending sexual messages and explicit images of himself online. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11707209/Trainee-police-officer-31-groomed-100-girls-young-nine-jailed-four-years.html

A vulnerable couple in their eighties were groomed by fraudsters into believing that they were part of a major undercover police operation - which necessitated them buying a £44,000 Rolex. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11709305/Couple-80s-conned-believing-helping-undercover-police-operation.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/02/police-pick-up-swan-plymouth And here is me thinking Hot Fuzz was just fiction!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/01/uk-police-removing-large-amount-of-online-gun-making-guides Counter-terrorism police are removing "a large amount" of homemade gun-making guides from the internet amid fears that far-right extremists are producing 3D-printed firearms to use on the streets of Britain.

A police officer who 'persuaded' his 'brazen' wife to take speeding points twice when he was actually the driver has been jailed for six months. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11676845/Disgraced-West-Yorkshire-police-officer-jailed-persuaded-wife-speeding-points.html

A pair of smirking burglars are going to prison after inflicting a ‘huge amount of alarm and distress’ on a town. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/smirking-burglars-have-smiles-wiped-off-their-faces-by-judge-who-jailed-them/ar-AA16ZiUW?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=308a1e3ca25c49b89ca56c7950b72ae1

Aman has received jail time after 'violently and aggressively' reversing into a Met Police officer while pulled over on the side of the road before speeding off. Joseph Ward, 24, had been pulled over in his car by Inspector Tony McGovern, who was on a motorcycle, when he reversed and rammed into him to avoid being arrested. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/london-crime-man-reversed-into-police-officer-in-violent-assault-to-avoid-being-arrested/ar-AA171dIH?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=308a1e3ca25c49b89ca56c7950b72ae1

A junior police officer who was suspended from duty after an alleged improper relationship with a married police chief is now reportedly being investigated over an alleged affair with a drugs boss. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11690693/Yorkshire-PC-suspended-fling-senior-officer-probed-affair-drugs-kingpin.html

A former police officer has admitted to grooming, abducting and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl while he was still a serving PC. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-officer-groomed-abducted-and-sexually-assaulted-13-year-old/ar-AA16X1fs?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=ef915e6895e24f15be5491fc60e2f2e6

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11678681/Drones-soon-forced-electronic-NUMBER-PLATES-police-track-them.html Does anyone know if this will be a system like ADS-B where we can all track what drones are in the sky similar to flightradar and other such websites? Or a closed system only accessible to police? As someone who spends a lot of time (some may say too much!) watching the map on flightradar, I would find it really interesting to see what drones are up and about in the sky above.

The defendant developed a shopping addiction after the breakdown of her marriage. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1726543/dorset-police-officer-jailed-stolen-money-bournemouth-crown-court

A police officer has been fired for having an "improper relationship" with a vulnerable woman which a senior cop has branded "depraved". https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-officer-sacked-for-depraved-behaviour-involving-vulnerable-woman/ar-AA16UfMA?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7d7a2aa2746e445b8c53ed0a73a90dd4

The officer will appear in court next month charged with eight sexual offences. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1728036/dorset-police-officer-charged-with-rape-poole-magistrates-court