UK Policing News

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?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64733390 Stop and search in its present form "burns through trust", the Met Police commissioner has told a group of community leaders in south London. It may come as a surprise considering there are quite a few policing powers I have issues with, but I've never really understood the outrage about this one. As long as there are reasonable grounds then stop and search is absolutely fine. From what I understand officers film each search on their body cameras and then give the person a copy of the paperwork. So if someone believes they were unreasonably searched the force can easily identify which officer did the s…

A community has been left shaken after a group armed with samurai swords and machetes stormed through their town. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/gang-armed-with-machetes-and-samurai-swords-storm-through-town/ar-AA17Sp35?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=d94e62c48fc740619f2b201dbec9daea&ei=24

Police rushed to four separate incidents in Walthamstow with local MP Stella Creasy calling for residents to avoid "commentary and speculation". https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1738531/London-stabbing-Walthamstow-arrests-made-latest

Sir Iain Livingstone has been in charge of the Scottish force since 2018. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1738459/Police-Scotland-chief-Iain-Livingstone-quits-budget-cuts-SNP-nicola-Sturgeon

A Scotland Yard officer who carried out a drunken sex act on a train is still serving in the force, it has been revealed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11777523/Met-Police-officer-caught-performing-sex-act-train-force-six-years-later.html

A 'sex mad' police officer sexually assaulted a trainee constable in a force van after playing her 'slow' R&B music on his mobile phone, a court heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11777083/Police-officer-32-sexually-assaulted-trainee-constable-force-van-court-hears.html

A police chief inspector with a £2.5million property portfolio owed thousands of pounds to an alleged 'crooked' developer who was at the centre of a major criminal investigation, a misconduct panel has heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11779665/Police-Chief-Inspector-2-5m-property-portfolio-owed-thousands-crooked-developer.html

Two men have been found guilty of a £1million cash in transit robbery plot. https://news.met.police.uk/news/two-men-guilty-of-ps1million-cash-in-transit-robbery-plot-462421

A serving officer will appear in court charged with three counts of voyeurism following an investigation by the Met’s Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-to-appear-in-court-charged-with-voyeurism-462416