UK Policing News

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

A man has been jailed for ten years for committing three robberies, two of them while he was armed. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-armed-robberies-in-south-london-461111

Every London borough will get a senior officer to lead local policing as part of the Met’s priority to have the strongest ever neighbourhood policing. https://news.met.police.uk/news/every-london-borough-to-get-a-senior-officer-to-lead-local-policing-461105

Dozens of officers from the Met Police are among almost 40 facing misconduct hearings over the next few months. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1728406/Met-Police-officers-fired-disciplinary-misconduct-hearing

A grieving family are demanding answers after a beloved grandfather died in a motorcycle crash with an asylum seeker who was working illegally as a DPD driver under a false name. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11689857/Asylum-seeker-working-illegally-DPD-driver-jailed-hitting-grandfather-Devon.html The sentence should have been a lot longer in my own opinion