UK Policing News

A policewoman who was today convicted of common assault for attacking a pub doorman now faces being thrown off the force. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11436389/Policewoman-attacked-Northants-pub-doorman-arrested-colleagues-guilty-assault.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-63634650 An investigation has begun after the personal details of sexual abuse victims appeared on a police website.

Albanian crime gangs are smuggling hundreds of millions of pounds a year out of the UK and using Channel crossings to staff cannabis farms, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/crime-gangs-smuggling-millions-of-pounds-from-uk-to-albania-each-year-nca/ar-AA148Nkq?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=c60135017c5846a3bfecac146fe309b8

The police officer suffered stab wounds to his leg and is in stable condition. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1697219/police-officer-stabbed-arrest-wanted-man-manchester-news-the-crescent-westhoughton

A serving Lancashire Police officer has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was injured at a hotel in Manchester. This is a breaking news story. More to follow. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11422497/Serving-officer-Lancashire-Police-charged-attempted-murder.html

A serving Met detective who sexually harassed and touched a junior colleague on a night shift has been sacked, as a force chief branded him 'repugnant'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11387797/Serving-Met-detective-sexually-harassed-touched-junior-colleague-night-shift-sacked.html

A trove of racist, homophobic and sexist WhatsApp texts have been discovered on a phone belonging to a dead officer, exposing the dark underbelly of Gwent Police. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11421769/WhatsApp-messages-dead-cops-expose-racism-misogyny-Gwent-Police.html

A police sergeant has been struck off after making sexual comments to a vulnerable woman brought into custody before starting a relationship with her. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11416749/Police-sergeant-44-struck-having-sex-vulnerable-woman-brought-custody.html if you are a vulnerable woman brought into police custody then you make comments like this when you should be safe from this.

A Just Stop Oil protestor running on to the M25 today caused a lorry crash and left a police outrider hurt as swathes of Britain's busiest motorway were shut for the third day running. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11406739/Just-Stop-Oil-return-M25-Protester-manages-scale-gantry-day-row.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/mark-rowley-suella-braverman-met-metropolitan-police-england-b1038772.html Sir Mark Rowley said he plans to begin “pushing back” on dealing with non-police issues such as mental health callouts.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/08/more-black-people-than-white-find-stop-and-search-humiliating-uk-survey-finds More than half of black people stopped and searched by the police say they were left with feelings of humiliation or embarrassment, according to a survey. Is it true that 4 out of 5 stop and searches result in nothing being found? I can't see what source he is using for that claim. As searches are done based on suspicion rather than certainty, I would expect there will always be some cases where nothing is found. 80% of all searches being negative seems rather high though and would make me question if the suspicion really is reasonab…

The report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) unveiled worrying findings. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1690919/police-officers-jobs-corrupt-vetting-errors-blunders-watchdog-review-report

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/01/uk-police-will-be-at-qatar-world-cup-to-deconflict-situations-with-england-fans Fears of England fans inadvertently provoking police during the World Cup have caused UK officials to send extra officers to Qatar to “deconflict” situations. The idealist in me says that that the team shouldn't even be taking part in this competition, but they are so it's probably good to have a deconfliction mechanism in place. Qatari police probably won't show the same restraint that officers in this country do when policing matches.