UK Policing News

This is the moment bystanders caught a 'knifeman' after he is alleged to have repeatedly stabbed a woman on a busy London street yesterday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11339841/Moment-bystanders-caught-suspect-repeatedly-stabbed-woman-central-London-man-charged.html.

A child sex offender who stabbed and seriously injured two police officers in a 'savage' and drunken attack after they found him drinking at wheel of car has been jailed for 20 years. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11339955/Shocking-face-child-sex-offender-launched-savage-knife-attack-two-cops.html well done the judge giving out a good sentence after a savage attack on two police officers.👍

Job comes in today which is trivial in nature but in theory a criminal offence. Several calls to the caller and non answer so cops are tasked to attend the address to speak to them. Person is on the way to work so officers are asked to return the next day which they do. They spend an hour speaking to the 'victim' and a crime is recorded and closed as the person doesn't wish to pursue it. The NHS would not have gone to those lengths and it is fully accepted by the public. So the question is, should police act a little more like the NHS and put the onus on the caller. You wouldn't expect a Dr to come to your house for a minor ailment after all.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-63173045 A man with a knife has died after being shot by armed officers outside a police station in Derby.

"Look forward to that being upside down in a ditch along with half of Asda's trolleys". https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1683780/Police-force-buys-tuk-tuks-fight-crime 🤣 how daft is this.🤣

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/14/motorola-faces-price-controls-over-uk-emergency-services-radio-contract The UK competition watchdog is to introduce price controls on how much Motorola can charge the government for running the communication network used by police, fire and other emergency services, after finding it will make £1.1bn in excess profits by 2026.

So I did simliar thread about football some time ago. I remember when pubs started to reopen, I felt the behaviour of public on nights out noticeably worse however I put it down to a post COVID trend. We are well over a year out of most restrictions and it seems it has not got better. Ex colleagues of mine tell me some horror stories and my experience of going out drinking is that pubs and clubs feel a more aggressive place than say 4 years ago. Is it poor policing? Drugs? Poor management by bar and club owners. Maybe it's a myth and it's always been bad or worse? Dare say some sentences by courts do not help the problem. …

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63162881 The Metropolitan Police is investigating more than 600 domestic and sexual abuse allegations against its officers, the BBC has been told. They are the focus of a specialist team established to restore public trust in the force following a number of scandals, including the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer. Their work is similar to fictional unit AC-12 in the BBC drama Line of Duty, but focusing instead on abusive cops, not "bent cops".

My neighbor smokes cannabis every day and the stink permeates my house with the smell. I've filed a report every day online with the Met for a year but nothing seems to have happened in response. Is it worth continuing to report?

Pictures show the moment a mother and gender-critical Catholic was arrested in her home over online posts considered to be 'malicious'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11282263/Moment-police-swoop-house-devout-catholic-mother-malicious-online-posts.html

The Met Police should be broken up into smaller forces as it is too big for one commissioner to manage, a former High Court judge claims. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1677172/Broken-Yard-The-Fall-of-the-Metropolitan-Police-book-high-court-judge

Two Metropolitan Police officers accused of assaulting a father they mistook for a robbery suspect claim he was acting suspiciously, resisted being handcuffed and say they feared he was carrying a weapon, a court has heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11267323/Two-Met-cops-beat-innocent-black-man-wife-children-mistaking-robber.html

British police have busted an Albanian gang after they allegedly kidnapped a 30-year-old man for four days and held him to ransom in London for £400,000. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11273619/Albanian-gangs-busted-kidnapping-man-holding-ransom-London-400-000.html

Student officers at the Met are being taught ‘having a good relationship with the police’ is a sign of ‘white privilege’, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11246845/Student-officers-Met-taught-having-good-relationship-police-sign-white-privilege.html

A 38-year-old Thames Valley Police officer avoided jail after admitting possession of 'extreme pornography'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11255763/Thames-Valley-police-officer-38-grossly-offensive-obscene-porn-avoids-jail.html