UK Policing News

This is the shocking moment a bare-chested thug was caught on police bodycam footage going berserk and attacking five officers. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11378769/Moment-bare-chested-thugs-goes-berserk-attacks-five-police-officers-rampage-hotel.html

A shocking video shows a mother pushing a pram being hit by a firework at close range, as suspected gangs caused mayhem last night in London Stratford. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11376369/Firework-thug-blasts-mother-BABY-pram-ROCKET-outside-Westfield-Shopping-Centre.html

A police officer accused of assaulting a vulnerable teenage boy who was filming outside a police station has said he 'stands by his actions'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11280245/Merthyr-Tydfil-Inspector-Dean-Gittoes-tells-investigators-stands-actions-court-hears.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-63428147 England's second largest police force has been taken out of special measures two years after a damning inspection. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has shown "clear, demonstrable progress", His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) said.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/27/live-facial-recognition-police-study-uk Police should be banned from using live facial recognition technology in all public spaces because they are breaking ethical standards and human rights laws, a study has concluded. Partly agree with what the South Wales assistant chief constable is saying. There is a balance between the benefits facial recognition gives the police and the privacy rights of the population, and it isn't fair to expect officers to figure out themselves where that is. He says they're having to "work it out as they go along". Different officers are probably going to have different views …

A Merseyside Police officer who quit in disgrace after recording himself hurling 'appalling' racist abuse at his TV screen and sending it to a colleague has been found guilty of misconduct. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11360043/Constable-sent-audio-hurling-racist-abuse-TV-guilty-gross-misconduct.html

New shocking figures on Met Police Officers with convictions. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1686477/met-police-officers-convictions-crimes-news-uk no wonder people just can't have faith in the police when police commit crimes themselves.

An 'arrogant and selfish' van driver was found guilty of killing an off-duty police officer on her bicycle while using Facebook on his mobile phone. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11341423/Selfish-van-driver-guilty-killing-duty-police-officer-bicycle-phone.html

This is the moment a heroic security guard rescued a teenager from machete-wielding thugs who targeted him in a brazen daylight attack outside a school. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11338091/Hero-security-guard-protects-teenager-set-machete-wielding-thugs-outside-school.html . knife crime getting worse as London with teenagers,

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.