UK Policing News

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/16/how-theresa-mays-careless-cuts-destroyed-britains-police-service Former chief superintendent Mark Dennett on ‘the worst home secretary in living memory’. Plus John Kendall on monitoring police conduct in custody suites

A Met Police officer who headbutted a bar manager after he broke Covid rules has been sacked. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11108095/Met-Police-officer-28-headbutted-cocktail-bar-worker-sacked-force.html

The Home Secretary has appointed Graeme Biggar CBE as Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA). https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/graeme-biggar-cbe-appointed-director-general-of-the-national-crime-agency

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/05/police-racial-bias-played-role-uk-covid-fines-regime-report Bias in policing at least partly explains why minority ethnic people were more likely to receive fines for Covid breaches than their white counterparts, research says. I'm not sure that there was bias in the way it's been described here, there is a difference between racism and institutional racism. But they are right the covid rules were a disastrously ill thought out mess and some forces approached it in completely the wrong way, like that chief constable threatening to inspect peoples shopping bags. The same chief constable would no doubt be surprised a…

Scotland Yard officers have been warned against taking their clothes off at a ‘porn idol’ event where contestants strip for money at a central London gay club. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11074781/Met-officers-warned-face-disciplinary-action-strip-London-gay-club.html

A POLICE officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct after he was spotted stealing from Sainsbury's. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1650933/police-officer-stole-from-Sainsbury-s-Manchester-gross-misconduct

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/04/uk-policing-and-border-control-infiltrated-by-war-mentality-says-report Policing, border control and surveillance have become increasingly militarised in the UK and infiltrated by a “war mentality”, according to a report. What do people think? While I have my reservations about how the police use certain technology, it would be daft to suggest they never make use of any modern technology or that they don't adapt to an increasingly digital world. If policing was done one way in the past, but there's new challenges now, then you probably do have to change how you do things to some extent, in order to meet those chall…

Dashcam footage shows the moment police officers rammed a pair of bikers off their scramblers after they allegedly went on the rampage around a city. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/police-ram-pair-of-nuisance-bikers-off-their-scramblers-sending-them-sprawling/ar-AA10gJWW?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=4714c8d9633c4815998610fa2a0fbfed well done to the police the way they put a end to the two bikers.

Three Metropolitan Police officers joked about sexually assaulting domestic violence victims in a WhatsApp group chat with killer cop Wayne Couzens, a court has heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11057771/Three-Met-Police-officers-joked-sexually-assaulting-domestic-violence-victims-group-chat.html If true they are sick and not fit to serve as police officers and they are a disgrace to the police service.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/02/former-counter-terrorism-police-chief-attacks-rishi-sunaks-prevent-plans Peter Fahey critical of proposal to widen definition of ‘extremism’ and include people who ‘vilfy’ Britain

The head of the British Transport Police (BTP) has called for rail companies to share data from bank and oyster card transactions on the rail network to track suspicious passengers. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11076177/Transport-police-chief-wants-use-bank-card-data-track-suspicious-rail-passengers.html A big no on this one not to share bank cards data .👎

A SPECIAL constable claimed he was acting in self-defence when he assaulted a boy, after being "accidentally" sprayed during a water fight. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1649002/Special-constable-Liverpool-guilty-assault-boy-water-fight

A special constable has appeared in court today accused of rape. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11069957/Greater-Manchester-Police-special-constable-25-appears-court-charged-rape.html

Police forces in England and Wales are taking three minutes longer on average to attend a serious crime than six years ago, it was revealed today. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10867219/Police-three-minutes-longer-respond-crimes-six-years-ago.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/26/liz-truss-bring-back-national-crime-target-police-england-wales Liz Truss would return to national crime targets – pledging a 20% reduction in murders, other violence and burglaries within two years if she became prime minister – under a plan immediately condemned as a “failed approach” and political meddling. She's saying any force who didn't meet those targets, their chief constables would have to attend a meeting and explain how they could make improvements. I wonder how well "more funding" would go down.