UK Policing News

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

Hundreds of protesters have clashed with riot police across London demanding an end to the Islamic Republic of Iran after an Kurdish woman was arrested and allegedly tortured to death for wearing her hijab too loosely. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11248913/Hundreds-riot-police-clash-protesters-London-demanding-end-Irans-regime.html Makes me mad when they wont do it in there own country but will riot in London knowing how soft the UK is.😠

Police must stop wading into social or political issues that are not criminal and focus on the basics of solving crimes, says the police chief responsible for setting standards. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-must-avoid-wading-into-social-or-political-issues-says-standards-chief/ar-AA12cyyR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9b917ef60f8c4655b9d3b8691e0f5a1d

Coroner sums up in PC Nick Dumphreys M6 tragedy inquest | The Westmorland Gazette Coroner sums up in PC Nick Dumphreys M6 tragedy inquest | News and Star This report had escaped me until reading it in a newspaper yesterday. PC Humphreys apparently died in 2020 when he was answering a call on the M6 in Cumbria. The BMW caught fire causing the vehicle to crash causing the death of the officer. It was reported that this model of BMW engine should not be driven over 90mph. Why were and are these vehicles being used for Police purposes? I do not know if any officer on here has driven one of these BMW's.

Metropolitan police officers will be given smartphones in a bid to crack down on misconduct and improve their access to technology. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11233887/Met-Police-chief-launches-misconduct-crackdown-plans-unveiled-officers-work-smartphones.html

This is the shocking moment a police car on a 999 call smashed into Spar supermarket and almost hit a shopper after swerving to avoid an oncoming vehicle. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11238561/Moment-police-car-999-call-smashes-head-Spar-supermarket-hits-woman.html

Two police officers were stabbed in London's West End in the early hours of this morning - with one said to have been seriously injured. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11218605/Two-police-officers-stabbed-London-one-seriously-hurt.html