UK Policing News

Metropolitan Police officers suspected of discrimination could be placed under surveillance by undercover colleagues, the new commissioner has said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/met-police-officers-suspected-of-discrimination-could-be-placed-under-surveillance-by-undercover-colleagues/ar-AA11Yrxi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9396b4cb12e243848a7e7cba5343d8b8

A police force is going to the High Court in order to sack a married TV cop who began a 'predatory' relationship with a vulnerable colleague. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11218773/Force-chiefs-High-Court-bid-sack-officer-starred-Channel-5s-Police-Interceptors.html

A Met Police officer has been suspended after allegedly sending ‘grossly offensive’ messages on WhatsApp. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/met-police-officer-suspended-over-grossly-offensive-whatsapp-messages/ar-AA11S783?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=ce4bd44216c94c9fabb3b573348ac5f8

Fourteen campaign groups have written an open letter to Sir Mark Rowley, the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, calling on him to stop the use of facial recognition technology. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/met-police-urged-to-stop-using-orwellian-technology/ar-AA11Ip2T?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=37ef58f7faa14647b0515b3303364ce9 Why worry if you have done nothing wrong and bad news if you are wanted by the police.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/10/new-met-chief-boosts-line-of-duty-unit-to-root-out-prejudice-and-corruption-mark-rowley The new Metropolitan police commissioner is recruiting scores of new investigators to root out prejudiced and corrupt officers, the Guardian has learned. Fully support comprehensive monitoring of work phones and work computers but extending that to random checks of officers personal devices would be going too far and thankfully Rowley seems to acknowledge that.

The police watchdog is assessing whether officers given bravery awards for tackling a man wielding a samurai sword could have stopped him stabbing two me https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11179755/Watchdog-considers-police-officers-got-bravery-awards-acted-slowly.html

Police are reportedly preparing for a 'tidal wave' of violent crime and public disorder as the UK battles an ever-worsening cost of living crisis fuelled by Vladimir Putin's energy war. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11177455/Police-prepare-tidal-wave-violent-crime-public-disorder-cost-living-bites.html

ALMOST 12,000 rookies are policing Britain's streets as experienced officers quit in droves. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1664227/police-rookies-experience

A 17-year-old girl has been arrested following the assault of a police officer which left him bloodied and with a three inch gash to the head. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11184623/Police-share-shocking-images-bloodied-officer-assaulted-duty-girl-17-arrested.html

Met Police have paid a man £10,000 after he was handcuffed and searched in his own gated garden, lawyers have said. Navern De La Kruz, 31, was opening the gate of his own home when police "handcuffed, stopped and searched" him Bhatt Murphy Solicitors stated. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/met-police-pay-10k-to-black-man-handcuffed-in-his-own-front-garden/ar-AA11nUpt?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=54385e5f1d294a80bc16a8519515668c

A group of thugs who beat a woman as she lay in the street had earlier raided a convenience store for sweets and alcohol and smashed doors and windows, a shopkeeper said tonight. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11169359/Mob-caught-camera-beating-19-year-old-woman-lays-street.html this is why we need more police officers out on the streets.

https://news.sky.com/story/dame-cressida-dick-felt-intimidated-into-resigning-as-met-police-commissioner-and-london-mayor-sadiq-khan-did-not-follow-due-process-report-finds-12687612 Dame Cressida Dick "felt intimidated" into resigning as Metropolitan Police Commissioner following an ultimatum from London mayor Sadiq Khan, an independent report has found.

A crackdown on serious and organised crime has seen Merseyside Police arrest 170 people over the past week. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/170-arrests-as-crackdown-on-organised-crime-intensifies-following-killing-of-olivia-pratt-korbel/ar-AA11cpPT?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7c59d2d225b15f4f1deb2ace538dbd0a

A missing child was found inside a drug den by officers during a raid that saw seven arrested, including two people wanted by police. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11168345/Missing-child-inside-drugs-den-filled-heroin-crack-cocaine.html A good job done by police and arrested the wanted men and there money and drugs sized and Six allegedly stolen vehicles