UK Policing News

A semi-naked photo of an apparent police officer wearing a force stab vest has sparked a standards investigation. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11047507/Police-investigate-Tinder-photograph-appears-half-naked-officer.html if he is a cop his brains must be in his boots.

https://www.polfed.org/news/latest-news/2022/police-morale-is-plummeting-and-ministers-are-turning-a-blind-eye/ I was reading the above this morning. I don't have it to hand but I also saw interesting article with simliar survey is Scotland were physical assaults and simliar were not considered anywhere near worst aspect of job by officers. This was a main issue for me, assaults were not nice but the worst thing was the culture of the force in which you were treated worse for being a hard-working proactive officer. Now I appreciate this topic of morale and how good or bad the job has become is a constant topic on here with usual comments about ho…

https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/transport/new-research-van-rolled-out-on-motorway-network-to-detect-dangerous-driving-3787170 The ‘sensor test vehicle’ is equipped with multiple cameras which can record footage of passing motorists. Images captured by the cameras are processed using artificial intelligence (AI) to determine if motorists were using a handheld mobile phone and drivers and passengers were without a seat belt

Police have launched a murder probe after a girl aged nine was stabbed to death in broad daylight on a street in Lincolnshire in one of the most horrifying examples yet of Britain's spiralling knife crime epidemic. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11059619/Nine-year-old-girl-stabbed-death-Boston.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11049831/Met-Police-lose-High-Court-bid-overturn-reinstatement-officer-sacked-child-porn-conviction.html The Metropolitan Police has today lost their bid to overturn the reinstatement of a high-flying senior officer convicted possessing a child porn video of a five-year-old girl Apparently she had been sent this footage by her sister to investigate and while the court seems satisfied that she didn't view the footage, she didn't report it either. Surely an officer in her position either knows what the correct procedure is in that situation, or can at least contact HTCU and ask them what the next step should be? Maybe she k…

A married TV cop is facing the sack after he was been accused of having a 'sexual relationship with a vulnerable female colleague' and asking her to 'lie if she was asked about it'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11048747/CH5-Police-Interceptors-star-Mustard-faces-sack-claims-affair-fellow-officer.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62083196 Are the military police fit for purpose and do they have sufficient independence? That is ultimately the question the BBC are raising with this article. With the removal of the Royal Military Police in 2012 from the Iraq Abuse enquiries over concerns of independence further raising the question. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/26/royal-military-police-removed-iraq-inquiry Humans Rights groups are raising concerns of Military Police investigation into Sexual Offences and misreporting of offences by Commanding Officers to lessen the impact. https://centreformilitaryjustice.org.uk/guide/sexual-violence-and-se…

A Metropolitan Police officer caught spying on a woman in the changing room of a Primark store has avoided jail. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-officer-who-filmed-woman-getting-changed-in-primark-avoids-prison/ar-AAZShlA?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=c24278b232174e46afb0cf1f190a3073

A serving police officer has been charged with sex offences over a 15-year period. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11039483/Police-constable-starred-Call-Cops-charged-sex-offences-15-year-period.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11036539/Met-Police-officer-sacked-dodging-4-30-train-fare-telling-boss-did-time.html This proves how incompetent the Met is when they get fined for free travel 🙄

Scotland Yard has been accused of foul play for poaching large numbers of officers from neighbouring forces with a £5,000 ‘signing on bonus’. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11019135/Scotland-Yard-accused-theft-poaching-forces-staff-5-000-signing-bonuses.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-62186212 A police force has become the first UK force to switch on live-streaming on its body-worn cameras. In the sense that command and control can watch the incident live, not the general public.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/15/met-police-officer-sacked-after-punching-handcuffed-black-child-in-the-face Martin failed to mention the punch in his initial account of the incident. It was caught on his body-worn video. He claimed the use of violence was an accident.

A course taught to trainee detectives in the Metropolitan Police has been dropped after university lecturers said it was 'racist, misogynistic and discriminatory' and refused to teach it. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11016571/Met-Police-forced-ditch-racist-misogynistic-detective-degree-course.html

A serving Metropolitan Police Special Constable has been charged with rape following an investigation by West Mercia Police. https://news.met.police.uk/news/special-constable-charged-with-rape-450961