UK Policing News

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.

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