UK Policing News

A police officer has been given a suspended sentence after she shared a picture of confidential police intelligence over WhatsApp. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/former-humberside-police-officer-narrowly-avoids-prison-after-sharing-top-secret-police-intelligence-on-whatsapp/ar-AAYiEVw?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=60abc1d409a34daaa2047bb5b2131cb5

Two police officers cleared by a jury in 2019 of using a police dog as a weapon against criminals have been exonerated again after a disciplinary hearing cleared them of gross misconduct. The ruling brings to an end six years of failed criminal and disciplinary action against the PCs. . https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/two-pcs-accused-of-using-police-dog-as-a-weapon-cleared-for-second-time-after-six-year-investigation/ar-AAYkHKm?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=2197b7486a634ac9aeaeb4a0d4b4676e

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/05/met-police-children-data-project-alpha-youth-violence Youth violence experts have said they had no involvement with a police scheme that collects children’s personal data, despite the Met claiming to have consulted them.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/31/uk-investigators-told-to-stop-mass-collection-of-personal-data-in-rape-cases Police and prosecutors have been told to stop the mass collection of personal information from rape victims or face being fined by the UK’s data watchdog. I'm uncomfortable with these so called "digital strip searches" although after the Liam Allan case I understand why they happen. I can see why, for example, a rape victim who is also a drug user might fear handing over their phone in case evidence on it of their drug use is later used against them. How do you reassure victims about stuff like that?

More than half of police forces in England and Wales have received more corruption and sexual misconduct complaints relative to their size than the Met, it has been revealed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10882617/Nearly-HALF-police-forces-received-misconduct-claims-1-000-employees-Met.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/11/met-police-breached-rights-of-organisers-of-sarah-everard-vigil-court-rules Reclaim These Streets welcomes judges’ decision as ‘a victory for women’ and calls for Met reform

TRAFALGAR Square in central London is being evacuated. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1620565/trafalgar-square-evacuated-police-cordon-jubilee-weekend

A Scotland Yard chief suspended on full pay for nearly two years refused to take a drugs test out of fear it would ‘embarrass’ his force if he failed it, the Daily Mail can reveal. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10883523/Scotland-Yard-chief-suspended-two-years-claims-used-cannabis-LSD-magic-mushrooms.html Two years on full pay this is a waste of taxpayers money and should have been sacked a long time ago.😟

Notorious gangster Kenneth Noye was let off with a suspended sentence after a Metropolitan Police officer 'misled' a judge, newly unearthed documents suggest. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10877939/Road-rage-murderer-Kenneth-Noye-spared-jail-Scotland-Yard-commander-misled-judge.html

Two Greater Manchester Police officers have been charged with child sex offences. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/serving-police-officers-charged-with-sharing-indecent-image-of-child/ar-AAXZsNc?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=90c647d8cb5d4c1db89c0f5a330c3a21

Police need to be more visible and focus on ‘putting doors in to catch people’, the new chief inspector of constabulary has said. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10873003/Police-start-kicking-doors-catch-criminals-cop-tells-officers.html

A woman who fell off her bike in a cemetery froze to death after PCSOs couldn’t be bothered to get out of their car to look for her. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/injured-cyclist-froze-to-death-after-pcsos-called-off-search-in-under-10-minutes/ar-AAXVoxe?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=720a48ad461f47c59eab92f2cd209ace

FEMALE police officers in Britain's biggest force could have to strip search biological males who identify as women, under guidelines which allow suspects to choose which gender "they wish to be treated as", it has emerged. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1617599/metropolitan-police-trans-women-female-officers-search-campaign-latest

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/30/search-for-cressida-dick-replacement-met-police-down-to-final-two The search for a new Metropolitan police commissioner has been whittled down to a final two: Mark Rowley, a former head of counter-terrorism, or Nick Ephgrave, currently part of the embattled force’s top leadership.

A POLICE OFFICER has been taken to hospital after a crash between the coppers car and a double decker bus. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1618340/manchester-news-police-car-double-decker-bus-crash-fernclough-Road-closed