UK Policing News

More than 70 kilos of Class A drugs have been seized and three suspects charged after an investigation by a specialist crime team from the National Crime Agency and Merseyside Police. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-charged-and-70-kilos-of-class-a-drugs-seized

A married Metropolitan Police officer who used his position to try to start a sexual relationship with two 'vulnerable' teenagers has been jailed for two years. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10574145/Married-Met-Police-officer-tried-start-sexual-relationships-two-teenagers-jailed.html

A police officer has been sacked after he let a colleague take sexual pictures of his on-off lover in the back of a police car while on duty. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10565475/Police-officer-let-colleague-explicit-photographs-lover-sacked.html

BRITAIN’S biggest police force has paid more than £2million to suspended cops in the last two years, its own figures show. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17782391/met-police-2million-to-suspended-cops/

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been cleared of causing the death of a pensioner by careless driving. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-cleared-of-causing-death-by-careless-driving-443066 IF the officer has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, so why will now face a gross misconduct hearing ?

POSING proudly in their police uniforms, identical twins Leigha and Ria Ravalia are difficult to tell apart. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1571893/Metropolitan-Police-Leigha-Ravalia-Ria-Ravalia-twins-Gloucestershire

A POLICE officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a drinking session and a trip to Alton Towers has been dismissed. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1572299/Police-officer-sexual-assault-Kent-Alton-Towers

Two Metropolitan Police officers and a former Metropolitan Police officer have been charged with offences. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officers-charged-following-iopc-investigation-442744

https://news.met.police.uk/news/update-assessment-of-allegations-relating-to-the-uk-covid-19-vaccine-programme-442854 No further action will be taken following an assessment of allegations made about the UK’s Covid-19 vaccine programme. Saw a few videos relating to this doing the rounds on youtube. Basically someone will show up at a vaccination drop in centre waving paperwork in their faces, quoting a crime reference number and trying to use that to bully them into stopping vaccinating people with vague threats of legal action or that they will be breaking the law by continuing. As far as I know a reference number simply means a complaint has been received and …

https://policehour.co.uk/2021/02/filming-in-public-how-should-the-police-respond-to-uk-auditors/ Interesting article about dealing with those filming 'auditors'.

Britain's biggest police force has been plunged into a new racism row after at least three Muslim officers made a formal complaint against their bosses. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10531585/Met-Police-chiefs-plunged-new-racism-row-Muslim-officers-mocked-taking-prayer-breaks.html

CRESSIDA Dick is reportedly about to announce her resignation as Metropolitan Police Commissioner. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1564178/Cressida-Dick-resign-Met-Police-Commissioner-announcement-statement-Sadiq-Khan-backlash

A policeman took wooden posts from a shooting range and used them to build a table for his garden, a misconduct hearing was told. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/policeman-stole-wooden-stakes-from-gun-range-to-build-a-table/ar-AATPWVN?ocid=BingNewsSearch