UK Policing News

A Met police commander who bullied staff and made bogus expenses claims has been sacked for gross misconduct. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10409223/Met-police-commander-fired-amid-bullying-false-expenses-allegations.html

Police officers are wasting hours – even days – pixelating body worn camera footage over privacy fears, the policing minister has revealed as ministers pledged to investigate the problems. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-waste-hours-pixelating-body-camera-footage-instead-of-fighting-crime/ar-AASKZry?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

A police officer who took a photo of a dead woman lying face down and partially-clothed on a bed and sent it to a colleague is facing the end of his career. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10394935/PC-40-faces-end-career-taking-photo-partially-clothed-womans-body.html

A policewoman who lied about her relationship with another officer when he sent her an explicit video has been fired. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10393999/Humberside-Police-officer-24-reported-colleague-sending-explicit-Snapchat-FIRED.html

A police officer who was caught by undercover cops arranging to travel to London so he could sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl has been jailed for more than eight years. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10395107/Police-officer-40-caught-arranging-trip-London-sexually-abuse-eight-year-old-girl-jailed.html Well done the undercover officer in the Met Police getting this scum GMP officer off the streets .

Talks with a man who is believed to be armed are continuing into a third day as he remains inside a house with his eight-year-old son, police have said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/armed-stand-off-talks-enter-third-day-as-father-remains-inside-house-with-eight-year-old-son/ar-AASEDow?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Police officers and staff have been accused of 'covering up' more than 100 cases of misconduct by colleagues over 18 months, according to data released under freedom of information laws. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10386045/Police-turn-blind-eye-colleagues-misconduct.html

A police officer is facing the sack for going on a mountain hike 20 miles from his home while on sick leave and in breach of Covid restrictions. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10386285/Police-officer-43-faces-misconduct-hearing-country-walk-lockdown.html

A police IT worker who illegally photos images of murder victims and crime scenes at his home has been jailed for three years. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10379391/Police-worker-illegally-stored-images-murder-victims-jailed.html

Standing with garish green nails and heavy eyeliner, the trailblazing transgender officer in a publicity photograph was intended as an on-message symbol of a forward-thinking police force https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10382291/Did-Hertfordshire-Police-force-break-uniform-code-transgender-trailblazer.html

A disgraced police officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct after 'inappropriately touching' female colleagues. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10379061/Dorset-Police-officer-guilty-inappropriately-touching-women.html

A police inspector who used information from his force's computer system to accuse a pensioner of being racist on Facebook tried to cover his own tracks by falsely painting him as a BNP member, a disciplinary panel today heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10371891/Police-inspector-accused-pensioner-racist-Facebook-forged-BNP-spreadsheet.html

People have been evacuated from Oldham town centre after a man entered a police station and assaulted a police officer. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369745/Man-breaks-Oldham-police-station-attacks-officer.html used to be people want to break out not in.😄

https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/uk-police-data-leaked-to-dark-web-russian-hackers-hold-13-million-records-to-ransom/ After an apparent refusal to pay a ransom demand, Russian hackers have leaked a sampling of 13 million records of UK police data to the dark web in retaliation. Should private contractors be allowed to handle sensitive information? Maybe bringing it all in house would be better for security.