UK Policing News

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10216633/Metropolitan-Police-officers-ask-44-questions-restraining-suspects.html If this report is correct then I am so glad that a) I am retired and, b) I never served in the Met, and c) I have never heard of anything so demeaning and insulting to Officers.

police officer caught on Snapchat appearing to punch a black schoolboy in the face is facing gross misconduct proceedings, a police watchdog said. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/officer-filmed-punching-schoolboy-collecting-exam-results-b966880.html

A POLICE officer has been hurt after a cop car crashed into a house on a residential street in Greater Manchester. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16782505/cop-hurt-car-crash-house-damage/ Glad the officer is OK There are basically two police cars that look like write-offs in the photos.

A Croatian lorry driver has been jailed for six years after attempting to smuggle 20 kilos of cocaine into the UK. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/lorry-driver-jailed-after-1-6-million-of-cocaine-found-in-reels-of-cord

This is the bizarre moment the mastermind behind a people smuggling operation was arrested in his pants at home in London. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10213427/Four-men-guilty-bid-smuggle-69-migrants-UK-boat.html

A woman who ran a sexual services business has been jailed alongside her brother and an associate after detectives discovered they were exploiting vulnerable women for their own financial gain. https://news.met.police.uk/news/three-jailed-for-exploiting-women-for-financial-gain-437792

An innocent homeowner was dragged from his home in his t-shirt and underpants by armed police after they targeted the wrong address while on the hunt for a knifeman. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10215001/Terrifying-moment-armed-police-assault-rifles-laser-sights-raid-wrong-house.html

A policeman was repeatedly punched trying to arrest a suspect when her handcuffs failed after being tampered with in a suspected ‘parade ground prank’. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10201895/Policewoman-punched-suspect-restraints-failed-tampered-prank.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/15/black-boy-in-stop-and-search-30-times-accuses-met-police-of-racist-profiling He said that often when he has been stopped by the police they have not given him a written slip explaining the reasons for the stop. On some occasions when he was stopped they have given him a slip. Some of the slips are hard to read, others say he matches the description of people linked to crimes but does not provide detail of the descriptions police believe he matches. I understand the difference between racism and institutional racism, so accept that black people being searched more doesn't necessarily indicate profili…

A serving Hertfordshire police officer has been charged with two counts of rape and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old child. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10205553/Serving-Hertfordshire-police-officer-charged-rape-sexually-assaulting-13-year-old-child.html

A lorry driver has been charged in a National Crime Agency investigation after a haul of 418 kilos of cocaine was found in a cover load of frozen onion rings. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/lorry-driver-charged-after-cocaine-worth-33m-discovered-in-cover-load-of-onion-rings

Cocaine with an estimated value of around £4 million has been seized at Avonmouth docks, following a joint operation involving the National Crime Agency, Border Force and Avon & Somerset Police. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/cocaine-worth-4m-seized-in-joint-operation-at-avonmouth-docks

Six men have been jailed for a total of 133 years after a National Crime Agency investigation uncovered their role in the supply of cocaine and a separate plot to torture and rob a Manchester man. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/133-years-for-drug-dealing-crime-group-who-planned-to-torture-an-82-year-old-manchester-businessman

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating an incident in which two people were stabbed in Brentford. One of the victims died from his injuries. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-arrested-by-detectives-investigating-fatal-stabbing-437512

The founder of an A-list London nightspot and a former Met Police officer once dubbed the “Sheriff of Soho” have been charged with an alleged bribery conspiracy. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/cirque-le-soir-nightclub-police-sergeant-bribery-b965482.html