UK Policing News

A COP paid £150,000 while saying he was too injured to work was caught out by an app that showed him taking 10,000 steps a day. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16638834/police-fraud-paid-150k/

A POLICE chief is being investigated after an allegation of sexual assault was reported to the independent watchdog. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1516316/cleveland-police-crime-commissioner-sexual-assault-scandal-watchdog

An unemployed university drop-out, jailed for running a dark web business selling illegal drugs, has been ordered to hand over more than £490,000 in bitcoin. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/notorious-dark-web-administrator-ordered-to-hand-over-more-than-490k-amassed-from-criminal-activity

Six men have been sentenced for stealing £46,590 from two cash machines inside Alexandra Palace. https://news.met.police.uk/news/six-men-sentenced-for-double-cash-machine-raid-436876

The suspect in his 60s was finally detained outside Royal Liverpool Hospital at around 10.20am. Police were called to an incident there at 10.30pm last night and have since closed roads around the large facility. Patients there were told to stay inside and away from the doors. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/man-in-12-hour-standoff-with-armed-police-at-nhs-hospital/ar-AAQjfs2?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Boy racers' cars seized after terrorising residents in seaside town https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1514702/Boy-racers-cars-gathering-Porthmadog-Wales-driving-laws

MANCHESTER Police were attacked by a gang of yobs who threw fireworks at officers on Sunday night. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1514616/manchester-news-police-Halloween-brinnington-stockport-Northumberland-attack See the mindless yobs being stupid they want to grow up .

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has again taken over as chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), the international alliance dedicated to the protection of children from online sexual abuse and other transnational child sex offences. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-takes-helm-of-international-online-child-sexual-abuse-taskforce

Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in Ilford on Thursday have charged a 15-year-old boy. https://news.met.police.uk/news/15-year-old-charged-with-murder-following-fatal-stabbing-in-ilford-436640

Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after two men were critically injured in Barking. https://news.met.police.uk/news/two-men-critically-injured-in-barking-appeal-for-information-436642

The police watchdog has launched an investigation after an officer was accused of forcibly removing the religious head covering of a Sikh man while he was in custody. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10145909/Officer-forcibly-removed-Sikh-mans-head-covering-sparks-police-watchdog-investigation.html The officer was right to remove his head covering as one never knows if he had a hidden something inside and done for the officers safety.

A man has been jailed after specialist officers found he was using an encrypted mobile phone to import Class A drugs into the UK hidden in shipments of children’s toys. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-using-encrypted-phone-to-import-class-a-drugs-in-toys-436636

A man who fatally stabbed a man in Southwark in November last year has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-sentenced-after-fatal-stabbing-in-southwark-436582

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with a number of child sex offences following an investigation by Hertfordshire Police. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-charged-following-investigation-by-herts-police-436577