UK Policing News

A police officer Tasered an 'old' shoplifter twice before leaving him a bloodied mess by 'stamping' on his back yesterday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10112497/Police-Taser-old-shoplifter-twice-leave-face-bloodied-mess.html

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everard. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/shocking-and-deeply-disturbing-police-officer-arrested-over-sarah-everard-disappearance/ar-BB1eqh0O?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

Not sure when or where this was but I hope she was OK.

A Metropolitan Police officer will keep his job after allegedly sharing an offensive joke about luring a woman into woods and killing her during the search for Sarah Everard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10122241/Police-officer-accused-sharing-joke-luring-woman-woods-killing-job.html The officers about this case with there sick jokes should be sacked no wonder the met is getting a bad name when officers are let off.😠 just shows there mentally.

A Section 60 stop and search has been authorised in the Wandsworth and Merton area following the terrifying witness accounts. Additional officers have now been deployed in local areas to "provide reassurance". https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/london-under-siege-armed-gangs-force-police-to-deploy-special-units-as-violence-erupts/ar-AAPVJeR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Criminals could have their police records wiped after just six years under a secret plan that has caused fury inside the justice system. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10122087/Police-want-delete-criminal-records-little-six-years.html

AS an ex copper of the "Old School" I see media images and TV footage on a regular basis about the Police in this country which have made me incredibly sad and frustrated. https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1509441/British-police-news-blm-gay-pride-LGBTQ-metropolitan-police-woke-officers-taking-the-knee He makes a very good point how police now work. well worth reading.

Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two teenagers died in the early hours of this morning in Brentwood, Essex. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/eight-people-arrested-after-two-teenagers-die-in-essex/ar-AAPTtat?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE has no oversight for monitoring the online comments of its own officers beyond staff dobbing in their colleagues. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1510735/metropolitan-police-monitor-online-social-media-posts

Prime suspect in murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher 'allowed to settle in UK because he was British spy' | Daily Mail Online If this news report is true then it just shows how much Government's value Police Officers in society. As I recall the murderer of Yvonne Fletcher was known and yet he has virtual immunity from under the Tony Blair years. The report quotes "In the years that followed he received multiple visas and in 2002 was given a 'comfort letter' which stopped border officials from questioning him each time he arrived". That is an utter disgrace and an affront to the officer's family and also to her whole Police family.

A police officer who pursued a sexual relationship with a domestic abuse victim and texted her up to 50 messages a day has been sacked for 'undermining the trust of women in the police service'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10117335/Police-officer-sacked-pursuing-sexual-relationship-domestic-abuse-victim.html

Two UK residents have been jailed for a combined nine and a half years after the National Crime Agency secured their arrests and extradition to France where they were wanted for their part in smuggling at least 250 migrants into the UK. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-uk-residents-jailed-as-part-of-people-smuggling-ring-that-saw-twenty-one-people-convicted-in-france

A man wanted by the National Crime Agency for his involvement in the supply of class A drugs worth millions of pounds has been arrested in Lanzarote. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-wanted-by-nca-for-conspiring-to-import-class-a-drugs-arrested-in-lanzarote

Two young yobs have been arrested after attacking an elderly PCSO in north London in shocking footage posted online. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10106711/Moment-two-male-school-pupils-attack-PCSO-north-London-street.html

A Met Police sergeant who was sacked for gross misconduct after he was found to have kissed and tried to grope a 'vulnerable' suspect has lost a High Court bid to clear his name. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10110899/Met-police-sergeant-41-sacked-trying-grope-vulnerable-suspect-loses-fight-clear-name.html Odear if this keeps carrying on soon we wont have many police officers left.