UK Policing News

The devastated father of two children found dead alongside their mother and best friend at a semi-detached house in Derbyshire yesterday during a 'sleepover' wept as he laid flowers outside the property today and said: 'I can't believe I'll never see them again.' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10008609/Mother-two-children-best-friend-dead-house-Derbyshire.html

A MET POLICE officer allegedly punched a pensioner after stopping him for a broken brake light. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1492890/met-police-punch-pensioner-Bromley

POLICE have swarmed a Suffolk town this afternoon after reports of a "gunman on the loose." https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1493133/Lowestoft-emergency-Armed-police-seal-off-busy-road-gunman-local-suffolk-latest-news

Eight men have been arrested as part of a suspected organised crime group (OCG) dealing in Class A and B drugs and a firearm. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/eight-men-arrested-in-operation-venetic-drugs-and-gun-conspiracy

A CORRUPT police officer admitted hiding a "box of cash" for her bent copper husband when her house was raided by colleagues. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1491712/Met-Police-officer-corrupt-Shareen-Kashif-criminal-property-Essex

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58537599 The Metropolitan Police commissioner has accused tech giants of making it harder to identify and stop terrorists. The tech giants' focus on end-to-end encryption was making it "impossible in some cases" for the police to do their jobs, Dame Cressida Dick wrote in the Telegraph on Saturday. What do people think? I've never been her biggest fan and I really dislike her assumption that law enforcement should automatically have the capability to access whatever they want, although I understand why any police officer might like to have that capability.

A man who is suspected of being a high-ranking member of a Vietnamese people smuggling network has been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency operation in Birmingham. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/suspected-high-ranking-people-smuggler-arrested-by-the-nca-in-birmingham-raid

A man has been jailed for a vicious attack which left a police officer unconscious and believing he was going to die. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-attack-that-left-officer-with-plates-in-his-face-433607

Britain's 'busiest speed camera' that raked in an estimated £5million in fines is faulty police have now revealed, as furious motorists slam the force for keeping the flawed device up. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9973309/Britains-busiest-speed-camera-caught-50-000-drivers-FAULTY-police-reveal.html

FIVE police officers were injured this morning in a Kent car crash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1490062/kent-police-car-crash-five-officers-hospital-taxi-patrol-car-collision-dartford-latest

A SERVING officer with the Metropolitan Police has been charged with a string of voyeurism offences. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1490222/Met-police-news-Neil-Corbel-voyeurism-crime-Greater-London-Manchester-Brighton-latest

A mammoth haul of fake designer goods worth an estimated £500 million has been seized by police in Manchester. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/police-crack-500k-fake-designer-goods-gang/ar-AAOj6ZV?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

An Afghan rescued from Kabul by the RAF has been arrested as a suspected Taliban terrorist in Manchester. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9978229/Armed-police-arrest-Afghan-special-forces-commando-Manchester-hotel-quarantining.html Wonder how many more in the UK are terrorist not known to police.😠

More than two tonnes of cocaine worth around £160m has been seized and six men arrested in a dramatic operation at sea. The men – one Briton from Stockton on Tees, County Durham, and five Nicaraguans – were arrested on Thursday evening 80 miles off the coast of Plymouth in an operation led by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and supported by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Border Force. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/more-than-two-tonnes-of-cocaine-seized-and-six-arrested-after-swoop-on-luxury-yacht

A PC is facing a jail sentence after he was shopped to police by his angry ex-girlfriend for trying to dodge a speeding ticket. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/london-pc-richard-hammond-faces-jail-perverting-course-of-justice-girlfriend-vicky-courtis-b954295.html