UK Policing News

The public will be able to tell police about areas where they feel unsafe by reporting the locations on a new online map. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/no-one-should-fear-walking-the-streets-new-online-map-where-you-can-report-unsafe-areas-to-police/ar-AAO0P2r?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

CRIMINALS could begin targeting the homes of legal gun owners across the UK after the addresses of more than 111,000 were leaked online. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1484646/crime-news-Guntrader-shotgun-rifle-jake-davison

A drug smuggler who used coconuts to hide almost 140 kilos of herbal cannabis sent from Ghana has been jailed. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/smuggler-who-hid-138kg-of-cannabis-in-coconuts-jailed

More than fifty people have been arrested as part of a two-week campaign targeting drivers who take drugs before getting behind the wheel. https://news.met.police.uk/news/more-than-50-arrests-as-part-of-campaign-against-drug-driving-432986

A former paramedic pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of pounds worth of defibrillators from North West Ambulance Service. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9945463/Paramedic-25-years-service-convicted-stealing-defibrillators-worth-thousands.html

The Metropolitan Police - Britain's biggest force - is considering plans to introduce gender-neutral uniforms, it has been reported. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9938679/Britains-biggest-police-force-Met-considers-plans-introduce-gender-neutral-uniforms.html

Two men who were jailed for manufacturing and supplying counterfeit identity documents have been ordered to surrender almost £350,000 of their illicit earnings or face a further four and a half years in prison. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/crooks-who-produced-false-identity-documents-for-people-smuggling-gangs-forced-to-pay-up-3

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/high-profile-solicitors-firm-shut-down-over-dishonesty-suspicions/5109598.article?fbclid=IwAR3wDjz65ii6qhkzqtBOoli2rk3TUjDFMibSkbooJx6bWm6EJfy5bIq1gZA Hardly surprising. I hope she gets exactly what she deserves.

A police officer has been banned from duty after being found guilty of gross misconduct for starting a sexual relationship with a teenage crime victim. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9933845/Police-officer-banned-gross-misconduct-sexual-relationship-teenage-crime-victim.html

A video captured the moment a drunken e-scooter rider was stopped by police while using the motorway to get home after a night out in Birmingham. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9933541/Drunken-e-scooter-rider-caught-video-walking-motorway-trying-home-night-out.html only way to say it utter fool and brainless and lucky he never got killed.

Three men and a woman have been sentenced to a total of 25-and-a-half years in jail for their role in the false imprisonment of a man from Acton and the blackmail of his family. https://news.met.police.uk/news/four-people-sentenced-following-blackmail-plot-432732

A row has blown up after a report criticising the way police officers use Taser was dismissed by Chief Constables as "vague", "out of date" and "lacking in detailed evidence". https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-backlash-after-report-finds-officers-taser-black-and-vulnerable-people/ar-AANJ9Up?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531 if people dont comply police have every right to defend them self from danger with the use of the taser.

DRAMATIC footage captures police wrestling a teenage suspect to the ground before appearing to pin him by his neck. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1481843/Police-arrest-teenager-boy-cannabis-smoking-Oldham-Greater-Manchester

https://www.leics.police.uk/news/leicestershire/news/2021/august/police-partner-with-communities-to-create-a-safer-environment/ Working with the police, Neighbourhood Active members will take part in engagement walks, providing visible reassurance amongst their communities. Patrolling in pairs, they will be equipped with a ‘Neighbourhood Active’ high visibility jacket and through their phones they will be able to stay in contact with their local beat team, log and map any issues or areas of concern and, utilising the community apps like ‘Fix My Street’ and ‘Love Leicester’, be able to report a wide range of issues.

A man has been given a suspended sentence after buying horrific sexual abuse footage of girls blackmailed by one of the worst online sexual predators the National Crime Agency has ever investigated. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/online-child-sex-offender-was-customer-of-notorious-paedophile-and-blackmailer What was the judge thinking should have sent him to jail.😠