UK Policing News

Dame Cressida Dick wants to stay on as Britain's top police officer despite a string of controversies on her watch including the botched VIP paedophile ring investigation, the Wembley security breach and the scandals surrounding Sarah Everard's murder. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9785965/Dame-Cressida-Dick-wants-renew-contract-Met-commissioner.html

PC Robert Powell, attached to the South East Command Unit, answered allegations that his actions breached the standards of 'Honesty and Integrity', 'Duties and Responsibilities' and 'Discreditable Conduct'. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-misconduct-proceedings-431428

Police have released a gallery of 'wanted' rioters who sent burning cars freewheeling down a hill, pelted a police van with rocks and hurled bricks through windows during a vigil for a teenager in Swansea. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9811213/Police-release-gallery-wanted-rioters-sent-burning-cars-hill-vigil-Swansea.html

A man has died following a stabbing near Brixton Underground Station in south London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/brixton-stabbing-underground-station-b947042.html

A police officer has been sacked by the Metropolitan Police after being caught speeding at 122mph on a road with a 70mph speed limit. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/met-police-officer-sacked-after-speeding-more-than-50mph-over-limit/ar-AAMoj5a?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Seven people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency operation aimed at dismantling an organised crime group involved in transporting hundreds of Albanian migrants to the UK illegally. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/seven-arrests-as-nca-dismantles-albanian-people-smuggling-network-suspected-of-bringing-hundreds-to-the-uk

A team of Met Police officers who support colleagues who have been assaulted or abused while on duty has received a national award recognising their important work. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-team-helping-assaulted-officers-wins-national-award-431412

Specially-trained officers will enhance their activity over the next two weeks to target would-be thieves intent on stealing from members of the public. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-ramps-up-activity-to-tackle-street-robbery-across-london-431416

A seven-year-old boy took a knife into his London primary school last month because he said he “wanted to stab another boy at an after-school club”, an Evening Standard special investigation can reveal. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/knife-crime-london-stabbings-primary-school-boy-croydon-b946914.html

ITV News link Looks like Mr Seed has more than one offence under his belt. We are having a re-election at a £1.5 million bill and months of wasted work all because on individual and party thought it was OK to let a convicted (drink driving) person run.

Detectives have released an image of a man they would like to speak to after an “unprovoked” double stabbing in west London. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/police-release-image-of-man-after-unprovoked-double-stabbing-in-hayes/ar-AAMb9RU?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

A YOUNG mum who filmed herself driving at 88mph on Snapchat before ploughing into a motorway barrier has been spared jail. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1462959/Mum-films-car-crash-Snapchat-M60-Sale-Greater-Manchester

POLICE have launched a murder investigation after a newborn baby boy was discovered dead in a canal. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1463094/willenhall-baby-dead-canal-police-reward-west-midlands-Rough-Wood-Country-Park

THIS is the horrifying moment a car drives onto train tracks at Cheshunt station in a bid to get away from police officers. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1463111/Cheshunt-station-police-chase-video-car-train-tracks-latest-Crime-news-update-vn