UK Policing News

Police chiefs have acknowledged some officers “may get it wrong” when imposing the country's Covid-19 rules and that people are becoming “fed up” with ongoing national lockdown measures. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/police-coronavirus-restrictions-enforce-b826502.html

Two women who received £200 fixed penalty notices after travelling to a reservoir for a walk around five miles from their homes have had their fines rescinded. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/jessica-allen-eliza-moore-fines-dropped-exercise-trip-derbyshire-b835460.html

Detectives investigating the deaths of two men at an address in Redbridge have arrested a man on suspicion of two counts of murder. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-double-murder-in-ilford-418712

Four people have been charged and quantities of drugs and cash recovered following a National Crime Agency raid on a property in Birmingham. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/four-charged-after-nca-raid-on-birmingham-cash-and-drugs-stash-house

A man who smuggled a firearm into the country has today, Friday, 8 January, 2021 been convicted. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-men-convicted-following-organised-crime-partnership-scotland-operation

Sixteen people have been arrested and 22 received fines after a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters marched on south London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-anti-lockdown-protests-clapham-arrests-b786527.html

Priti Patel is planning to launch a ‘power grab’ against woke police chiefs and ‘failing’ police and crime commissioners, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9130119/Priti-Patel-tackles-woke-police-chiefs-let-mobs-tear-statues.html always said they are a waste of money PCC.

PEOPLE caught throwing snowballs during the coronavirus lockdown face a fine of £200, police have said. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1381748/coronavirus-news-snowball-fine-west-mercia-police-lockdown-fixed-penalty-notice-latest-ont

Any Londoners planning on participating in anti-lockdown protests this weekend have been warned to expect the long arm of the law. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/london-antilockdown-protests-police-covid-b768657.html

A MAN has been left blind after a thug hurled "acid" at him and a pal in a morning rush-hour attack. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13684265/man-blinded-thug-hurls-acid-croydon-attack/

BURGLARS were caught out by their own cheek — after one dialled 999 by sitting on his phone. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13682775/burglar-pocket-dial-999-raid/

A fraudster claiming to work for the NHS gave an elderly woman a fake coronavirus vaccine and charged his victim £160. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fraudster-elderly-woman-fake-covid-jab-charged-her-ps160-b748789.html

COPS and PCSOs will randomly stop people who leave their home and hand out £200 fines to anyone not wearing a mask when they should be. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13662632/police-london-fine-covid-lockdown/