UK Policing News

A Rugby man has been jailed for seven and a half years after admitting raping and drugging a woman. https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/news/warwickshire/news/2026/april/man-jailed-for-raping-and-drugging-woman-in-warwick/ Good work by Officers who arrested 30-year-old Ratcliffe, who was later charged with two counts of rape and supplying a controlled drug of class A – cocaine and now behind bars.👏

We can confirm that a West Derby man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail as part of a drug supply investigation. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/april-2026/west-derby-man-jailed-for-10-years-for-drug-supply-offences/ Good work by police and the court for putting away a drug dealer for 10 years and put a end to him selling his drugs.👏

Our Guardian Taskforce have been continuing their momentum in driving down knife crime and youth violence by making dozens of arrests and seizing weapons and drugs across the force area. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/april/guardian-taskforce-over-60-arrested-and-over-20-weapons-seized/ Good crackdown by officers with arrests and seizing weapons and drugs.👏

A group of men responsible for a string of violence and burglaries in Hartlepool, have been sentenced to 22 years between them. https://www.cleveland.police.uk/news/cleveland/news/2026/april/four-men-sentenced-to-over-20-years-for-violent-attacks/ Good work in bringing them to justice the group of men responsible for a string of violence and burglaries.👏

An investigation into the supply of a firearm led by our dedicated organised crime team has seen two men firmly tied to the offence and jailed for a combined 12 years. https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2026/april/epping-organised-crime-detectives-see-pair-jailed-over-firearm-supply/ Good work by Serious and Organised Crime team in arresting the pair who had a 9mm Luger pistol and over 50 bullets and now behind bars.👏

Hundreds of rogue police officers face the sack after Scotland Yard used an artificial intelligence spy program to unearth misconduct, corruption and criminality. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15763899/AI-spy-program-rogue-police-officers-Scotland-Yard-internal-systems.html See the MET are in the spotlight again telling us what we know and it is not good news.😱

A thief has admitted targeting numerous homes and vehicles over the course of a couple of days in Allestree. https://www.derbyshire.police.uk/news/derbyshire/news/news/south/2026/april/thief-admits-targeting-numerous-homes-and-vehicles-across-allestree/ Good He was arrested after officers reviewed CCTV footage of his crimes and identified him as a suspect and put a stop to him for attempted burglarys👋

A man who targeted two elderly women in a pair of cowardly robberies has been jailed. Lewis Phillips stole the handbags and belongings of two women in Coventry in September last year. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/april/coventry-man-jailed-after-cowardly-robberies-on-women-in-city/ Good work by police in bringing him to justice and the man who rob elderly women now behind bars👏

We’ve arrested six people on suspicion of drug offences in Sandwell as we continue our work to tackle drug dealing across the West Midlands. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/april/six-further-arrests-as-work-to-tackle-drug-dealing-continues/ Good clampdown by police in arresting drug dealers and removed drugs from the streets put before the court to face justice.👋

Five men have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation after £1.4 million of ketamine was smuggled via a fishing boat from Amsterdam to Suffolk. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/ocg-sentenced-for-ketamine-haul-smuggled-to-suffolk-in-fishing-boat Great work by the NCA in bringing down the drug gang and stopped drugs getting onto the streets.👏

A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply controlled drugs Class A – Cocaine, possession with intent to supply controlled drugs Class B – Cannabis and possession of criminal property. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/april-2026/drugs-cash-and-weapons-seized-following-searches-in-liverpool/ Good arrest by officers of a drug dealer with drugs-cash-and-weapons-seized👏

https://news.sky.com/story/facial-recognition-to-be-rolled-out-across-uk-after-human-rights-challenge-fails-13534598 Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. For police officers who don't see what the fuss is about, imagine how you would feel if auditors were stood outside your station using this same facial recognition tech to track officers coming and going. A couple of times I have seen the LFR vans in operation, and gone over to say hello and that I have concerns about the technology. That's the scenario I ask them, and on both occassions the officers s…

A violent Doncaster robber has been locked up for over four years in a young offender institution after threatening a shopkeeper and a woman in her home. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/april-2026/violent-doncaster-robber-locked-up-after-attacking-shopkeeper-and-threatening-woman-in-her-home/ Good work by police in bringing this violent robber to justice and now behind bars.👏

A man’s been jailed for running two brothels in Birmingham, after an investigation by our Birmingham Serious Organised Crime and Exploitation (SOCEX) team. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/april/man-jailed-for-running-birmingham-brothels/ Good work by the Serious Organised Crime and Exploitation (SOCEX) team in shutting down the brothels and brought the man to justice but only jailed for a year should have been given a longer sentence ☹️