UK Policing News

An officer has been dismissed from the Met after sexually assaulting a woman at a pub. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-after-sexually-assaulting-woman-506940 What is going on with the now ex met officer who sexually assaulting a woman at a pub with his behaviour and now dismissed from the force 🤨

A man nicknamed “Killer” and his two younger brothers have been convicted 18 years after they sexually abused four children and a woman in Sheffield, following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-stovewood-three-brothers-guilty-of-string-of-sex-crimes-in-the-2000s Good work by the NCA bring the scum to justice 👏 including the Ilyas brothers – have been convicted and received custodial sentences totalling more than 1,500 years Amar Ilyas was released on unconditional court bail during which time he travelled abroad to Pakistan. He failed to appear for his trial and was instead tried in his absence and he should …

A police constable who reported late for duty falsely claimed it was because she had been sexually assaulted by a fellow officer. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15627295/Policewoman-lied-innocent-officer-sexually-assaulted-jailed.html Why lie and put a innocent officer through this when he has done nothing wrong and quite right the woman officer has been jailed for what she has done.🤨

Operation Vulcan has been operating in Brinnington for just over three weeks now - and has already seized a potentially deadly firearm from the streets. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/march/firearm-recovered-in-brinnington-as-officers-work-to-tackle-weapons-and-violent-crime/ Good job by officers who locating a handgun and recovered before it got into the wrong hands and cracking down getting weapons off the streets.👏

Roads Policing Unit officers carried out a dedicated road safety operation on Saturday 7 March as part of Operation Limit, focusing on Castle Point and the Rochford district. The proactive activity forms part of ongoing efforts to reduce serious collisions, challenge dangerous driving, and keep communities safe by targeting those intent on drug or drink driving. https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2026/march/road-safety-operation-targeting-drug-drink-driving/ Good work by roads policing officers making the roads safe where drivers chose to ignore the law 👏

A gang of thieves who stole nearly £700,000 in a series of raids on cash machines at banks and shops across the country has been handed lengthy prison sentences. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/march/gang-of-cash-machine-thieves-jailed/ Good work by the police officer spotted the gang’s stolen Audi being transported on a low loader back to the Midlands and The transporter was stopped leading to a arrest and the gang now brought to justice and now behind bars.👏

This is the moment two brave female police officers confronted a man brandishing a knife, shoving him into a shopfront to take the blade off the streets. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15624131/Moment-two-brave-female-police-officers-confront-man-brandishing-knife-shoving-shopfront-blade-streets.html Well done both officers in arresting the man brandishing a knife.👏

A former police inspector has been sacked after he said he contacted sex workers for job research, a police hearing has found. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9q03ng848o What a Discredit the police service'🤨

Three motorcycle club members and three of their associates have been handed jail time following a dispute with a rival club uncovers a web of criminality spreading across the country. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/march/three-handed-prison-sentences-following-motorcycle-club-feud-uncovers-3d-printed-guns- firearms-and-drugs/ Good work by the GMP in bringing down the drug dealer gang.👏 but again let down by the court with the soft sentences given to drug dealers😡

We’ve arrested a man and recovered a gun from an address in Walsall this morning after our officers executed a warrant. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/march/man-arrested-and-gun-recovered-following-walsall-warrant/ Good work by officers who arrested a man and a gun recovered and crackdown against serious and organised crime.👏

A woman who smuggled a deadly haul of military grade weapons, ammunition and Class A drugs into the UK has been jailed for nine years following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/woman-jailed-for-nine-years-for-smuggling-arsenal-of-military-grade-weapons Good job the Border Force officers searched the vehicle and found the military grade weapons and arrested by the NCA and stopped guns getting into the UK and getting into the wrong hands.👏

The victim of Jordan Reynolds has spoken after he was given a lengthy sentence. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/man-jailed-multiple-rapes Good work by police in bringing him to justice and now behind bars for a very long time and can do no more harm to woman.👏

A 21-year-old man has been convicted following an attempted murder in Edinburgh. https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2026/march/joshua-stewart-convicted-of-serious-organised-crime-offence-in-edinburgh/ Good work by the Specialist Crime Division in bringing him to justice and now behind bars.👏

Three people have been charged, 41 arrests made and at least £50,000 has been prevented from being paid out by victims across Kent as part of a crackdown on fraud. https://www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/latest/policing-news/police-target-fraudsters-and-return-thousands-to-victims-of-scams/ Good work by police in bringing the fraudsters to justice to stop targeting and pressuring vulnerable victims.👍

A total of 41 people have so far been arrested after dozens of warrants were executed this morning (Wednesday 4 March) as part of a large-scale policing operation in Anfield, codenamed Operation Vanguard. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/march-2026/operation-vanguard-strikes-again/ Great work by MSP in clamping down on The suspects arrested have been detained on suspicion of offences including possession with intent to supply Class A and B drugs, sexual offences and possession of indecent images.👏