UK Policing News

Police have been told to use “exceptional powers for exceptional circumstances only” during the coronavirus outbreak, following a miscarriage of justice. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-act-2020-police-powers-fine-marie-dinou-a9446496.html%3famp

The National Crime Agency has published its Annual Plan for 2020/21. Informed by our enhanced understanding of the evolving threat to the UK from serious and organised crime, the Annual Plan sets out the NCA’s operational priorities for the year ahead and how the NCA will lead a whole-system response to serious and organised crime. The Home Secretary reiterates that the NCA’s principal objective is the relentless disruption of serious and organised crime (SOC) through targeted action against the highest harm SOC offenders and networks. She sets three strategic priorities for the Agency: to reduce the number of victims of exploitation: this includes Child Sexual Abuse …

The National Crime Agency has published the National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2020. It provides a single authoritative picture of the threat to the UK from serious and organised crime. It shows that we are confronted with a rapidly evolving threat that is becoming increasingly complex as criminals exploit the fast expansion of technology to engage in illicit activity. Our priorities remain tackling the high harm, high impact offenders who: exploit the vulnerable through modern slavery, human trafficking, people smuggling and child sexual abuse; dominate communities through wholesale drugs supply networks and the illegal firearms trade, and un…

Two of Britain’s top officers are urging children, parents and carers to ensure they know how to stay safe online – with the National Crime Agency’s latest assessment showing there are at least 300,000 people in the UK posing a sexual threat to children. The agency released the figure – which comes from intelligence pre-dating the coronavirus outbreak - as it and UK policing warn of a spike in online child sex offending during the coronavirus crisis. Based on the NCA’s developing understanding – from a variety of sources - it believes there are a minimum 300,000 individuals in the UK posing a sexual threat to children, either through physical ‘contact’ abuse or online…

Clap for Carers: UK applauds the NHS and other key workers 2 April 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus pandemic Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionClap for Carers: Watch the UK applaud its key workers People across the UK have taken part in a second "Clap for Carers" tribute, saluting NHS staff and other key workers dealing with the co…

MORE than a 1,000 Greater Manchester Police officers and staff are self-isolating or off sick with the coronavirus Chief Constable Ian Hopkins has revealed https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18331397.amp/

National Crime Agency officers have arrested a man on the Isle of Wight as part of an investigation into a seizure of almost 100 kilos of cocaine at Newhaven port in East Sussex last November. The 43-year-old was detained on suspicion of conspiring to import class a drugs at an address in Ashley Road, Ryde, yesterday (Sunday 29 March), in an operation supported by Hampshire Police. He was questioned by NCA investigators before being bailed pending further enquiries. The investigation follows a seizure made at Newhaven in the early hours of 23 November last year. Border Force officers recovered 97 packages each containing approximately a kilo of cocaine from the back…

The above is to link from a NARPO site and catalogues serious allegations against the GMP Command and the Mayor of Greater Manchester. It is a long read but, a very interesting one. It highlights the dangers of being a "Whistle Blower" in the GMP or Mayor's office. It explains, in some way, why I am critical of the Senior Management Teams.

Large crowds of youths “coughed and spat” at frontline emergency workers dealing with a serious incident on Saturday night, a police officer has claimed. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/west-yorkshire-police-emergency-responders-spit-cough-a9417051.html%3famp

A DRUNKEN man coughed and spat towards a police officer after saying he would give her Covid-19. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18336227.thug-spat-police-sergeant-told-give-covid-19/