UK Policing News

Many years ago, as a traffic officer we had a system when the 3/11pm patrol would pick up the night officers. The night Officers would then run the 3/11 officer home meaning that the car was on the air and available all the time. You would drop the officer off at his home and return to the station and parade with the other uniformed shift officers. One night two of us were picked up at home and the 3/11 driver was bragging about his new 45" Colour TV and insisted that he showed it to us. He ushered us into his house and pushed us into his lounge, "There what do you think of that," he proudly said. We were trying to retire backwards from his lounge as his wife was stark…

On an anonymous corner of Reddit, rank-and-file police officers have been lifting the lid on life behind the thin blue line. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15523171/Inside-secret-police-forum-reveals-officers-REALLY-think-British-public-morale-time-low.html Words fail me if true what police say about the job.🤔

A drug dealer was exposed and more than £150,000 worth of drugs seized following an intelligence-led operation by detectives. https://news.dorset.police.uk/news-article/77f3c801-7d06-f111-9d8c-6045bdd24049 Good work by Dorset Police’s Serious Organised Crime Investigation Team (SOCIT) in bringing a drug dealer to justice and given a decent 14 years in prison.👏

Stockport’s neighbourhood officers are continuing to deliver a range of successful results across the district in a concentrated effort to crack down on crime. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/february/stockport-officers-continuing-to-crack-down-on-neighbourhood-crime-across-the-district-with-new-district-commander/ Good work by the GMP cracking down on crime making the streets safe to use from theft shoplifting and personal robbery 👏

Former Inspector John Doyle, 53, previously attached to the Met's Specialist Firearms Command, was charged by postal requisition on Wednesday, 4 February with: https://news.met.police.uk/news/a-former-met-officer-will-appear-in-court-charged-with-a-series-of-sexual-offences-506014 he was dismissed from the Met at a hearing held in private due to the ongoing criminal proceedings and left a black mark on the MET☹️

An off-duty police officer wrestled a knife-carrying teenager to the ground after an assault took place near a school. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2026/february/off-duty-police-officer-tackles-knife-carrying-teenager-near-school/ Good work by the off-duty officer when he noticed a male acting suspiciously on the street and wearing a balaclava and was arrested and charged with possessing a bladed weapon in a public place.👏

Two women are to appear before Bradford Crown Court next month after being charged with Class A drugs offences in Kirklees. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/women-charged-class-drugs-offences-kirklees Good on the judge who have not let the woman dealing drugs out on bail for a change and The women were remanded into custody for their March court appearance👍

Police officers took to the roads in a lorry as part of a crackdown on people using mobile phones while driving. https://www.cambs.police.uk/news/cambridgeshire/news/2026/february/police-use-hgv-to-target-drivers-caught-using-their-mobile-phones/ Good crackdown by police on drivers using there phones 👍

A man is to appear at court after plain clothed officers out on patrol in Dudley spotted a man acting suspiciously. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/february/man-charged-with-drug-offences-in-lye/ Good spot by officers who now arrested a drug dealer and put a stop to him selling drugs on the streets.👏

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp2j8xg1po A new type of taser with double the range of previous devices has been rolled out across the West Midlands Police force. The Axon Taser 10 (T10) can fire up to 10 single-shot cartridges without reloading and operates at a range of up to 45ft (13.7m).

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wxlv99xrjo Six Palestine Action protesters have been cleared of aggravated burglary over a break-in at a UK subsidiary of an Israeli defence firm. Quite surprised that some of them got a not guilty verdict. The jury were unable to reach a verdict on the one accused of GBH with intent by striking the police sergeant with a sledgehammer. So he could still face another trial for that.

A man has been charged with smuggling firearms and ammunition after 55 loaded Glock pistols were discovered. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-charged-after-seizure-of-55-loaded-handguns-with-hundreds-of-rounds-of-ammunition Good job Border Force officers stopped the man’s Mercedes Sprinter van and found 55 loaded handguns with hundreds of rounds of ammunition that might have got into the wrong hands now The National Crime Agency (NCA) launched an investigation.👏

More than 15 e-bikes seized and several people arrested during month of targeted activity https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/february/more-than-15-e-bikes-seized-and-several-people-arrested-during-month-of-targeted-activity/ Good crackdown by GMP with people who use e-bikes to comment crime and a driver was detained and searched and an amount of crack cocaine and a machete were recovered.👏

A convicted child sex offender who refused to give us the PIN to his mobile phone after we received information that he had sexual images of children on it has been jailed for two years. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/february/sex-offender-who-refused-to-hand-over-phone-pin-is-jailed/ People like him who are a child sex offender needs locking up a lot longer then two years.😠

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537566/Woman-sues-solicitors-did-not-explain-finalising-divorce-terminate-marriage.html I know this is the DM and their standard of journalism is very variable but if this story is only half true it suggests that some people who engage in legal cases are totally ignorant of reality! Notwithstanding the fact that she is a Roman Catholic and divorce might be seen as unacceptable, what did this woman think that divorce was - does she live like a hermit - no newspapers, radio nor TV. I am glad the Court of Appeal rejected her case.