UK Policing News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43306423 A professional rugby player, Tasered six times after driving at 150mph in a police chase, has been jailed. Scott Moore crashed into a house in Leigh and fought officers, threatening one with a Taser he stole from them. The ex-England rugby league star, 30, used "his size and experience on the rugby field" to evade arrest, Greater Manchester Police said. He was jailed for 23 months at Bolton Crown Court after admitting dangerous driving and assault. Moore, of Ranworth Drive, Lowton, Wigan, was disqualified from driving for two years. Police spott…

A 19-year-old has become the first teenage fatal shooting victim of the year after being gunned down outside a cinema. Armed police rushed to the scene in Wood Green following reports of shots being fired just after midnight. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/19yearold-shot-dead-in-wood-green-a3784711.html

Tech giants were attacked today by Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer for failing to provide police with a single tip-off about dangerous extremists operating online. Met Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley called the “very wealthy corporations” the online equivalent of landlords of extremist “tenants” who had “encouraged, directed, enabled and promoted terrorist attacks with the click of a mouse or tap of a screen”. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-chief-attacks-tech-giants-for-failing-to-provide-any-extremist-tipoffs-a3782576.html

Three men have been charged with manslaughter and arson following a deadly explosion in Leicester. The fatal blast, on Hinckley Road, Leicester, left five people dead and a number of people injured, Leicestershire Police said. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/leicester-explosion-three-men-charged-with-manslaughter-and-arson-after-fatal-blast-a3780816.html

This is the moment two masked raiders held Marks & Spencer staff at knifepoint in a terrifying raid at a north London store. Police released CCTV footage today showing the robbers tying up staff with cable ties before forcing one staff member to open tills. The two men burst into the M&S store in Mill Hill before opening time at 6.30am on Monday November 27. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/masked-raiders-tie-up-marks-and-spencer-staff-with-cable-ties-in-terrifying-knifepoint-raid-at-mill-a3776496.html

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/22/delayed_emergency_services_network_review_delayed/ *sigh* I'm not looking forward to this, especially as it has been suggested we'll be getting them sooner rather than later.

Police say it is not about highlighting a particular problem with McDonald's but identifying the restaurant as one popular destination for young people. In Croydon, the knife arch, which detects metal as people walk through it, was set up temporarily in the restaurant's doorway for two hour periods. It was manned by a team of around six police officers, on hand to distribute leaflets, offer advice and confiscate weapons. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/knife-arches-trialled-at-mcdonald-s-restaurants-across-london-as-capital-gripped-by-knife-crime-a3774441.html

A London police officer accused of taking a colleague's tin of biscuits has been cleared of gross misconduct. PC Thomas Hooper, based at the Kingston Operational Command Unit in south west London, was also alleged to have applied to cancel a Fixed Penalty notice against him. It was claimed he gave false accounts of both incidents. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-cleared-of-gross-misconduct-over-biscuit-tin-theft-a3772641.html