UK Policing News

A police officer is being investigated for gross misconduct over the death of Rashan Charles in east London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/rashan-charles-death-police-officer-investigated-for-gross-misconduct-after-young-man-died-in-a3634116.html

A disciplinary hearing of six police officers who have been accused of gross misconduct over the death of a 23-year-old man who died after a prolonged period of restraint seven years ago will begin in secret on Monday Full Story - Guardian

Rashan Charles death: Met police officer investigated for gross misconduct Press Association the Guardian | Wednesday 13 September 2017 14.38 BST A Metropolitan police officer is being investigated for gross misconduct over the death of Rashan Charles, a young black man who was restrained after a police chase in north-east London, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/13/rashan-charles-death-met-police-officer-investigated-for-gross-misconduct WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED!

My town had 18 officers on the beat 10 years ago. Now there are four. The service we provide is woefully inadequate - but not for the want of trying... https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2017/may/20/police-cuts-fewer-officers-unrelenting-pressure

Young offenders from ethnic minorities will become "the next generation" of criminals unless the justice system is reformed, says MP David Lammy. A review led by him found the system in England and Wales is biased and discriminates in treatment of people from ethnic minority backgrounds. The Labour MP has made 35 recommendations, including delaying or dropping some prosecutions. The government said it will "look carefully" at the suggestions. People from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds make up 25% of the prison population in England and Wales and 41% of the youth justice system, despite these groups being 14% of the general populati…

A police officer has been sacked for having sex with a "vulnerable" teenager after "inappropriate" contact with the person through Instagram. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-officer-sacked-for-having-sex-with-vulnerable-teenager/ar-AAr3ZRm?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartandhp Would he have used his own personal account for instagram in the first instance or do some forces have accounts with all these social media portals? How can someone in this day and age be so stupid as to go down this road?

Eight of the 11 women restrained with spit hoods by the Metropolitan police have been black, according to figures that show a racial disproportionality in the use of the devices since they were piloted and rolled out across custody suites in London police stations. Full Story - Guardian So because during the trial 8 of the 11 women restrained with spit hoods have been black Sian Berry has decided this is an indication of racial bias, there could be many variables of why the majority of of people restrained with spit hoods have been black women, why Sian Berry is using the race card only she can answer, however to me it smacks of looking for any excuse to halt t…

Police in Norfolk have apologised for the way they responded to a weekend of rape, assault and theft that left a seaside town on 'lawless lockdown' last month. Full Story - Daily Mail I admit i don't know much about travellers, however it seems in this incident Norfolk Police initially did not want to blame a whole community for the rape and other crimes, hence they downplayed it as "low level disorder" however now they have admitted it was the whole travelling community responsible for the trouble over the 3 days, hopefully prosecutions will follow.

Fifty-nine Met police officers have been sacked or disciplined for racist behaviour in the past five years, the Standard can reveal. Scotland Yard dismissed 18 officers following complaints about race discrimination and 41 were subject to other disciplinary sanctions. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/revealed-59-met-police-officers-sacked-or-punished-for-racist-behaviour-a3629956.html