UK Policing News

A senior police officer today appealed for an end to the “mindless violence” in east London after a 14-year-old boy died after being shot in the head outside a children’s playground. Full Story - Evening Standard Why are black lives matter not kicking up a fuss? Why is Lee Jasper not tweeting away? Why are marches not being organised? Why are hashtags not being formed? Shocking that a 14 year old boy was shot dead, another boy was shot and potentially left with " life changing injuries" that is not to mention the various stabbings in London over the last few days. Surely the time for marching is now?

A young woman was found semi-naked and distressed in a west London street days after she was kidnapped near a busy Tube station. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/young-woman-found-naked-in-street-days-after-being-kidnapped-in-west-london-a3627966.html

A police van flipped onto its side after crashing while answering an early morning 999 call in north-east London. Paramedics rushed to the scene of the smash in Stoke Newington, which involved another van, at about 6.45am on Wednesday. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/stoke-newington-crash-police-van-flips-onto-side-in-collision-while-answering-999-call-a3627866.html

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has made a commitment to tackle the uneven number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) officers being investigated for misconduct. Full Story - PoliceProfessional

Thugs on a moped threatened a 10-month old baby with a “huge” knife in a terrifying street robbery on a young family. Caroline Jimenez, 31, today told how one of the thieves held the blade to her baby daughter’s face as they stole her parents’ watches. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moped-thugs-threaten-baby-with-huge-knife-during-terrifying-street-robbery-a3626421.html Police need to find the pair of scumbags on a moped threatened a 10-month old baby with a “huge” knife.

Police have arrested 33 people at Notting Hill Carnival for alleged crimes ranging from being drunk a disorderly to assaulting a police officer. Full Story - Daily Mail

Police in a London borough faced a backlash after an officer tweeted they could not catch criminals because they were too busy searching for missing people and dealing with mental health issues. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fury-over-police-tweet-saying-officers-were-too-busy-to-fight-crime-a3623526.html

The Police Service of Northern Ireland reportedly hired a private cybersecurity firm to unmask anonymous Twitter accounts of officers and staff allegedly involved in online racist abuse. Full Story - The Register Unless Twitter are providing the cybersecurity firm with IP addresses, email addresses and other data associated with suspect accounts, how else is this cyber security firm going to unmask these Twitter users? Another option is to go through thousands of tweets looking for clues, but is that really proportionate? Should Police Officers not be allowed to let off steam on Twitter? I can see the justification to identify racist officers but where wou…

Victims of crime in London could be denied a personal visit from police unless they are judged to be sufficiently “vulnerable”, one of Scotland Yard’s most senior officers has warned. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/don-t-expect-police-to-come-out-after-a-crime-if-you-re-healthy-middleaged-and-speak-good-english-a3619956.html

There has for sometime been discussion regarding the powers of parks, cathedral, ports policing services and if they have full police powers within the jurisdiction. The court of appeal in a judgement following an employment tribunal has clarified the position. In paras 55 & 56 it basically states that there is one office of constable and that where someone holds this office they have full powers and not just powers to uphold bylaws within their juridstiction. It also implies that there are no restrictions on the their being termed constabularies or police. https://www.employmentcasesupdate.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed28979

Police made more than 300 arrests and 28 officers were injured at Notting Hill Carnival over the Bank Holiday weekend. Scotland Yard said officers made 313 arrests for a range of offences including 112 for drugs and 58 for offensive weapons. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/notting-hill-carnival-300-arrested-and-28-police-officers-injured-during-weekend-a3621681.html