UK Policing News

A police sergeant destroyed two wigs being used for cancer treatment in a 'deliberate and calculated' attack. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15453377/Police-sergeant-destroyed-cancer-sufferers-wigs.html No way should police treat people like this in custody good job the police sergeant had not resigned the day before, he would have been dismissed from the police service with immediate effect.😠

A rifle and bullets have been found inside a skip in Kirkby at the weekend. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/january-2026/rifle-found-in-skip-in-kirby/ good job this gun was found and The rifle has been made safe and has been forensically recovered for examination and cant be used in the wrong hands👏

Patrolling officers uncovered a substantial cannabis grow after spotting water pouring from the roof of a home. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2026/january/officers-find-water-gushing-from-roof-of-cannabis-grow-home/ Good work by officers in finding a cannabis farm and shutting it down 👏

A cannabis farm in Birmingham has been shut down after it was discovered by officers responding to an incident. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/january/cannabis-farm-found-by-officers-responding-to-fire-in-birmingham/ Due to a fire police have found a Cannabis farm and hope they find out who the drug dealers are and they get arrested 👍

A wanted man who tried to evade capture by hiding in people's gardens was arrested - with officers helping him down from the top of a shed after he got himself stuck on its roof. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/january-2026/officers-arrest-wanted-man-as-eyes-in-the-sky-lead-them-towards-their-target/ Good work by officers in arresting a wanted man with two counts of theft of a motor vehicle, possession of a knife or bladed article and recall to prison.👏

On Friday 9 January, officers executed a warrant at Leigh Tenement Farm in Blackrod, Bolton. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/january/large-scale-drugs-operation-dismantled-following-multi-million-pound-seizure/ Good work by GMP in dismantling this drug network and arresting the drug dealers👏

The Home Office has had to res­cue a police force from going bank­rupt for the first time over a £65 mil­lion black hole. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20260110/281659671424032 Not good when a police force have to be res­cued from going bank­rupt🤨 And daily mail link. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15450901/Home-Office-bails-bankrupt-police-force-time-65million-black-hole.html

The ringleaders of a county lines gang who peddled heroin, crack cocaine and other drugs into the Amber Valley have been jailed for a combined total of more than 15 years.https://www.derbyshire.police.uk/news/derbyshire/news/news/north/2026/january/gang-ringleaders-who-peddled-heroin-crack-cocaine-and-other-drugs-into-amber-valley-jailed-for-more-than-15-years/ Good sentence given and a drug dealer off the streets.👏

Two further men have been charged and remanded in custody in connection with a firearms discharge in Luton last month, bringing the total number of people charged to six. https://www.beds.police.uk/news/bedfordshire/news/2026/01-january/further-charges-in-luton-firearms-discharge-investigation/ “Incidents involving firearms with people are brought to justice. 👍

Two men have been jailed for 10 years after officers smelt cannabis coming from a Liverpool flat and recovered Class A and B drugs with an estimated street value of up to £400,000. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/january-2026/op-hammer-two-men-jailed-for-two-years-after-drugs-recovered-from-liverpool-flat/ When officers went to arrest a wanted man the officer noticed a strong smell of cannabis coming from a nearby flat and now arrested the drug dealers.👏

A police officer said she was living "every day" with the after effects of being stabbed in the head by a man she was trying to help. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedx513qnzvo Hope the officer makes a full recovery and he should have been a life sentence for stabbing police officer in head😠

The Met has today published a review into historical vetting and hiring practices as part of its unprecedented drive to raise professional standards across the organisation https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-continues-drive-to-raise-standards-following-historical-vetting-review-504908 People who fail to do there job in vetting in the MET need to go.😠

Two men and one woman have been charged with the following offences. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/january/three-people-charged-with-drug-offences-following-warrants-across-trafford-and-manchester/ Good work by GMP in charging drug dealers and now face justice.👏

A man who pretended to be a police officer in order to gain the trust of people who were selling their vehicles has been jailed for more than three years. https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2026/1/man-who-impersonated-a-police-officer-jailed-for-motor-fraud-series/ Good work bringing this man to justice who impersonated a police officer and now behind bars for motor fraud and using a fake police warrant card👏

A jailed heroin smuggler tried to secure a reduced prison sentence by setting up a firearms supply and planning to inform the National Crime Agency about it. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/drug-smuggler-s-jail-term-extended-after-brazen-plot-to-supply-firearms-uncovered Good work by the NCA in bringing this drug dealer to justice and a plot to supply firearms uncovered👏