UK Policing News

Is the Home Secretary Amber Rudd becoming a Rudbot. As the papers report that the cabinet ministers for Whitehall's biggest spending public service departments, health and education, appeal for less austerity to provide increases to workers in their sectors, Amber Rudd is silent and, if anything seems to maintain the Maybot's line and culture within the Home Office. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/01/top-tories-revolt-against-may-public-spending

A man has been arrested over allegations he posted photos of a Grenfell Tower victim’s body on social media. The 43-year-old was detained at around 6pm on Wednesday near Latimer Road station, close to the scene of Wednesday’s devastating fire, Scotland Yard said. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/london-fire-man-arrested-for-posting-photo-of-grenfell-tower-victims-body-on-social-media-a3565511.html

West Midlands Police was facing a backlog of more than 2,000 ‘open log’ crime calls this week - with unions blaming staffing cuts and an increasing demand. The cash-strapped force had clocked up the ‘unprecedented’ number of unresolved 999 and 101 reports on one day this week. Birmingham Mail Wow, 2,000 worth of calls that have not been dealt with. Not a great service. I don't understand why MPs, MoPs,are not kicking up a huge fuss, its all very well for police to moan about cuts, and have a go at the MayBot, but where are the public? Why are they not moaning to their local MPs? Why are their no marches in support of giving more money to the polic…

HuffPost UK shadowed on-call officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Richmond Borough Police to see how budget cuts have affected the force’s front lines while the national threat level was raised to critical. Full Story - Huffington Post Interesting article.

A police officer was threatened with a shotgun in a south London alleyway while his colleague had a moped driven at him. Full Story - Evening Standard Wow Shame the youths got away!

Police forces are not doing enough to tackle the growing threat of online fraud, a public spending watchdog has found https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/30/online-costs-public-billions-but-is-still-not-a-police-priority-says-watchdog

A 52-year-old man has been charged with fraud after allegedly claiming to have lost family members in the Grenfell Tower disaster. Anh Nhu Nguyen, of no fixed address, was charged with five counts on Thursday evening, Scotland Yard said. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-accused-of-falsely-claiming-family-died-in-grenfell-tower-blaze-charged-with-fraud-a3576491.html

A teenage motorcyclist has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after filming himself with a portable camera. Essex Police posted the video on Facebook and said it shows Joseph Wicks, 18, doing "excessive speeds in built-up areas of Colchester" in November 2016. Officers discovered the video after investigating an unrelated collision he was involved in. The 18-year-old from Braithwaite Drive, Colchester, was given a two-month suspended sentence at a young offender's institution and told to do 120 hours of unpaid work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-essex-40382164?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_lin…

The National Crime Agency has said it is increasingly concerned about violent Albanian criminal gangs, which have considerable control over the illegal cocaine market. In its annual assessment of organised crime, the NCA warns that Albanian gangs have “established a high-profile influence within UK organised crime”. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/albanian-gangs-control-uk-cocaine-market-says-crime-agency/ar-BBDrmYU?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartandhp

Source - BBC So the parents had nothing but praise for the initiative, but it drew criticism on social media. people were apparently "horrified" another critic said "I'm not comfortable with this at all. Primary school kids? Parents don't like buying toy guns let alone showing them real ones. Not sure about this at all." What world do these critics live in? These critics must be the same people who contact the local rags, when they spot armed police at their local Tesco. Pathetic.

More than 20 police officers including a PC who saved a baby boy from suffocating have been praised for their “truly remarkable” actions. The heroic men and women were celebrated at an awards ceremony in west London for going “above and beyond their call of duty” to protect London’s public from harm. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/truly-remarkable-lifesaving-police-officers-given-bravery-awards-for-heroics-a3574316.html

Protesters demanding justice for a young father who died after being detained by police have descended on an east London police. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/protesters-descend-on-police-station-as-young-father-died-after-being-detained-by-officers-a3572716.html