UK Policing News

Two women are among four senior officers who have made it to the shortlist to be the next Met Police Commissioner. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/two-women-among-four-shortlisted-in-race-for-top-met-job-a3456316.html

Four police officers were rushed to hospital after being sprayed with petrol by a man they were attempting to rescue from a burning house. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/four-police-officers-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-sprayed-with-petrol-by-man-inside-burning-house-a3456126.html

A residential street was placed on lockdown after armed police discovered guns and a suspected grenade inside a house in south-west London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/streets-on-lockdown-after-armed-police-find-guns-and-grenade-at-house-in-hampton-a3455711.html

Earlier this month Chief Constable Iain Spittal (l) and PCC Barry Coppinger (r) announced a major overhaul of the force's professional standards department Cleveland Police acted unlawfully in monitoring the phones of two of its former officers, a tribunal has ruled. A judge found the legislation it used, normally reserved for anti-terror investigations, was not proportionate. The force said it was justified as there had been tip-offs to journalists, which may have been a criminal offence. But the United Kingdom Investigatory Powers Tribunal found there was no proof of this, and no evidence of any legal advice to support its actions. On 5 January,…

The Norfolk and Suffolk Cybercrime Unit was launched in August 2015 Residents in Suffolk are to see an increase in their council tax to cover policing costs. Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore's proposed 1.972% rise in the police precept from April was backed by the police and crime panel. Mr Passmore said the extra £830,000 would help Suffolk Police cope with cuts to its budget. He said the force had to save £6.76m over the next four years, with £2.6m of savings yet to be identified. One area unlikely to be affected by the cuts is the cybercrime unit, which was set up in August 2015 and will have £584,000 invested in it next year. …

Police have condemned a road rage driver who caused a three-vehicle crash when he stopped in the middle lane of a major A-road during morning rush-hour. Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/01/driver-deliberately-stopped-in-middle-lane-out-of-frustration-causing-crash-6419801/#ixzz4XR4W887I

Bungling police force tows a disabled woman's 'untaxed' van from outside her house then boasts about it on Twitter before being told she was exempt from paying tax http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4171780/Bungling-police-tow-disabled-woman-s-untaxed-van.html ooops...

A terrifying haul of “potentially lethal” weapons has been seized from a car in a trendy part of east London. Police swooped on the vehicle in popular nightspot Hoxton Square, in Hackney, after it was reported the men inside were armed. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/terrifying-haul-of-deadly-weapons-seized-at-east-london-nightspot-a3453861.html

A tapas bar is facing calls for its licence to be revoked after a series of violent incidents, including one in which a teenager allegedly bit a police officer. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-bitten-during-mass-brawl-at-islington-tapas-bar-ca-as-y-tapas-a3453856.html

Andy Marsh took control of the Avon and Somerset force in December 2015 An investigation has found no grounds to support complaints made against Avon and Somerset's chief constable. In May, the police and crime commissioner (PCC) received a complaint relating to Andy Marsh's role in Hampshire Constabulary's investigations at a special needs school. PCC Sue Mountstevens said as no evidence had been forthcoming, she has decided not to uphold the complaints. A 2014 inquiry by Essex Police also cleared Mr Marsh of misconduct. Mrs Mountstevens said: "This latest investigation has taken seven months. "Essex Police has spent hundreds of h…

A former soldier today told how he dramatically “clotheslined” an alleged robber at the scene of a smash-and-grab raid on a central London jewellers. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/exsoldier-how-i-clotheslined-robbery-suspect-at-scene-of-smashandgrab-a3453846.html

Police Hour Holding image This image is displayed when we don't have an image of the incident we are reporting. Assistant Chief Constable has been found guilty of gross misconduct however the panel recommends ACC Rebekah Sutcliffe be given a final written warning rather than being dismissed. The ACC committed the gross misconduct when she exchanged drunken words with a junior colleague about the size of her breasts. ACC Sutcliffe told Superintendent Sarah Jackson that her “creditability was zero” after she had had a boob job and told her she was the “laughing stock on the size of her tits”. She then pulled down the front of her dress to expose her left breast and said…