UK Policing News

Henry Hicks died after his moped collided with another vehicle on Wheelright Street in Islington Four Met police officers face possible dismissal after a jury found an 18-year-old man died when his moped crashed during a police pursuit. Henry Hicks, 18, was trying to flee from police in two unmarked cars when he died, an inquest jury found. The four constables, based at Islington, will face gross misconduct hearings in relation to the death. Officers conducted the pursuit without authorisation from a senior officer, the police watchdog said. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) directed the Met Police to launch proceedings against the two police driver…

Shocking footage has emerged showing a police officer push a woman to the ground during a call-out for suspected domestic violence. The woman appears to be walking away from him when the officer shoves her in the back, causing her to fall over. A neighbour filming from an upstairs window in Colne, Lancashire, caught what happened on a mobile phone camera. Lancashire Police admitted the woman was pushed back ‘for the personal safety of the officers’ after one PC was headbutted and another racially abused. Witness Jodie Rainford watched what happened from an upstairs bedroom and took the video. Jodie, a 23-year-old cleaner, said: ‘I took a video for Snapchat and showe…

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Full story I shared this for the words of the defence solicitor: Now I don't know about a lot of you but I would prefer someone giving me a slap over being spat on. There is far less risk of injury through that than the "no skin contact" route, communicable illness is a very real risk. Then there is the fact it's just plain disgusting.

Four police officers must answer claims of misconduct over a man who went missing and later committed suicide, according to its watchdog. Kazimierz Radloff, 64, from Dudley, was found dead on 6 July last year. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said that two days before he was found relatives warned he indicated he intended to kill himself. There was no indication earlier police intervention would have altered the outcome, the IPCC said. 'Words of advice'West Midlands Police have now decided three police constables and an acting inspector will have to answer a case for misconduct. They would be "subject to management action including words of advic…

Recordings of a police officer ‘selling information’ to a drug dealer about a man suspected of being a “grass” were played in court. Former Merseyside PC Barry Parkinson is accused of supplying sensitive intelligence as the “inside man” in a plot to burgle cannabis farms. The 46-year-old, of Beechburn Crescent, Page Moss , is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court , where he denies conspiracy to commit burglary and to supply cannabis.Prosecutors say Parkinson kept underworld associates “one step ahead” by providing a “checking service” after trawling through databases to see whether officers were targeting them.He is also alleged to have passed on the addresses of suspected …

A Greenwich borough volunteer police officer has been jailed for perverting the course of justice after providing a false alibi. Ben Sawyer, 26, a serving Metropolitan Police volunteer special constable, was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday, June 28. The officer was off-duty on July 26, 2013, when he gave a false alibi and statement in relation to a report of grievous bodily harm. The officer was not involved in the assault, but provided an alibi for one of the suspects. In delivering his sentence Judge Mann said: "You [MSC Sawyer] more than most would appreciate the importance of the public having confidence in people entrusted to…

Undercover police can have sex...if their life is at stake: Senior officers make ruling on intimate relationships after bed-hopping activities of covert officer revealed Undercover cops' ethics were questioned after Mark Kennedy exposed He had infiltrated a group of protesters targeting Drax power station The case, and several others, led to questions about sexual ethics 'Authorised professional practice' was drawn up by College of Policing Police spies will be allowed to have sex with their targets if their lives are on the line. Senior officers have drawn up rules insisting that intimate relationships are unacceptable. But limited sexual activity could be all…

26/06/16 was London's Gay Pride event. The emergency services have represented themselves for some time. You will all know I expect and want professional policing at all times, community events aside when I fully accept certain participation in certain ways. Yesterday, at the community event, a police officer who was marching on behalf of the police, proposed to his boyfriend. I thought it a wonderful demonstration of today's police force and I wish the pair of them a long and happy partnership/marriage. Well done boys, all the happiness for your futures Link