UK Policing News

We have recovered over 50 cannabis plants after officers carried out a drugs warrant at an address in Solihull. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/november/over-50-cannabis-plants-seized-following-warrant-in-solihull/ Good work by WMP in shutting down another cannabis farm 👏

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) joined forces with a national road safety initiative on Tuesday 11 November, to crack down on uninsured drivers across the region. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/november/gmp-targets-uninsured-drivers-as-manchester-ranks-among-uks-top-10-problem-areas2/ good work by the GMP making our roads safer by clamping down on uninsured drivers and what is listed.👏

Shocking dashcam footage shows the moment a drugged-up driver deliberately ploughed head-on into a police car leaving two officers seriously injured. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15305375/Terrifying-moment-driver-deliberately-ploughs-head-cop-car-horror-smash.html Click the video above to watch the moment in full and to add the sentence given for what this man has done is😠 disgusting and feel sorry for the officers leaving two officers seriously injured.

We are keeping up our efforts against organised crime and drug dealing, with a cannabis farm in Oldbury shut down this week. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/november/two-arrested-as-cannabis-farm-in-oldbury-is-shut-down/ Great work by WMP in shutting down the cannabis farm and arrest of drug dealers.👏

Today (Wednesday 19 November) Op Duxford has returned to Barnsley and the results are starting to flood in. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/november-2025/early-success-in-op-duxford/ Great work by police and Trading Standards who seized illegal vapes hidden behind a false wall and counterfeit cigarettes👍

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr0v37v3jlo A woman who was filmed giving CPR to a man fatally injured in a road crash is calling for photographs and videos of crash sites to be made illegal. Filming a crash site or someone who is giving CPR is a disgrace, and I say that as someone who normally defends peoples right to film. How would you like if the victim was your brother or sister and their trauma is being live streamed so some passer by can get more clout and likes on social media? What do you think, should this be addressed with legislation or not?

We have arrested six people and seized suspected stolen items, including 47 boxes of golf bags and a caravan, as part of an investigation into a high-value business burglary in Rainford. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/november-2025/six-people-arrested-and-suspected-stolen-items-seized-in-melling/ Good work by the officers with the arrests and recovering drugs and stolen items👏

Since the beginning of the year, Greater Manchester Police (GMP)’s dedicated knife crime team Operation Venture have made 272 arrests, seized 91 weapons, conducted 22 disruption visits, seized 178 vehicles, and seized over £225K. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/november/dedicated-knife-crime-team-sees-272-arrests-225k-cash-178-vehicles-and-91-weapons-seized-in-2025-as-sceptre-launches/ Great work by the GMP on cutting down crime.👏

Two brothers from Coventry have been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds worth of tools from vehicles in the city. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/november/coventry-brothers-jailed-after-spree-of-tool-thefts/ excellent work by our officers, who carried out hundreds of hours of enquiries to identify them and put them behind bars.👏

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rj03ldej8o Two police officers lied about the state of a woman who was found dead, to speed up the process of sending an ambulance, a misconduct hearing has found. What's the difference between what these officers did, and someone placing a hoax call to 999? I understand they might not have wanted to wait around at a scene for hours, but that is a part of the job they signed up to do. And even if it wasn't, that still wouldn't justify giving false information to an emergency service just to speed up a response. It really bugs me as it seems there's an attitude among lots of officers now that if something is inconvenient, the…

Wanted to ask about the legality of wearing actual police kit/ patches to an airsoft field. Also wanted to ask because I have genuine patches, plate carrier and hat from many different forces. In terms of this what can I do to not be breaking the law while playing and are there any possible issues with owning this stuff

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-investigation-child-viewing-social-media-post-b2830835.html I've seen the footage and was immediately sceptical of it. At one point the mum says something like 'you're doing this just because she viewed a post on social media?' and one of the officers replies 'no, for-' but then the video appears to skip ahead a couple of seconds and the officer is no longer talking. Definitely felt like someone presenting a highly edited short clip in support of a particular narrative.

A new operation in Doncaster is using gathered intelligence to track down vehicle thieves and recover stolen motorbikes. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/november-2025/eight-arrests-and-15-stolen-motorbikes-seized-as-new-operation-cracks-down-on-motorbike-thieves-in-doncaster/ Good work by the WYP in arresting the motorbike thieves and bringing them to justice.👏

Cash, drugs and weapons have been recovered by our Op Venture team following a proactive vehicle pursuit and stop and search in Stockport town centre yesterday (Friday 14 November 2025). https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/november/three-arrested-with-seizures-of-cash-drugs-and-weapons-after-a-proactive-stop-in-stockport/ Good stop by GMP arresting drug dealers and removing drugs and there cash from the dealers.👏

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lp1k7pnpno Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has said that he refused to give police his mobile phone Pin when he was stopped at the entry to the Channel Tunnel because it had "journalist material" on it, a court has heard. I can't stand Tommy Robinson and find his views rather nasty, but I'm a bit uncomfortable about this. Schedule 7 places a legal obligation on the person to answer all of the officers questions which I don't think is fair. How many times do you get 'no comment' interviews, it wouldn't be appropriate to punish them all for simply refusing to talk.