UK Policing News

Following an investigation by our Rural Engagement Team, a 43-year-old Dunmow man is due to appear in court on theft and fraud charges involving £853,000 of plant machinery. https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2025/april/853k-plant-machinery-charges/ Good work by the Rural Engagement Team with the arrest and bringing him to justice for theft for plant machinery and fraud👏

This is the horrifying moment a mother dragged two police officers along the road while speeding off after being pulled over. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14622947/mother-drags-police-officers-road-car.html First off this woman should not have been given bail for what she has done and good job the officers are ok and hope she gets a decent sentence from the court.🫰

It's almost two years since a car belonging to councillor Angela Cosgrove's elderly mother was firebombed outside her home in Derker, Greater Manchester. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14624179/Meet-Chief-Constable-common-sense-woke-Manchester.html great to have a Chief Constable Stephen Watson, whose anti-woke, no-nonsense approach to policing has revolutionised Greater Manchester Police .👏pity London don,t have a boss like him.

A gangland boss who armed organised crime groups around the UK after sending a notorious weapons list on the encrypted platform EncroChat has been brought to justice following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-notorious-gangland-boss-aceprospect-admits-arming-uk-criminals Great work by the NCA in bringing this man to justice linked to investigations have seen dangerous offenders across the country jailed for conspiring to buy and transfer the weapons.👏

An officer has been dismissed without notice after a misconduct hearing concluded he had assaulted and threatened a woman he knew. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-for-assaulting-woman-496436 Not good when this officer who hit this woman and he threatened to kill her is a disgrace to police service 😠

A man who attempted to smuggle almost £6 million worth of cocaine into the UK from Mexico said he had only brought sombreros back from his trip. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/drug-smuggler-claimed-it-was-only-sombreros-he-brought-back-from-mexico Good work by BF and NCA in stopping drugs getting on the streets and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.👏

CCTV footage revealed the dramatic moment a 'Rolex ripper' gang mistakenly target a pair of undercover police officer posing as a wealthy couple kitted with designer watches. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14618697/Moment-Rolex-ripper-gang-target-undercover-police.html good work with the arrest and some of the gang are off the streets and hopefully soon they will get the others who have fled will be found to face justice.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87py17y572o The Liberal Democrats are calling for specialist rural crime teams to be embedded in every police force in England and Wales. The proposals would see forces appointing a named contact for rural communities and officers given better access to technology, such as drones. The party said the policy would be funded by scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), who are elected officials responsible for overseeing police forces.

At around 9:30pm yesterday (14/04/2025), specialist officers were deployed following reports that a gun had been seen during a disturbance on Romney Street in Salford. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/april/seven-arrested-and-crossbow-recovered-following-disturbance-in-salford2/

Neighbourhood officers in Rochdale have uncovered a cannabis farm with £350,000 worth of plants discovered. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/april/cannabis-plants-worth-up-to-350k-seized-in-rochdale/ Good work by the GMP in the arrest and shutting down the Cannabis farm.👏

Two men have been arrested with garden and power tools recovered in Maghull. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/april-2025/two-men-arrested-and-power-tools-recovered-in-maghull/ Nice work by the officers with the arrest and recovered a wide range of tools including a garden tools, power tools and manual tools, and would like to return them to rightful owner.👏

A new operation clamping down on everything from anti-social behaviour to illicit business practices is targeting criminals in Halliwell, with a range of positive results already registered. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/april/new-op-in-halliwell-sees-15-arrests-and-hundreds-of-thousands-of-illicit-cigarettes-seized/ Good work and the arrests by GMP.👏

Greater Manchester Police has been criticised for a diversity drive that a whistleblower has said encourages those with no GCSEs and little English to apply. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14605611/One-Britains-biggest-police-forces-blasted-diversity-drive-encouraged-people-no-GCSEs-little-English-apply.html IF true no wonder police forces are in a mess in recruiting new police officers.🤔

We made arrests for offences ranging from drug dealing to dangerous driving and theft during a day of intensive policing activity across Dudley. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/april/dudleys-day-of-intensive-policing-action-hailed-a-success/ Good work by the WMP with there intensive policing action.👏

Police officers went undercover as Batman and Robin in a bizarre sting operation to catch con artists on Westminster Bridge. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-disguised-as-batman-and-robin-arrest-rogue-street-traders-on-westminster-bridge/ar-AA1CKZh4?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=77826b64ac4f49188ace46b13b785e38&ei=45 New one on me for under cover police but they did make a arrest.😃