Met Police officers plead guilty to sharing victims’ bodies on WhatsApp group November 2, 2021 Two Metropolitan police officers have pleaded guilty after taking photographs at a crime scene, where two women lay murdered, before sharing the images on a WhatsApp group.
Met Police officer charged with rape October 27, 2021 A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape over an incident alleged to have occurred on Sunday.
Police made range of mistakes in case of London sisters murdered in Wembley park October 26, 2021 A range of mistakes were made by police officers in the case of two sisters who were reported missing in June last year. An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has found that information in the case of Nicole Smallman, 28, and Bibaa Henry, 46, who were stabbed to death in a [...]
Patel’s Policing bill could undermine trust and ‘exacerbate violence’, insiders warn October 25, 2021 Parts of a controversial Police Bill could undermine trust in forces and “exacerbate” serious violence, a number of former police chiefs have warned this morning. The group of ex-police leaders, senior officers and advisers has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to express their concerns about some of the proposals contained in the Police, Crime, [...]
Met Police: Officers to use video calls to verify themselves to lone women October 20, 2021 Plain-clothes police officers stopping lone women will be able to confirm their identity through a video call, says Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick. The commissioner told the police and crime committee at City Hall that she will soon be launching the “Safe Connection” initiative. The initiative will allow plain clothes officers to verify themselves via video [...]
Met warns over fraudsters dressing up as police after pair pictured entering home October 14, 2021 A video has depicted two men dressed up as police officers and gaining entry to an east London home. The Met police has said it is looking to speak to two men after police were called at 6.15pm on Tuesday October 12 to a property in The Shaftesburys, Barking. The pair claimed they were there [...]
Met police record 17 drug crimes at Palace of Westminster in a year October 13, 2021 More than 200 crimes were recorded at the Palace of Westminster in a year, despite reduced visitors to the estate because of lockdown restrictions. Two drug dealers were arrested while 13 individuals were detained for possessing various drugs on the estate, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by The Sun newspaper. The [...]
National bravery award for ‘London’s hardest cop’ who fought off machete attacker October 13, 2021 A national bravery award has been awarded to a Leyton police officer dubbed “London’s hardest cop” after single-handedly fighting off a machete attacker has received a national bravery award. Pc Stuart Outten was repeatedly struck over the head with a 2ft-long blade after stopping Muhammad Rodwan’s white van for having no insurance in Leyton, east [...]
Sadiq Khan: Making misogyny a hate crime could change police culture October 11, 2021 Making misogyny a hate crime could force a change of culture within police services and the criminal justice service, London mayor Sadiq Khan said this morning. It comes as a Freedom of Information Request revealed that at least 750 accusations of sexual misconduct were made against police officers across the UK between 2016 and 2020, [...]
530 sexual misconduct allegations against London’s Met Police in last five years October 11, 2021 At least 750 accusations of sexual misconduct were made against police officers across the UK between 2016 and 2020, according to figures from 31 police forces, which included around 530 allegations in London alone. Most complaints related to historic allegations and most, where the gender was recorded, were against male officers, based on a Freedom [...]