POLICE have applied for “a number” of stalking prevention orders after an investigation revealed the service had not applied for any despite more than 1,000 stalking complaints from residents. A probe by the BBC’s Shared Data Unit revealed Thames Valley Police failed to issue a single Stalking Prevention Order since the civil power was introduced […] […]
I made a Freedom of Information request to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC), to collate information about the IOPC staff and in essence, […]
The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, could face a new disciplinary investigation after the official inquiry into Daniel Morgan’s murder and corruption in the force found she had hampered its efforts to get to the truth, the Guardian has learned. The police watchdog believes the issues raised could be sufficiently serious to merit using its […] […]
Police officer Novlett Robyn Williams was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruledShe was sacked in 2019 after being convicted of possessing child pornographyTrial heard she didn’t report a child abuse video her sister sent her to investigate She is to go back in uniform as trial heard she made an ‘error’ not reporting video A senior […] […]
Serious questions raised about why Met Police chose not to investigate alleged offences. Police said today they will ‘review the information’ reported by this programme. A Channel 4 News investigation has found more than half a dozen claims that young women and girls are alleged to have been targeted, trafficked, groomed, or abused in the […] […]
The claim was made in relation to the handling of the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan. A senior Metropolitan Police officer has rejected an accusation of “institutional corruption” laid against the force over its handling of the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan. Speaking to journalists at New Scotland Yard, Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave said: “It’s […] […]
The true reason for the brutal murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987 may never be known, but several motives have been considered over the decades. A report by an independent panel published on Tuesday detailed several possible theories as to why the private investigator was killed. Central to many of the theories was the idea […] […]
A Metropolitan Police officer has been given a final written warning after having a “flirtatious” conversation with a female suspect. PC Andrew Turner, who works in the South Area Command Unit, was alleged to have accessed details of a crime report in June 2020, contacted the woman and engaged in “inappropriate conversations” with her. Allegations […] […]
The Home Secretary has announced that a periodic review of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is to be brought forward following the publication of an independent panel’s report into the murder of Daniel Morgan. Speaking to the House of Commons this afternoon (June 15), Priti Patel said: “There […] […]
A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer who attempted to form an inappropriate relationship with a woman after arresting her has been issued with a final written warning after allegations of gross misconduct were proven against him. It was alleged that in June 2020 Police Constable Andrew Turner, attached to the South Area Command Unit, accessed […] […]
Met chief censured for hampering corruption inquiry into investigation of 1987 death of private detective The Metropolitan police have been described as “institutionally corrupt” and its commissioner, Cressida Dick, personally censured for obstruction by an independent inquiry set up to review the murder of the private detective Daniel Morgan. The findings of an independent panel […] […]
UK police forces have received more than 800 allegations of domestic abuse against officers and staff over the last five years, BBC research has revealed. Just 43 cases – about 5% of the total – were prosecuted. Victims of domestic abuse have told the BBC they do not believe their complaints were properly investigated. The […] […]
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