A former member of Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) front counter staff, based in Ilford, has been given a suspended jail sentence for stealing cash handed in as lost property. As the result of our directed investigation, conducted by the MPS’ Anti-Corruption Command (ACC), Public Access Officer Neerju Mohamedally, 24, admitted theft of £64 at Thames […] […]
Nine recommendations have been made to all police forces in England and Wales to ensure a consistent approach to the use of WhatsApp for work purposes by police officers following a review by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). During an IOPC investigation it became apparent that Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers were using […] […]
The police watchdog is investigating after a man died following an incident attended by officers. Police were called to a property at Alison Lea in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, around 4.15pm on Friday. A 59-year-old man was seriously injured and later died. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 4.15pm, officers attended at a property in […] […]
A notice has published by the force said the unnamed male officer allegedly breached “authority, respect and courtesy” standards. Hearing chairman Callum Cowx has imposed reporting restrictions on the case, including granting anonymity to the accused officer, but these could be lifted if the panel finds against him. The notice said the accused officer will […] […]
A Grimsby police officer exposed himself to a female colleague while they were on their way to a crime scene. PC Dale Plucinski, 31, unzipped his trousers to her to show his genitals. He also showed an image of them to his fellow officer as she drove the Mercedes Sprinter van out of Grimsby Police […] […]
A policewoman accused of assaulting Dalian Atkinson struck him with a baton after he was Tasered because he still posed a threat in an “incomprehensibly difficult, frightening” situation, her barrister has told a court. Richard Smith QC told jurors that Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith was a “caring person who didn’t have a violent bone in […] […]
Scots police chief in steamy romp with mistress in back of Land Rover at park and ride car park Chief Superintendent Gareth Blair has been fined after he and the woman were spotted naked from the waist up in broad daylight in Edinburgh last year. A police chief who was caught engaging in sexual activity […] […]
Met racism ‘worse now’ than after Macpherson Inquiry, says ex-senior officer Former Chief Superintendent Parm Sandhu alleged the institutional racism label ‘fits’ the force. An Asian former senior Metropolitan Police officer has claimed that institutional racism still exists in the force, and is “worse now” than after the Macpherson Inquiry more than 20 years ago. […] […]
A solicitor has hit out at what he termed the ‘hysterical’ press coverage of a recent arrest operation which the PSNI and Gardai claimed was aimed at the INLA. Mr Ciaran Shields made his comments as a client of his appeared on 42 drug related charges. The man who cannot be named appeared at a […] […]
Police officers should not face “trial by social media”, the Home Secretary has said as she backed calls to publish more body-worn video footage of […]
A controlling husband who planted a GPS device in his wife’s car objected to being tracked himself as punishment. Mark Howell-Walmsley, 58, of Capel Curig, Conwy, admitted controlling or coercive behaviour between November 2019 and March 2020. The probation service requested he wear a leg tag to monitor his movements. Judge David Hale said that […] […]
Conservative Party candidate Jonathan Seed received 40 per cent of the vote in the first round and was elected after it went to a second ballot but was subsequently disbarred after it emerged that he had a historical driving conviction. Electoral Commission guidance states candidates for PCC posts cannot stand for election if they have […] […]
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