An Avon and Somerset police officer has been sacked after using force IT systems to check out a potential date. The force said PC Teresa Lines also made a false entry in her notebook about her reasons for going to the man’s house while on duty. She faced a misconduct hearing at police headquarters in […] […]
Three men who were jailed for allegedly attempting to rob a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago have had their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal. Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson, all aged between 17 and 20 at the time, were arrested on the London Underground while travelling from Stockwell station, […] […]
On 4th July I received the first Lancashire Constabulary response about a close pass incident report. The close pass, by a lorry carrying portable toilets (photo coming soon!), occurred on 21st June, and was reported on 22nd June. You will note that the response comes 13 days after the incident- Hey Presto! Now too late […] […]
A motorist who knocked a cyclist off his bike told him incorrectly that he should have been riding in a cycle lane – then claimed she was a former police officer. Footage of the crash in October 2019, filmed by the cyclist using a handlebar-mounted camera, was posted to YouTube by Ashley Neal, who runs […] […]
A POLICE officer from Rochdale has been jailed after pleading guilty to spying for an organised crime group. PC Mohammed Malik, 37, who tried to save victims in the Manchester Arena terror attack while he was off duty, led a double life as an underworld spy while working for Greater Manchester Police. Malik was jailed […] […]
A retired senior chief inspector is being investigated by the police watchdog over evidence he gave at the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing. Dale Sexton from Greater Manchester Police, was the force duty officer in the control room on the night of the blast in May 2017 which killed 22 people and injured […] […]
A watchdog has launched an investigation into the Metropolitan Police after a “distressed” man claiming to be stabbed died after police put him in a single handcuff. Police are now urgently seeking next-of-kin for the man, 49, after he died in hospital. The Met said they were called to reports of a distressed man shouting […] […]
Sussex Police has today issued a fresh apology to the family of Susan Nicholson after an inquest jury identified two significant failings by police.Susan was murdered by her partner Robert Trigg, in Worthing in April 2011. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder in July 2017, and was also sentenced for the manslaughter of a […] […]
A senior police officer in charge of an infamous training drill, which foreshadowed delays getting firefighters to the Manchester Arena attack, faced criticism after admitting she was unaware of any problems with the exercise at the time. The emergency services took part in a huge terrorism training exercise, in which a suicide bomber scenario was […] […]
A South Yorkshire Police officer has been dismissed without notice after accessing the police computer with no legitimate policing purpose and failing to disclose “inappropriate associations”. PC 3063 Nabeel Khan faced a misconduct hearing on July 1 where it was heard that the officer accessed the police computer six times without a legitimate policing purpose. […] […]
Videos included references to drug dealer, detained person’s nationality and flippant commentary on Covid-19 pandemic A Northamptonshire Police constable is due to face a two-day disciplinary hearing this week over claims he posted inappropriate material on social media. PC Aaron Parry is accused of gross misconduct over video clips posted on his account between January […] […]
The review, chaired by Lady Nuala O’Lone, spares no one. From freemasonry to the press to the retirement jobs of ex-police officers, all are lambasted, named and shamed. The killer ‘institutional’ tag is again deployed. We have become familiar with the charge of ‘institutional racism’, now it’s ‘Institutional corruption’. It’s the ultimate smear, so loosely […] […]
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