The Gun Control Network said allowing children to use powerful weapons, such as shotguns, is “absurd” and warned that weapon security cannot be guaranteed with youngsters. But the British Association of Shooting and Conservation says teaching children how to enjoy the benefits of responsible shooting is to be encouraged. At the end of March, 146 […] […]
A Surrey Police officer who failed to maintain an appropriate “professional boundary” with a vulnerable woman has been given a final written warning following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). In May 2020, Police Constable Jason Cooling and another officer had attended an incident where a woman was experiencing mental health […] […]
A police officer filmed kneeling on the neck of a black man just weeks after the death of George Floyd in the US must “reflect” on his actions, a watchdog has said. Footage of the Metropolitan Police officer kneeling on the neck of the 48-year-old man in Finsbury Park, north London, was captured on a […] […]
An independent policing body is investigating after a 43-year-old woman died in police custody in Tonbridge. She was arrested in Tunbridge Wells by Kent Police officers shortly before 8pm on Friday and taken to custody at Tonbridge Police Station. At around 1pm on Saturday, the woman appeared to be having trouble breathing and was found […] […]
A former special constable has been jailed for 19 years for a string of sexual offences against a woman, three girls and a boy. Phillip Gregory, 67, from Llanegryn Street, Abergynolwyn, Gwynedd, had pleaded not guilty to all 14 charges. He was jailed for six counts of indecent assault, five of rape, buggery, sexual intercourse […] […]
Just five people were convicted of a form of domestic abuse called ‘controlling and coercive’ behaviour in Leicestershire last year despite hundreds of incidents being reported to police. Coercive control became a specific criminal offence in 2015 but the number of convictions compared with the number of reported incidents is staggeringly low across the UK. […] […]
Some children in Bradford “remain unprotected” from sex exploitation, a new report looking into abuse over two decades has said. The independent review of five cases in the Bradford district since 2001 has found that “children suffered abuse no child should have to experience”. Victim Fiona Goddard said the council and police had chances to […] […]
A report looking into the use of police powers by the Greater Manchester Police force (GMP) has concluded that disproportionality still exists against minority communities, particularly within black communities. The Achieving Race Equality Report, was commissioned by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to examine how the force uses its powers. It highlights that […] […]
A Northamptonshire Police officer has been given a final written warning after posting a series of TikToks which included references to drug dealers and playing songs which used the n-word. PC Aaron Parry faced a gross misconduct hearing which reviewed four allegations – including a series of TikTok posts made between January and April 2020. He […] […]
The Metropolitan Police should investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a man two days after he was handcuffed by officers, a watchdog has decided. The force previously said the man, in his 30s, was “briefly” placed in handcuffs by officers responding to reports he was carrying a knife and behaving “erratically” in Wood Green, […] […]
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed as a “ridiculous gimmick” a pledge by the Prime Minister to provide victims of crime with a named officer to call about their case. Boris Johnson is expected to unveil his new “beating crime plan” on Tuesday after leaving quarantine at his Chequers country retreat following a coronavirus […] […]
A fourth member of the so-called Stockwell Six, a group of young black men who were “fitted up” by a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago, has been found and is mounting an appeal against his conviction. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) announced on Monday that Texo Johnson got in touch after his […] […]
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