Fewer than 2% of sex offence allegations involving Met Police officers since 2010 have resulted in sackings, arrests or charges. Some 622 claims against Met staff – 97% of them serving officers – have been made. New Freedom of Information figures obtained by the Sunday Mirror come two days after PC Wayne Couzens, a married […] […]
It is suspected that George Vella is attempting to sue Lancashire police for a data breach. This is based on the result of a recent […]
The ex-wife of a police officer has described in chilling detail how his force protected him from prosecution after suffering years of physical and sexual abuse at his hands. She said the scandal of police inaction over early allegations against killer PC Wayne Couzens has brought back the nightmare of her own futile fight for […] […]
West Midlands Police has apologised after two of its officers were filmed conducting England fans singing a banned football chant outside a Black Country pub. A video shared on social media shows one male and one female officer encouraging a group of supporters singing the Ten German Bombers in front of the Registry pub in […] […]
The police officer who abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard could spend the rest of his life in prison, it emerged today, as a second opportunity for him to have been stopped earlier was revealed. PC Wayne Couzens, 48, will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to murder today and Lord Justice Fulford told […] […]
The top cop is walking a tightrope as more than a dozen officers face investigation in connection with the handling of the deaths of Sarah Everard, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in London. Twelve cops are being probed by the police watchdog over allegations that they failed to investigate incidents of indecent exposure allegedly committed […] […]
The family of a Caithness man whose body was found in Wick harbour in February 1997 hopes the completion of an independent police report into his death will give them the answers they “have been seeking for nearly 25 years”. Kevin Mcleod’s parents, June and Hugh Mcleod and his uncle, Allan Mcleod, have been told […] […]
An investigation has started into Derbyshire Police’s handling of stalking allegations made by a woman who was fatally stabbed. Gracie Spinks, 23, is thought to have been killed by former colleague Michael Sellers in Duckmanton, Derbyshire. Ms Spinks who died in June, reported the stalking to the force in February. The Independent Office for Police […] […]
A police constable allegedly exposed himself to a female colleague and tried to force her head into his lap while they were sitting in a parked car together, a misconduct panel has heard. The serving West Mercia officer, who cannot be named because of an order imposed by the Police Misconduct Panel, is also accused […] […]
A Brighton police officer has been jailed for a year for perverting the course of justice. Ian Noakes, 41, of Beacon Hill, Ovingdean, was convicted by a jury at Brighton Crown Court after a three-day trial last week. PC Noakes, who was based in Brighton, was jailed on Monday (5 July) at Hove Crown Court […] […]
A Northamptonshire Police officer who posted inappropriate videos of himself on social media has today been given a final written warning, following our investigation. An independently chaired disciplinary panel found gross misconduct proven against Police Constable (PC) Aaron Parry at a hearing organised by the force, which ended on 8 July. He was found to have […] […]
A West Midlands Police officer has been sacked after helping her boyfriend avoid arrest when he was wanted over a serious assault. Kelly Morris helped her short-term partner David Proctor lie low when he was wanted over a violent attack which left a man with serious face injuries on July 6 last year. Morris, aged […] […]
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