A Coventry-based police officer had sex with two women whose cases he was investigating, and tried to persuade them to join a ‘threesome’ with him and his girlfriend, a jury has been told. PC Marc Forth is also alleged to have raped another woman and to have incited a 15-year-old babysitter to take part in […] […]
The police in Britain have failed to reflect the diversity of the community they serve and have failed on Sir Robert Peel’s founding description of policing, which was, “the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention […] […]
A conduct panel has found that a former Essex police officer cheated on his policing exams and sent an inappropriate message to fellow officers. Former Pc Mohammed Khan was found to have committed two counts of gross misconduct, having fallen below the force’s high expectations in honesty and integrity, authority, respect and courtesy and committed […] […]
A district judge has branded videos of an unmasked officer attacking members of the public in two separate lockdown assaults ’embarrassing to watch’. PC Declan Jones was caught on camera punching a 15-year-old boy to the ground before kicking him in the ribs in Melbourne Avenue, Newtown. The 30-year-old officer, found guilty today, also punched […] […]
he former chief constable of Cleveland Police is to face gross misconduct proceedings, the police watchdog has said. Mike Veale, who led a controversial inquiry into sexual allegations against the late prime minister Sir Edward Heath when he was in charge of Wiltshire Police is accused of breaching “standards of professional behaviour” during his time […] […]
A South Yorkshire Police officer is to face a misconduct hearing this month after allegations that he lied on his vetting questionnaire. PC Christopher Hawke will face a misconduct hearing on August 9 which is expected to run for five days. It is alleged that in December 2017 he failed to complete a vetting questionnaire […] […]
The Metropolitan Police are waging a legal battle over the sacking of a senior officer who was convicted of possessing a child abuse video. Superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams successfully appealed against the decision to dismiss her earlier this year and was reinstated as a police officer. But the Met are now applying for a judicial […] […]
A Merseyside Police officer assigned to a Liverpool school dragged a pupil by his coat causing injuries to his knee. Then PC Christopher Cruise, 57, also threatened a second pupil with the “same treatment”. The officer was hauled before the courts and convicted of assault after a trial at Crewe Magistrates’ Court, where he was […] […]
No information was sent to the media about a police misconduct hearing into the murderer of Sarah Everard, PC Wayne Couzens, sparking fresh ‘cover-up’ claims The Metropolitan Police Service faces fresh cover-up claims after keeping secret a misconduct hearing into killer PC Wayne Couzens. Couzens, 48, was sacked from his job as a diplomatic protection […] […]
Katie Price has called for the police officers – who have allegedly been involved in a WhatsApp group created to mock her disabled son Harvey – to be sacked and “named and shamed” Katie Price is calling for the police officers who allegedly ridiculed her disabled son in a WhatsApp group to be sacked. The […] […]
A Dyfed-Powys Police officer has been dismissed with immediate effect after the force challenged the previous finding of a conduct panel that would have enabled him to return to frontline duties. Police Constable Simon England first appeared before an independent panel in April 2019, following reports of inappropriate sexual behaviour and comments towards colleagues and […] […]
He has been suspended while criminal proceedings take place. The trial of a Coventry police officer charged with raping a young girl will begin today (Tuesday) at Warwick Crown Court. Marc Forth is also accused of intentionally touching a girl under the age of 13 in a sexual manner and inciting a… […]
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