The acting head of the UK’s biggest police force has admitted that cultural problems in the force are “not a few bad apples” and called for a change in procedures to allow managers to speedily sack errant officers. Sir Stephen House, who has temporarily taken over as commissioner of the Metropolitan police, also disclosed that […] […]
West Mercia Police was strongly criticised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) over “critical weaknesses” in the standard of custody services it provides. The force has two custody suites in Shropshire, one at Shrewsbury Police Station and one at Malinsgate Police Station, in Telford. Inspectors from HMICFRS and Her […] […]
A misconduct hearing at Kent Police headquarters in Northfleet heard that Joshua Risby, 21, had driven home drunk from a barbeque in Aylesham in June 2020. His then colleague Katherine Smith, 29, got a lift home with him, knowing he was drunk, and later lied to the police. The pair resigned from the force following […] […]
A judge has blasted a GMP investigation into a prolific shoplifter who repeatedly targeted an Asda supermarket. Michael Gormley, 31, was spotted time and time again by a security guard at the Harpurhey store entering through the main door, taking hundreds of pounds-worth of alcohol, and walking out via the fire escape. The guard reported […] […]
A custody nurse at a Lincoln police station has been suspended after a ‘deplorable’ list of misconduct. Paul Bright admitted to failing to refer a vulnerable able patient with a head injury to hospital, and didn’t assess another patient with diabetes who had suffered a seizure whilst in custody. Mr Bright also failed to properly […] […]
John Fennelly, who also faces malicious communication charges, is alleged to have ‘accessed police systems to obtain information about people personally connected to him with no policing purpose’ A police call handler has appeared in court accused of wilful misconduct in a public office. John Fennelly was alleged to have “accessed police systems to obtain […] […]
North Yorkshire’s Police Fire and Crime Commissioner says individual members of police staff are not to blame for a poor report into the forces procedures around child protection issues. An inspection of the force last November found it’s child protection arrangements don’t provide either the quality of service or a good enough response to effectively […] […]
A policeman has been found guilty of gross misconduct after posting paywalled pornographic images of himself online to raise money for a hair transplant. Harry Edwards, 25, based in Watford, failed to declare to his chief constable that he was raking in money on the side from his OnlyFans account, where he offered pay-per-view pictures […] […]
A Merseyside Police sergeant was caught running a WhatsApp group titled ‘Would you Wouldn’t you’ containing dozens of secretly taken pictures of his female colleagues, the ECHO can exclusively reveal. Some of the photos shared in the group allegedly showed the backsides and crotch areas of female officers or staff as they went about their […] […]
A suspended special constable from Lincolnshire Police has been convicted of five charges relating to misusing computers to access secure programmes and data. Dominic Watson, 26, from Wainfleet, is a special constable based in Skegness. He appeared at Boston Magistrates Court on March 22, facing five charges of alleged offences between October 2019 and July […] […]
UPDATE The reward is up to £100 for the name and address of the police officer in this image. The information will be used lawfully […]
A police officer from Barking already behind bars for making inappropriate contact with teenage girls has been dismissed by the Met. Following a special Met case hearing today – April 14 – Pc Adnan Arib was dismissed without notice and will now be placed on the College of Policing Barred List. The former officer is currently in prison, having […] […]
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