A judge has listed a number of “failings” by the Police Ombudsman’s office (PONI) following an inquest hearing earlier this week. On Monday, Judge Philip Babington ruled that police were justified in using lethal force against Neil McConville when he was shot near Lisburn in April 2003, trying to evade police in a car, during […] […]
A serving Essex Police officer has been given a final written warning after he committed gross misconduct by sexually assaulting a female colleague. PC Matthew Henderson was a student officer and drunk and off-duty at the time of the incident in September 2021. A gross misconduct hearing was held at Chelmsford Civic Centre on Monday […] […]
A Met Police officer has been found guilty of assaulting his partner by grabbing her hair and forcing her to the floor in Essex. Former Detective Sergeant Nathaniel Lee carried out the attack while a serving officer. The former sergeant had been based at the Met’s East Area Command Unit, and appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ […] […]
An officer from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) who caused the death of a pedestrian by careless driving has been dismissed without notice following a disciplinary hearing. At an accelerated hearing, organised by the force and chaired by Acting Deputy Commissioner Helen Ball, gross misconduct allegations were found proven against Police Constable Daniel Francis, 33, […] […]
A disgraced Met Police officer has quit the force after being convicted of attacking a taxi driver while off duty in Essex. PC Gareth Head was charged following an investigation by the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) into the incident in Brentwood. The police constable stood trial last year for two counts of racially […] […]
Three victims of grooming gangs in Rochdale have received “substantial” damages and a personal apology from the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP). The women met Stephen Watson, the top officer at GMP, at force headquarters on Tuesday afternoon to be given the apology in person for police failings when, as children, they were […] […]
Three police forces have been told by a watchdog that they must make improvements when it comes to investigating crime and responding to the public. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has published inspection reports looking at the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy of the Dorset, West Mercia and Bedfordshire forces. […] […]
West Mercia Police has been told by a watchdog it must improve when it comes to investigating crime and responding to the public. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has published an inspection report looking at the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy of the force, which covers Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, […] […]
A former Dorset Police officer who faked an injury so he could claim £150,000 of his salary has been found guilty of gross misconduct. For more than two years, PC Matthew Littlefair from Alderholt, Hampshire, claimed full pay and other benefits while “putting on an act” that he was so badly hurt he “couldn’t even […] […]
A Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officer packed two condoms, a bottle of lubricant and pills for erectile disfunction in his bag when he attempted to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex, a court has heard. Francois Olwage, a detective constable who was serving with the Met’s specialist operations unit, is accused of grooming what he believed […] […]
Almost 6 weeks since the submission of my application to bring a private prosecution against a lying Lancashire police constable, and still no response. This […]
During an unlawful arrest and detention, Sergeant Stephen Eckersley of Lancashire police physically assaulted Paul Ponting when he defended his right not to be stripped […]
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