A police officer has been found guilty of assaulting two members of the public on consecutive days during the first Covid lockdown – including an attack on a 15-year-old boy. Pc Declan Jones committed both offences while on duty in Birmingham, starting with an assault on a man in Aston on April 20 last year. […] […]
He was accused of sending inappropriate and unwanted messages to women he did not know on Instagram while off duty An Essex Police special constable who sent ‘inappropriate and unwanted messages’ to strangers on social media has been found to have committed gross misconduct. SC Liam McCready-Gardner was accused of sending inappropriate and unwanted messages […] […]
West Midlands Police has not disclosed how much it is to pay out to more than 600 people affected by the cover-up following the Hillsborough disaster. It emerged in June that the force, along with South Yorkshire Police, had agreed a settlement after a civil claim. But the two forces have not revealed how much […] […]
A man is fighting for his life after a crash which killed two others following a police chase. Two men were killed after a convertible Audi crashed on the A460 Cannock Road near the junction with Wood Hayes Road in Westcroft, at around 4am on Sunday. The convertible left the road and ended up in […] […]
A South Wales Police officer is to appear in court to face a charge of assault, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).30-year-old Police Constable Rowan Knight is charged with assaulting a man during an incident on Northern Avenue, Whitchurch, Cardiff in the early hours of Saturday 9 January 2021. The […] […]
A man was failed by multiple agencies before he took his own life, an inquest jury has found. Adam Stanmore, 37, from Oxford, had been suffering from a mental disorder before he was found dead in 2019. At Oxford Coroner’s Court on Friday, a jury concluded a lack of information sharing by police, the ambulance […] […]
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Claims of a macho culture of bullying and sexism within an elite firearms unit must be investigated, according to the Police Federation. The national police force has been urged to mount an inquiry into the claims at a unit where 15 highly-trained officers, including four women, have left in three years. The Federation, representing rank […] […]
Lawyers, social workers and ex-cops have called for a new inquiry into child abuse in Lambeth, because, they claim so much has not been revealed by the latest investigation. Solicitors representing almost 600 people abused in care say the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse did not ask crucial questions about the involvement of police […] […]
Cressida Dick is at the centre of a new ‘cover-up’ storm after it emerged she was secretly referred to the police watchdog over comments she made about the controversial stop and search of Team GB sprinter Bianca Williams. A formal complaint was made over remarks by the Met Commissioner during a radio interview after the […] […]
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the death of a 43-year-old woman in police custody in Tonbridge, Kent. We have established the woman was arrested in Tunbridge Wells by Kent Police officers shortly before 8pm on Friday, 23 July and taken to custody at Tonbridge Police Station. At around 1pm on Saturday […] […]
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