In the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, Dame Cressida Dick faced calls to resign, she is said to have blood on her hands. However, she has said Scotland Yard’s diplomatic protection squad will be investigated to identify specific issues. The Commissioner again resisted calls to quit on Monday […] […]
he chairwoman of the Home Affairs Select Committee says she fears the Government is “burying its head in the sand” over violence against women and girls after Boris Johnson ruled out a public inquiry into Sarah Everard’s death. Yvette Cooper is calling for an independent investigation into the vetting process used by the Metropolitan Police […] […]
Rape victims in Britain are badly served, Boris Johnson has admitted, as he promised to “stop at nothing to make sure we get more rapists behind bars” and to overhaul the policing of sexual violence after Sarah Everard’s murder. The prime minister said the rape and murder of Everard by a serving police officer had […] […]
A police officer who used unlawful force after he detained a suspected burglar has been found guilty of common assault by beating. PC Richard Smith now faces being sacked from Gloucestershire Police following the guilty verdict passed by a District Judge today, Monday, October 4. The 49-year-old was given a suspended prison sentence, and has […] […]
A Norfolk police officer could lose his job over claims he falsely claimed overtime payments worth just £390. PC Andrew Goff denies allegations that on six occasions between September 2020 and January 2021 he submitted false overtime claims. He also faces allegations that his conduct breached the standards of honesty and integrity expected of a […] […]
A police officer who tried to form a relationship with an 18-year-old woman “under the guise of arranging work experience” has been sacked. Sgt Ricki Vaughan, of Hertfordshire Police, met the barmaid at a charity BBQ held at a police station. Mr Vaughan, who was aged 39 at the time, sent “deplorably inappropriate messages” […]
A former police constable in Milton Keynes faces a misconduct hearing next week after allegations that he acted inappropriately towards two women during a visit to an address. PC Mark Gibson is also alleged to have seized and disposed of an amount of cannabis without making a formal record of the seizure. A public misconduct […] […]
A FORMER police officer facing misconduct allegations is to discover later this year if she is to go on trial. The case against Lesley Stock has been listed for a preliminary inquiry at Belfast Magistrates Court in December. Stock, whose address is given as Tennent Street PSNI station in the city, is charged with misconduct […] […]
A former police officer will face no action for behaving inappropriately towards a female colleague by hitting her on the backside with a coat hanger. The ex-Suffolk police officer, who has not been identified by the force, was found to have breached standards of professional behaviour following a misconduct hearing last month. The male officer had denied […] […]
A former police officer faces a misconduct hearing next week following alleged ‘inappropriate’ behaviour. Former PC Mark Gibson, who was an officer in Milton Keynes, faces two allegations of misconduct. It is alleged that former PC Gibson acted inappropriately towards two women during a visit to an address. He is also alleged to have seized […] […]
A Metropolitan Police officer caused the death of a moped rider by driving dangerously during a high-speed chase, a court has heard. PC Paul Summerson, 44, pursued moped driver Lewis Johnson, 18, and his pillion passenger Louis Kyriacou, 19, in a police BMW through Stoke Newington in north London on 9 February, 2016. Kingston Crown […] […]
A serving police officer has been arrested and suspended over the death of a 50-year-old pedestrian who was killed in a crash involving an unmarked police car. James Bane, 50, suffered fatal injuries after a crash involving a Peugeot 208 and two parked cars on Egginton Road in Etwall, Derbyshire on September 28. […]
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