The investigation into the Plymouth mass shooting has placed one police staff worker under investigation for gross misconduct, meaning they could be sacked if allegations are upheld. Jake Davison, 22, shot dead his mother, a three-year-old girl and three other people on 12 August. He used a gun he had held a licence for since […] […]
Home Secretary Priti Patel is facing accusations in the wake of the Plymouth shootings of dragging her feet over advice to tighten the rules on issuing firearms and shotgun licences. The Liberal Democrats said Ms Patel had so far failed to act on recommendations in a Home Office consultation document calling for new suitability checks […] […]
The police watchdog will investigate Devon and Cornwall Police’s decision-making in relation to Plymouth gunman Jake Davison’s possession of a shotgun and a certificate for the weapon. Davison, 22, shot and killed his 51-year-old mother Maxine Davison, also known as Maxine Chapman, at a house in Biddick Drive in the Keyham area of the city […] […]
An officer with Devon and Cornwall Police has been dismissed without notice for gross misconduct. PC Christopher Woodman faced allegations that on September 24, 2019 he breached the standards appropriate to the conduct of a police officer in respect of ‘honesty and integrity’, ‘discreditable conduct’ and ‘duties and responsibilities’. It had been alleged that the […] […]
A police officer who took sexual pictures of himself while on duty at a police station and posted them online has been sacked. The unnamed […]
A police constable is facing a jail sentence after he admitted having sex with a crime victim in a disabled toilet at his station. Pc […]
A witness claimed she saw officers striking a man in the hospital corridor – but police have dismissed claims he was kneed in the head […]
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