The Metropolitan Police said it has deployed counter-terrorism tactics to catch the worst predators targeting women in London. The force said it has started using the Cambridge Crime Harm Index to assess 35,000 offenders reported to the force each year for crimes against women and girls, to rank the 100 who pose the highest risk…
Met Adopts Counter-Terrorism Tactics Against Predators Targeting Women
Metropolitan Police Says Dress Code ‘has not Changed’ and Thin Blue Line Badge Unapproved
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed the Thin Blue Line badge—a monochrome union jack with a blue line running through the middle, worn to commemorate those officers who have been killed in the line of duty—was not on a list of approved insignia for police officers in London. It comes after the Mail on Sunday reported a…
Undercover Police Spying Wasn’t Justified, Inquiry Rules
An inquiry into undercover policing has found that the “great majority” of clandestine operations in the early years of a controversial Metropolitan Police unit were unjustified. An interim report, published on Thursday, examined the activities of the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) that conducted undercover policing activities from 1968–1982. The purpose of the unit was to…
Stop-and-Search Powers Should Be Ramped Up, Says Home Secretary
Stop-and-search police powers are not “too controversial” and should be ramped up to crackdown on violence, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told MPs. Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Braverman said that the stop-and-search tactic can be used effectively with sensible safeguards. Stop and search typically refers to the statutory police powers to…
Man in Handcuffs Killed Sergeant After Arresting Officers Failed to Spot Concealed Weapon, Jury Told
Sergeant Matt Ratana was killed at a police station in south London by a man who had somehow concealed an antique revolver, which was not found by the officers who arrested him, a jury has heard. Louis De Zoysa, 25, denies murdering Ratana, 54, who died after being shot in a holding room at Croydon police…
Teenager Who Threatened to Behead Prison Staff Is Jailed for Life for Terrorist Offences
A teenager who became radicalised by Islamist propaganda online has been jailed for life after admitting a plot to carry out a terrorist attack against the British police or a military base. Matthew King, 19, carried out surveillance at police stations, railway stations and an British Army barracks in London and admitted preparation of terrorist acts,…
Retired Metropolitan Police Officers Admit Possessing Child Abuse Images
Two retired officers with the Metropolitan Police officers have admitted possession of thousands of child abuse images after a “lengthy and complex” investigation which was linked to a third officer who apparently committed suicide rather than face charges. Jeremy Laxton, 63, who now lives in Lincolnshire, and Jack Addis, 63, from Perthshire in Scotland, admitted…
Top Met Officer Denies Political Pressure to Clampdown on Coronation Protesters
A senior Metropolitan Police officer has denied they were under any political pressure to clampdown on anti-monarchist groups protesting during the coronation of King Charles III. Six members of the campaign group Republic, including its CEO Graham Smith, were arrested in central London on the morning of the coronation and detained for 16 hours. A…
Met Police ‘Regrets’ 6 Coronation Arrests
Scotland Yard has expressed regret that six people, who were arrested on May 6, were unable to join the wider group of protesters in Trafalgar Square. The police issued an updated statement on May 8, confirming that the bail for six people had been cancelled and “no further action will be taken.” The six protesters were arrested…
Sunak Backs Met Over 64 Coronation Arrests
The prime minister has backed the Metropolitan Police after the force was criticised for arresting dozens of protesters during the coronation of King Charles III. As tens of thousands of people, including foreign heads of state, gathered at London’s Westminster Abbey to celebrate on Saturday, 64 people were arrested, including anti-monarchy protesters, climate activists, and…
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