Category: Metropolitan Police

Met Police Chief Clashes With Diane Abbott Over Stop-and-Search and Gangs Matrix

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has clashed with the Labour MP and former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott over the use of stop-and-search and the gangs matrix. Abbott, who sits on the Home Affairs Committee, challenged Rowley over the use of stop-and-search and said the capital’s black community felt it was…


Metropolitan Police Face Growing Call for Action Against the Just Stop Oil Protesters

In the last 12 months as protesters from Extinction Rebellion and then Insulate Britain and, most recently, Just Stop Oil, have caused chaos for motorists and others going about their daily business, there has been a growing clamour for tougher action from the police. On Dec. 6 Martin Daubney, a journalist and former Brexit MEP, wrote…


Police Say More Than 200,000 UK Fraud Victims May Be Linked to iSpoof Website

Police in London say they have taken down a website called iSpoof and smashed an international fraud operation that may have claimed more than 200,000 fraud victims in Britain. The Metropolitan Police said victims are thought to have lost tens of millions of pounds and those running iSpoof made £3.2 million ($3.88 million) over 20…


Metropolitan Police Chief Calls for Reduction in Bureaucratic Burden on Officers

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has described the bureaucratic burden on his officers as “death by 1,000 paper cuts.” Rowley told a joint summit of the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners on Wednesday: “Some of the officers I talked to are more worried about…


UK Police Vow to ‘Bring to Justice’ Climate Protesters Causing Motorway Disruption

London’s Metropolitan Police is “determined to bring to justice” climate protesters who cause disruption on the UK’s busiest motorway, a senior police officer has said. Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said on Nov. 8 that the force had “responded swiftly and robustly” to attempts by the Just Stop Oil group to disrupt the M25, a busy…


Climate Activists Cause Disruption on UK’s Busiest Motorway as COP27 Gets Under Way

Climate protesters have caused disruption on the UK’s busiest motorway despite a major police operation to foil their plans, just as the COP27 climate summit gets under way in Egypt. Climate group Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, said “action has gone ahead in multiple locations on the M25” during morning rush hour…


UK Counter Terrorism Police Assessing Chinese Police Outposts in London

Counter-terrorism police officers are looking into a report that revealed unofficial Chinese police outposts in London, the Metropolitan police confirmed on Wednesday. Experts told The Epoch Times that the specialist division is involved because it’s responsible for dealing with cases in relation to state security and it works closely with the UK’s security services, particularly the…


Shooting in London Leaves 2 Dead in Latest Violence Linked to Capital’s Drill Gangs

Two men were killed on a street in south London on Sunday night in an incident believed to be linked to rivalry between two drill gangs. The Metropolitan Police said two cars were driving along Railton Road, Brixton, when one of them collided with a moped and several parked cars. The moped rider was killed….


UK Police Urge Public Not to ‘Directly Intervene’ With Road-Blocking Climate Protests

Members of the public should not “directly intervene” with climate activists blocking roads, and should contact the police instead, a UK police boss has said. On Oct. 29, when activists from the Just Stop Oil group simultaneously blocked four roads in London, furious motorists dragged some protesters out of the way. Commenting on the incident,…


Police in London Launch Manhunt for Gunman After Two Killed

Police in London are searching for a gunman who shot dead two men and critically injured a third in an incident in Ilford in the early hours of Tuesday. The Metropolitan Police said police were called to Henley Road in Ilford, in east London, just after midnight after residents called 999 and said shots had been…