Tag: Met police

Met Police to Stop Attending Mental Health Calls

Officers from the Metropolitan Police will not attend emergency 999 calls if they are linked to mental health incidents from September to free up officer resources, the force’s commissioner has said. On Monday, Metropolitan Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said that police will no longer attend callouts after August 31 unless there is a threat to…


Met Police Chief Reveals How Protesters Planned to Disrupt Coronation

Protesters at the coronation were planning to use rape alarms and loud hailers, as well as vandalise monuments and throw paint at the procession, Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has revealed. Months of planning were to be undermined by people who, according to Rowley, were posing a security threat to the crowds and the…


Met Police Chief Apologies After Damning Report but Denies Force Is Institutionally Racist, Misogynist, or Homophobic

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley apologised for letting Londoners down on Tuesday after a damning review said there’s “institutional racism, misogyny, and homophobia” in the police force. But the police chief rejected the word “institutional,” saying it has become politicised and ambiguous in recent years. The review into the Met’s standards of behaviour and internal culture, released…


Serial Rapist David Carrick Jailed for Life for ‘Violent and Brutal’ Crimes Committed While Serving in Met Police

A man has been jailed for life for a minimum of 30 years after pleading guilty to 24 counts of rape and 25 other offences which were carried out, over the space of 18 years, while he was a serving Metropolitan Police officer. David Carrick, 48, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 30 years…


Met Police Chief Claims More People Pleading Not Guilty Over Court Delays

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has said there has been a big increase in the number of people pleading not guilty to criminal offences, and he has said the barristers’ strike was partly to blame. At a briefing with journalists on Tuesday, Rowley said the number of people pleading not guilty…


Met Police Not Investigating Alleged Christmas Party in Number 10 During Lockdown

The Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday it will not commence an investigation into the alleged breaching of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions in 10 Downing Street during Christmas a year ago due to the lack of evidence. The force said the decision was made in line with its policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of…


Met Police Release New Images of Serial Anti-Semitic Assault Suspect

The Metropolitan Police on Wednesday released new images of a man suspected of multiple assaults on Jewish males in north London. The Met have been looking for the man since Aug. 20 following reports of five unprovoked attacks on Aug. 18. CCTV footage released by Jewish neighbourhood watch group Shomrim shows the man—dressed in white Islamic…


Trial of Met Officer Accused of Sarah Everard Murder Set for October

The Met Police officer accused of the kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard is to go on trial in October after the date was set during a court hearing today at the Old Bailey in London. A provisional trial date for Wayne Couzens, 48, who is a serving officer, has been set for Oct. 25 according…