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Volunteers say they were arrested when police mistook them for protesters ahead of coronation
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has defended the handling of the King’s coronation but admitted “no major operation is ever perfect”.
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Met Police accused of failing to learn from Stephen Port case
The Metropolitan Police has been accused of failing to learn from a “calamitous litany of failures” surrounding the case of serial killer Stephen Port – according to a police watchdog – which warned that “history could repeat itself”. Port was jailed for a whole life term for murdering four men in East London almost a…
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Eight Met Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over WhatsApp messages
Eight Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over offensive and discriminatory messages they shared on WhatsApp – including some which mocked the disabled son of Katie Price.
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Met Police chief: ‘We have hundreds of people who shouldn’t be here’
We spoke to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and began by asking him how many current officers in the Met have been convicted of sex offences or violence.
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‘Not every one of my members is racist, sexist, homophobic’, police federation chair says
We spoke to Chief Superintendent Harvi Khatkar from the Police Superintendents’ Association, and Steve Hartshorn from the Police Federation who represent rank and file officers.
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Wayne Couzens: Met police apologises for failing to act in time save Sarah Everard
Wayne Couzens drove his own car and paid with his own credit card when he exposed himself on more than one occasion to female staff at a drive-through McDonalds. Today the Metropolitan Police apologised for failing to act in time to stop him before the murder of Sarah Everard. A warning: this report contains some…
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Met Police Commissioner says he is determined to restore public trust
The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley has promised to build a robust style of neighbourhood policing in the capital.
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Nicola Bulley: identification of body important before conclusions made, says former Met Police officer
We spoke to former Metropolitan Police officer Simon Harding.
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David Carrick: Former Met Police officer in court for sentencing hearing
The serial rapist and former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick was in court today.
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Met police stop and search recording has ‘gone backwards’ watchdog says
The way the Metropolitan police record grounds for stop and search ‘has gone backwards’ – according to the Inspectorate of Constabulary. The police watchdog says the Met police is failing in several areas of policing, including how it responds to the public.
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Chris Kaba: Met Police suspend officer involved in shooting
This evening, as the family of Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old shot dead last week gathered for a vigil, the Met Police confirmed the firearms officer involved in his shooting has been suspended from duty.
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Met Police strip-searched 650 children in two years, figures show
The Metropolitan Police’s record on child protection has been denounced by the children’s commissioner for England after she revealed the force strip searched 650 children over a period of two years.
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Met Police investigated over two child strip searches
The police watchdog has said it is investigating two more cases where children were strip-searched by Metropolitan Police officers.
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Met Police officers allegedly joked about sexual assault in group chat with Wayne Couzens
Three Metropolitan Police officers alledgedly exchanged vile messages that joked about sexually assaulting domestic violence victims and described them as “women that don’t listen” a trial heard today.
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Record number of UK police forces classed as ‘failing’
Never before have as many of the UK’s police forces been classed as failing.
