After many calls for her resignation, Dick is the latest in a line of commissioners to be blamed for the police service’s failuresIn 1955, after being presented with a damning report on corruption within the Metropolitan police, the then commissioner, …
Tech firms not doing enough to fight terrorism, says Met police chief
Cressida Dick calls for more action to stop online radicalisation and questions push towards end-to-end encryptionThe UK most senior police officer has accused technology firms of failing to identify, monitor and report the activity of terrorists, in a…
LA police ask people they stop for their Facebook and Twitter account info
Data is fed into Palantir and helps enable “large-scale monitoring.”
Gratitude Games launched to support mental health of UK emergency workers
Annual Olympics-style event will be held from next year to raise money to tackle trauma faced at workCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands of emergency services workers will take part in a new Olympics-style multi-sport …
Aaliyah Chen: police have found missing girl, family says
Aaliyah, 15, had been missing since leaving family home in Sidcup on Sunday eveningPolice searching for missing teenager Aaliyah Chen have found her in a south London nature reserve, her family have said.Aaliyah, 15, sneaked out of a window of her fami…
Victims of police malpractice call for Met chief to be replaced
Group signs open letter criticising decision to extend Cressida Dick’s term in office by two yearsVictims of police incompetence and malpractice, including Doreen Lawrence and the brother of murdered private eye Daniel Morgan, have called for the repla…
Man jailed for driving a car half a mile on railway track in Birmingham
Aaron O’Halloran’s ‘idiotic actions’ resulted in a 15-month sentence and delays on the line of up to eight hoursA man has been jailed for 15 months after driving a car half a mile down a railway track, causing passenger delays of up to eight hours.Aaro…
Police Scotland apologises for failings that contributed to car crash death
Force fined £100,000 over incident in which woman lay undiscovered for three days after crash was reportedPolice Scotland has apologised after being fined £100,000 for admitting that its failings “materially contributed” to the death of a woman who lay…
Thai police chief accused of killing suspect in custody is arrested
Manhunt for Thitisan Utthanaphon followed allegation he tortured suspect to death to extort moneyA Thai police chief accused of torturing and killing a suspected drug dealer while in custody, allegedly in an attempt to extort tens of thousands of pound…
Black people more likely to be Tasered for longer, police watchdog finds
Police chiefs attack report by Independent Office for Police Conduct as vague and out of datePolice deploy Taser stun guns too often, with black people more likely to face prolonged use lasting over five seconds, an official report has found. The study…