A chief constable today called on Priti Patel to ‘stand back’ from the policing agenda and allow officers to assert their independence. Staffordshire Police Chief Constable Gareth Morgan said he was concerned the Home Secretary had interfered in operational matters, which could create the impression ‘policing is seen as the extension of Government’. In the … Read more
More than 30 police officers and staff ‘face disciplinary action for looking up details of Sarah Everard’s murder on computer’ About 35 Met Police officers and civilian staff members could face disciplinaries It is claimed they accessed info on Sarah Everard & arrest of PC Wayne Couzens Investigation was launched where they will explain why … Read more
Met chief Cressida Dick planned to send all-female team to police Sarah Everard vigil… but abandoned the idea because it was ‘hugely divisive’ among her colleagues Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said she had considered an all-female squad to police the Sarah Everard vigil Everard was allegedly kidnapped and killed by a serving Met officer in … Read more
A protestor photographed as she was held down by police at Sarah Everard‘s vigil has been slammed for ‘making it all about herself’ by recreating the viral image. Patsy Stevenson, 28, filmed a TikTok video that was branded ‘insensitive’ because she changed the camera angle to mimic photographs showing her being handcuffed by Metropolitan Police … Read more
The brother of murdered Stephen Lawrence has criticised police in the wake of the controversial race report and the response to the Sarah Everard vigil. Stuart Lawrence expressed his disappointment with the Met Police’s actions in recent weeks and said he questions whether he should continue providing consultancy work for the force. Mr Lawrence even … Read more
‘Armchair critic’ politicians refuse to apologise for their knee-jerk attacks on police manning the Sarah Everard vigil despite an official review finding officers were not at fault Review police response to Sarah Everard vigil cleared them of any wrongdoing The review reprimanded politicians for criticising officers without knowing facts MoS contacted eight MPs on who … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge did not break the law by attending the vigil for Sarah Everard because ‘she was working’, Dame Cressida Dick said today, as she slammed politicians including Sadiq Khan who criticised her officers for arresting protesters. The Met Commissioner also revealed that she knew in advance that Kate was heading to Clapham Common to lay … Read more
A review into the Metropolitan Police’s handling of a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard has backed officers and insisted they ‘did not act inappropriately or in a heavy-handed manner’. The report by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Thomas Winsor found the force was justified in adopting the view the risks of transmitting COVID-19 at the … Read more
BREAKING: Police did NOT ‘act inappropriately’ and were not ‘heavy-handed’ at Sarah Everard vigil on Clapham Common, official review says By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 11:15 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 11:21 BST, 30 March 2021 Police did NOT ‘act inappropriately’ and were not ‘heavy-handed’ at Sarah Everard vigil on Clapham Common, official … Read more
Cavendish Road Police Station was drenched in darkness at the time, boarded up and forgotten, a victim of the Metropolitan Police’s decision to sell off £1 billion of property eight years earlier.