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Married officer jailed for seeking sexual relationships with ‘vulnerable’ girls

A Metropolitan Police officer who used his position to try to start a sexual relationship with two “vulnerable” teenagers has been jailed for two years. Married Pc Adnan Arib, 45, got the mobile phone numbers of both girls, aged 15 and 16, asked ...

03 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

Police gross misconduct hearings could be held in public under proposed new law

Ministers are considering changing the law to ensure that hearings for police officers accused of gross misconduct can take place in public. The change is one of the key proposals included in a new piece of legislation the Scottish Government ...

24 May 2022 at 13:16

Hundreds of Met officers should be sacked for misconduct, says new commissioner

Officers in Britain’s biggest police force are getting away with breaking the law and committing misconduct, a damning review has found, and hundreds should be sacked. A report on the Metropolitan Police’s misconduct procedures also found ...

17 Oct 2022 at 11:45

Constable used police database to trace woman, misconduct hearing told

A woman who was sent heart-eye emojis on social media by a police officer whom she believes checked her number plate on a database to get her details has said the situation was “very, very worrying”. Pc Jack Harrison allegedly entered ...

23 Mar 2023 at 16:12

Chief constables must have ‘final word’ on sackings, says top officer

Chief constables must have “the final word” on decisions to sack officers and staff according to the head of England’s second biggest police force. Craig Guildford, who recently took the helm at West Midlands Police and is the ...

12 Apr 2023 at 13:14

Ex-Pc who had sex on duty jailed for 20 months over ‘appalling’ abuse of power

Ex-Pc who had sex on duty jailed for 20 months for ‘appalling’ abuse of power

A former police officer who admitted misconduct charges after engaging in sexual acts while on duty has been jailed for 20 months. Ex-police constable Shaun Wheeler, aged 56, was sentenced on Tuesday at Nottingham Crown Court,...

05 Sept 2023 at 15:30

Five Met officers deny gross misconduct over Bianca Williams stop-and-search

Five Metropolitan Police officers have denied gross misconduct over the stop-and-search of athletes Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo Dos Santos. He was driving a Mercedes through west London, with their then ...

18 Sept 2023 at 12:30

Met ‘failed to persuade Londoners it was ruthless in maintaining standards’

The Metropolitan Police “failed” to persuade Londoners it was “ruthless” in maintaining high standards in the past, the force’s commissioner has said. When asked by Nick Ferrari on LBC whether “the bad cops” would ...

17 Feb 2023 at 10:03

Met officers who shared Harvey Price messages found guilty of gross misconduct

Eight serving and former Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over “discriminatory and offensive” messages they shared, including some which made fun of Katie Price’s disabled ...

13 Apr 2023 at 15:01

Met officer twice tasered 10-year-old girl, misconduct hearing told

A Metropolitan Police constable tasered a 10-year-old girl twice after she threatened her mother with garden shears and hit her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing has heard. Pc Jonathan Broadhead fired his ...

27 Nov 2023 at 16:07

Met officer under criminal investigation over wrongful fare evasion arrest

A Metropolitan Police officer is under criminal investigation for alleged racially aggravated assault and false imprisonment after a woman was wrongly arrested for bus fare evasion in front of her young ...

23 Oct 2023 at 12:45

Former Met officer barred from policing after ‘inappropriate’ conduct

A former Metropolitan Police officer has been barred from the force after he allegedly struck a teenage girl in 2022. Police said a two-day hearing found Pc Andrew Gatt breached the standards of ...

12 May 2024 at 07:41

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