85 m. ago Fears of crime surge as Met disbands dedicated Royal Parks police unit

Police says the officers will be absorbed into local teams

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5 h. ago Fears crime in London's lawless parks will skyrocket as the Royal Parks disbands police unit after 150 years

After 150 years of protecting the capital's Royal Parks, the Met has confirmed the dedicated team will be dissolved in November in an effort to help plug a £260million funding gap.

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1 week ago Police seize cannabis plants worth £43,000 from Wishaw industrial unit

More than 200 healthy plants were discovered at the Excelsior Street premises, Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week.

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2 w. ago Inside the unit hunting Manchester’s most dangerous fugitives – and the shocking crime that started it all

In 2012, Manchester’s most wanted fugitive laid a trap and murdered two police officers after weeks evading capture. Crime Correspondent Amy-Clare Martin visited the specialist unit which now works to capture the city’s most dangerous suspects by tracking their every move

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2 w. ago US pastor kidnapped during sermon in South Africa rescued after shootout

Joshua Sullivan was abducted from his church by four gunmen, but is now recovering and in ‘excellent condition’South African police have rescued an American pastor who was abducted last week while he was conducting a sermon, as kidnappings have soared over the last decade in the country.Three unidentified suspects were killed during the “high-intensity shootout” on Tuesday in which Joshua Sullivan, a missionary from Tennessee, was rescued, the Hawks, the police unit that deals with serious crime in South Africa, said in a statement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago London road crime: specialist Met police unit only investigates one in 10 serious injury crashes

Concern that many victims are treated as lower priority and struggle to secure compensation

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2 w. ago Teenage girl’s rape in Primrose Hill parkland sparks Met Police investigation

It comes two weeks after the Met announce they are disbanding the Royal Parks police unit

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2 w. ago Teenage girl’s rape in Primerose Hill parkland sparks Met Police investigation

It comes two weeks after the Met announce they are disbanding the Royal Parks police unit

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3 w. ago Wild West Yorkshire town where locals are terrified of knife

Huddersfield has been shaken by the murder of a teenage boy who'd fled war-torn Syria for a better life in the UK - it comes amid a background of growing fear in a town plagued by violent knife crime

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3 w. ago Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums

Exclusive: Police set up taskforce to tackle online violence as young men seek victims on eating disorder forumsYoung men and boys fuelled by “strongly misogynistic” online material are hunting for vulnerable women and girls to exploit on websites such as eating disorder and suicide forums, senior officers have said.The threat from young males wanting to carry out serious harm is so serious that counter-terrorism officers are joining the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the hunt for them, fearing they could go on to attack or kill. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Teachers angry over ‘staggering’ plan to axe 370 Met safer school officers despite knife crime fears

Pupils say they are worried ‘more knives and drugs’ will be brought in as a result of the move

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3 w. ago How Philadelphia police draw on personal experiences to respond to mental health crises

The Philadelphia Police Department piloted its Crisis Intervention Teams on the Behavioral Health Unit a little more than two years ago, as a co-responder program that sends an officer with a mental health clinician or social worker to respond to crises or mental health calls

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3 w. ago Ten Brits are accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza

Lawyers will today hand in a 240-page dossier to the Metropolitan Police 's war crimes unit alleging the British nationals were involved in the targeted killing of civilians and aid workers.

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4 w. ago Pictured: Teenager, 17, with his 'whole life ahead of him' knifed to death in lawless London

Keiron Charles, from East Acton, who had his 'whole life ahead of him', died after being stabbed at around 1.10pm yesterday on Erconwald Street, Shepherd's Bush.

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