6 h. ago Man gets 16 years in prison for crash that killed a Connecticut officer

A 20-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for causing a car crash that killed a Hartford police officer and seriously wounded the officer’s partner

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7 h. ago Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional

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8 h. ago Former West Yorkshire Police officer charged with assisting an offender

Jenade Yamin, 30, has been charged with 13 counts of misconduct in a public office which took place from November 2019 to May 2022.

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8 h. ago Verdict against a pardoned Capitol rioter is only a partial victory for a police officer's widow

A police officer’s widow wanted to prove that a man assaulted her husband during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and ultimately was responsible for her husband’s suicide nine days later

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9 h. ago Man fatally shot in broad daylight outside busy Costco store

The victim’s identity has not yet been released, but the Met Police confirmed his family is being supported by specialist officers.

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9 h. ago Revealed: Mystery donor who paid £1,300 fine that freed lead Madelaine McCann suspect is a former police officer investigating him

The woman, who has not been named, claims to have been a member of the German equivalent of the FBI who was at one stage wire-tapping the jail cell of convicted rapist Christian Brueckner.

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10 h. ago Protests outside Iran embassy in London descend into violence as seven arrested

This morning, Metropolitan Police officers responded to reports of an altercation outside the Iranian Embassy in London. Two people were injured in the incident and seven arrested

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11 h. ago Police officer who sent string of messages to Des O'Connor's daughter after she was mugged should have been sacked from force, panel rules

While taking her statement James Mason, then a detective sergeant ten years her senior, asked if he could take her to dinner that evening.

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13 h. ago Seven men arrested after two people injured at protest outside Iranian Embassy

Metropolitan Police officers responded to reports of an altercation in Princes Gate in Knightsbridge, west London, shortly after 9.50am on Friday.

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14 h. ago Six men arrested after two people injured in ‘assault’ outside Iranian Embassy

Metropolitan Police officers responded to reports of an altercation in Princes Gate in Knightsbridge, west London, shortly after 9.50am on Friday.

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16 h. ago Sacked cop chases down alleged shoplifter and makes heroic citizen's arrest

Former police officer Lorne Castle, who was sacked after arresting a teen suspected of assault, leapt into action to apprehend an alleged shoplifter

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16 h. ago Scots flat inferno probed by cops as homes evacuated after smoke damage

Five appliances and a height vehicle were mobilised to the scene as several police cars were also pictured with officers having taped off the surrounding area.

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17 h. ago Moment hero police officer sacked for 'aggressively' tackling knife

Hero former police officer Lorne Castle, 46 - sacked last month by Dorset Police over an 'aggressive' and 'confrontational' arrest - has made a citizen's arrest of a shoplifter.

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20 h. ago Dad smoked five cannabis joints on night he 'shook baby daughter to death'

Thomas Holford, who is accused of murdering his daughter Everleigh Stroud, lied to police about his drug use despite officers finding a cannabis grinder and joint butts next to a milk bottle

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24 h. ago Family of innocent 'loving father' shot dead in case of suspected mistaken identity issue desperate plea

The investigation so far has led police officers to believe whoever killed Mahad Abdi Mohamed set out to hurt someone else in a pre-meditated and targeted attack

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24 h. ago Family of 'loving father' shot dead in case of 'mistaken identity' issue desperate plea

The investigation so far has led police officers to believe whoever killed Mahad Abdi Mohamed set out to hurt someone else in a pre-meditated and targeted attack

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32 h. ago Man attacked police officer and attempted to fire taser at him

The police officer needed hospital treatment after Mark Workman, 44, used the weapon to repeatedly attack

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34 h. ago Des O'Connor's daughter says police 'cannot be trusted with women's safety' after decision not to sack officer who called her 'amazingly hot' and sexually harassed her while investigating her mugging

Former detective chief inspector James Mason called Kristina O'Connor, 37, his 'favourite Camden victim of crime' and asked her out after she was injured in an attempted robbery in October 2011.

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35 h. ago Three Met officers face misconduct hearing after woman with dementia, 90, is handcuffed and marked with Taser

The elderly woman was handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London in 2023

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36 h. ago Met officers to face gross misconduct hearing after woman, 90, targeted with Taser

Two serving officers and one former officer to face hearing after woman was also handcuffed and put in spit hoodTwo serving Metropolitan police officers and one former officer will face a gross misconduct hearing after a 90-year-old woman with dementia was targeted with a Taser, the police watchdog said.The woman was also handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London, in May 2023, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. Continue reading...

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