22 h. ago Teenager forced to expose herself in Met Police strip search says she may ‘never feel normal again’

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct following a four-week tribunal examining the strip-search in a Hackney school in 2020

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34 h. ago ‘I don’t know if I’m going to feel normal again’ Child Q says over strip search

Two Met Police officers have been dismissed after being found to have committed gross misconduct in relation to the ‘disproportionate’ search.

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36 h. ago Met Police officers who strip searched black schoolgirl, 15, are SACKED

Metropolitan Police officers Pc Kristina Linge and Pc Rafal Szmydynski strip searched the young girl after her school wrongly suspected her of carrying cannabis in December 2020

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37 h. ago Two Met Police officers sacked for gross misconduct in Child Q search

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, in December 2020, after being wrongly accused of carrying cannabis.

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38 h. ago Two Met Police officers sacked over ‘humiliating’ strip search of 15

Black schoolgirl forced to expose intimate parts in ‘traumatic’ police search at Hackney school in 2020 after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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38 h. ago Two Met Police officers sacked after committing gross misconduct over strip

A disciplinary hearing found search by three officers at school in Hackney was ‘unnecessary, inappropriate and disproportionate’

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39 h. ago Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct with ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

Black schoolgirl forced to expose intimate parts in ‘traumatic’ police search at Hackney school in 2020 after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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40 h. ago Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct after ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

Black schoolgirl forced to expose intimate parts in ‘traumatic’ police search at Hackney school in 2020 after wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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41 h. ago Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct in Child Q search, panel says

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, in December 2020, after being wrongly accused of carrying cannabis.

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42 h. ago Two Met Police officers guilty of gross misconduct after ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

‘Child Q’ was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis when she was searched at a school in Hackney, east London, in 2020

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42 h. ago Metropolitan Police officers that strip searched girl, 15, committed 'gross misconduct'

The Metropolitan Police officers were found to have committed gross misconduct during the “disproportionate” and “humiliating” strip search of a 15-year-old black girl at a school

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59 h. ago Inside London raids targeting ‘people smuggling gang' as four arrested

Met Police, Home Office and NCA storm homes and cafes believed to be used by smuggling gang who advertised illegal crossings to the UK on social media

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64 h. ago Inside dawn raids targeting 'London people smuggling gang' as four arrested

The Met Police, Home Office and NCA visited cafes in Walthamstow, Chingford and Dagenham believed to be used by members of the smuggling gang who advertised illegal crossings to the UK on social media

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69 h. ago Met Police officer accused of pinching female colleague's waist in 'fat test' at workplace gym and saying he had 'proper sex dream' about her could be sacked

PC Mark Neale faces a new police disciplinary panel after a female colleague in London said he 'pinched her hips' when she remarked about 'feeling fat'.

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3 d. ago Police officers and Met chief express concerns over Notting Hill Carnival

Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group called the event ‘unsafe’.

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3 d. ago Mugged Selina Scott wins apology from Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley after 'sub

Sir Mark Rowley admitted the force should have done better when he was quizzed by Nick Ferrari on his LBC show this morning.

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6 d. ago Police arrested autistic activist in supported housing as part of Quaker raid operation

Exclusive: Joe Booth, 23, says he has PTSD after arrest in which seven police officers entered his flat while he was in bedThe Met police operation in which officers raided a Quakers meeting house also resulted in the arrest of an autistic climate activist at his supported accommodation, the Guardian can reveal.Joe Booth, 23, had been in bed when seven police officers arrived at the flats for vulnerable adults in New Barnet, north London, to arrest him on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Continue reading...

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7 d. 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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8 d. 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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8 d. ago Three Met officers facing misconduct hearing after woman, 90, marked with Taser

The woman, who had dementia, was also handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London, on May 9 2023.

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