On his first day in the job the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has received a letter from 14 campaign groups urging him to stop using facial recognition technology in London. Facial recognition software was first trialled in London in 2018, when Cressida Dick was commissioner, and has become increasingly popular…
Campaigners Urge new Head of Metropolitan Police to Scrap Facial Recognition Technology
UK Police Watchdog Says Rapper, 24, Shot by Police in London Was Unarmed
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said in a statement on Sept. 7 that a detailed search of the scene where a 24-year-old man was killed by police in south London on Sept. 5 had been completed, “No non-police issue firearm has been recovered from the vehicle or the scene.” Chris Kaba, a rapper…
Watchdog Probes London Car Chase That Ended With Police Shooting Man Dead
Specialist firearms officers from the Metropolitan Police shot dead a man in his 20s after a car chase through the streets of south London on Monday night. Scotland Yard has not said why police were pursuing the “suspect vehicle” but at 9:51 p.m. they cornered the blue Audi Q5 in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham. Police described…
Sadiq Khan Rejects Report That Says Police Chief Cressida Dick Was ‘Intimidated’ Into Resigning
Dame Cressida Dick came under “political pressure” from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to resign from her role as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and “felt intimidated,” a report published on Friday said. Dick resigned in February, saying Khan had “left me no choice.” A report—commissioned by Home Secretary Priti Patel—by the former chief…
2 Policewomen Sexually Assaulted, 74 Officers Injured at London’s Notting Hill Carnival
Two female police officers were sexually assaulted and 74 officers were injured during the Notting Hill Carnival, London’s Metropolitan Police has said. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the carnival on Sunday and Monday—the first time it has been held since 2019 because of COVID-19 restrictions in the last two years. But the event was…
Missing Nurse Owami Davies Found ‘Fit and Well Cared For’ in Hampshire
Missing nurse, Owami Davies, has been found alive and well in Hampshire six weeks after she disappeared in south London. Davies, 24, left her family’s home in Grays, Essex, on July 4 and was last seen three days later in Croydon, south London. Five men were arrested on suspicion of kidnap or murder—all of whom…
Man Arrested by Detectives Investigating Brutal Murder of Pensioner in London
Detectives investigating the murder of a pensioner who was stabbed to death as he rode his mobility scooter within yards of one of London’s busiest roads have arrested a 44-year-old man. Thomas O’Halloran, who was 87, was attacked close to the A40 in Greenford, west London, on Tuesday, but managed to travel 75 yards before…
Cressida Dick ‘May Have Breached Professional Standards’ Over Daniel Morgan Case
The former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick, may have breached the standards of professional behaviour in regards to murdered private investigator Daniel Morgan, a review by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has found. The murder of Morgan—who was killed with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion…
Three Fatal Shootings in Six Days in London
Three people have been shot dead in six days in separate killings in London. The most recent was a man believed to be aged in his 20s who was gunned down around 9.30 p.m. on Sunday in Wood Green, north London. Police including armed officers were called to High Road near Wood Green Tube station…
Metropolitan Police Under Pressure to Do More to Tackle Theft From Cars
The new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, is coming under pressure to do more to combat low-level crimes like theft from cars. The Telegraph published analysis of the latest Home Office data which suggested the Metropolitan Police solved just 271 out of 55,000 thefts from vehicles in London in 2021. That rate—0.5…
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