All news on the topic: Police

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Police launch urgent search for missing hospital patient with potentially contagious health condition
Police have warned the public not to approach a man with a potentially ‘contagious health condition’ who has vanished from hospital.
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Three stabbed, including pregnant woman, in Paris knife rampage
A pregnant woman is among three victims who have been stabbed in a horrific knife rampage in Paris.
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Five officers injured after Met police boat crashes into Westminster Bridge during rescue call
Five police officers who were injured in a boat crash in central London were responding to a report of a ‘person in the water’, the Met has said.
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Disgraced ex-police sergeant caught posing as serving officer on swingers website
A disgraced former police sergeant has been caught masquerading as a serving officer whilst trawling a dating website for swingers. Kalhed Miah, 35, was reported to his ex-colleagues after he tried to arrange a date on the FabSwingers.com network using his old warrant card.
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Andy Burnham halts early prisoner release scheme pending urgent safety review
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will “put a pause” on the plan for the early release of prisoners that was due to start in September.
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Police officer exposed as serial rapist after victim’s report uncovered years of abuse
A police officer who took his own life in May was a rapist who attacked at least nine women over 14 years.
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Hitler’s birthplace reopens as police station to deter neo-Nazi visitors
The building where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 has begun its new life as a police station.
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Record 461 police officers dismissed in England and Wales as workforce shrinks
The number of police officers sacked each year from forces in England and Wales has hit a record high, figures show.
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Two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers could be freed early under Labour prison release scheme
Two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers could be set for an early release from jail under Labour plans to tackle prison overcrowding, with his furious mother branding it an “insult beyond words”.
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Police clash with protesters after man dies restrained by officers in Italy
Police have clashed with demonstrators during a protest in the Italian city of Bologna after a Moroccan-born man died pleading for help under police restraint.
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Bodycam accidentally left recording captured hours of shocking police station conversations
A woman protesting that a man should have been charged with killing a pigeon recorded a police officer admitting that she illegally stops and searches black women.
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Clashes erupt in Buenos Aires after Argentina’s World Cup final defeat
Clashes broke out between football fans and police in Buenos Aires late on Sunday after Argentina’s 1-0 extra-time defeat to Spain in the 2026 Fifa World Cup final.
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Disgraced police chief Craig Guildford received £58,000 payout after Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal
Disgraced West Midlands Police chief Craig Guildford was handed almost £58,000 in leaving pay after retiring in the wake of the Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal.
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Gardaí seize more than €122,000 in drugs during Laois raid
Gardaí have arrested one man after around €122,400 worth of cocaine and cannabis was seized by authorities.
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Brother of Ecuador’s most notorious drug lord shot dead by gunmen posing as police
A brother of Ecuador’s most notorious drug lord was killed on Sunday by gunmen who had disguised themselves as police officers.
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Police shoot crossbow suspect after armed incident in Newport
A man believed to be carrying a crossbow has been shot by police in south Wales.
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Mosque effigy on Northern Ireland bonfire investigated as suspected hate crime
A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland featuring an effigy of a mosque has been condemned as an incitement to hatred.
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Senior detective faces jail for snooping on police logs about close friend
Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, was convicted after a jury found she had unlawfully accessed police computer systems without a policing purpose.
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Man caught swallowing £35,000 diamond ring in attempted Hatton Garden jewellery theft
A crafty thief posing as a shopper swallowed a £35,000 ring at a jeweller’s in a bid to steal it, bosses say.
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Mother accused of murdering four-year-old son after allegedly confessing to police
A woman charged with murdering her four-year-old son walked into a police station and allegedly told cops she had cooked and eaten parts of him.
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Derbyshire Police call handler admits leaking confidential police information to third parties
A police staff member has admitted misconduct in public office by accessing confidential material and leaking it to third parties.
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Two PSNI officers sacked over sexual assaults on female colleagues
Two male Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers have been sacked following separate incidents in which they touched the buttocks of female colleagues.
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Two police officers face gross misconduct investigation over handling of murdered teen Henry Nowak
Henry Nowak, 18, told officers he could not breathe and that he had been stabbed after being attacked in Southampton last December.
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Teen footballer says she was injected with date-rape drug in Magaluf nightclub
A young footballer has told of the terrifying moment she was spiked with a date-rape drug in a Magaluf nightclub.
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Mystery vigilante dubbed "Mexican Batman" hunts alleged bike thieves and duct-tapes them to poles
A mysterious vigilante in Mexico is stopping ‘bike thieves’ in a rather unusual way after a spike in crime.