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Having attended multiple protests of all kinds since 2019, one pattern is impossible to ignore: almost every group, regardless of political position, ends up accusing the police of bias, of supporting the “other side,” or of acting against their particular cause specifically whilst letting others get away with it.
Policing is one of the toughest professions in our society, and in today’s world, officers face scrutiny like never before. Social media has become the primary lens through which the public judges police actions. But too often, short clips uploaded online show only a fraction of an incident, missing crucial context before and after the footage. These snippets can easily be misinterpreted, painting an incomplete or inaccurate picture.
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On Wednesday 7 January in Wealdstone, Harrow, a woman in her 40s was handcuffed by police and issued a £100 fine by Council enforcement officers after breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) that bans feeding birds in town and district centres. Police became involved when she refused to stop feeding pigeons and repeatedly refused to provide her name and address when officers asked for them so a penalty notice could be issued. Once her details were obtained, she was de-arrested and handed over to council enforcement officers.
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Police officers are one of the most scrutinised professions in the country. They’re not sitting around refusing to help when someone calls for assistance. The vast majority join the service because they want to make a difference in their communities. Responding to calls for help is exactly why they’re there.
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A man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl in a horrifying attack in Leicester Square has been sentenced, after Met Police officers arrested him within just four minutes of the incident.
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Met detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a 39-year-old woman at an address on Old Brompton
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A 15-year-old boy has died after being stabbed on a busy Islington street on Tuesday, 9 December. Police and London’s air ambulance rushed to Westbourne Road at 13:02 after receiving reports of a stabbing. The teenager was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital, but tragically died later that afternoon.
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It was supposed to be a day indoors writing up an article as to how the Met is currently in a sorry state based, in part, on an unpleasant incident that occurred at my local newsagents involving masked youths.
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David Lammy has introduced plans to allow some criminal cases to be tried without a jury, replacing them with judge-only
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Havering Daily can report that East Area police have executed a series of early-morning raids in Ilford, targeting suspected Class A drug suppliers in a major operation spanning multiple policing teams.
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New City College apprentices had the rare opportunity to quiz Prime Minister Keir Starmer on apprenticeships, skills and work opportunities during an exclusive session at Downing Street, followed by a private tour inside Number 10.
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A man has been sentenced to 27 years for the murder of a teenager after an attack in Westminster.
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A man has been found guilty of murdering an elderly man, after robbing him for his shopping in Manor House earlier this year.
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After years of scandal, shrinking numbers and public outrage, Britain’s police face a crisis of confidence unlike any before.
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A new support group has been created to honour and remember Metropolitan Police officers who have sadly passed away.
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Against a background of a Middle-East peace initiative, a further national Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) took place on Saturday; the question Met police planners were doubtless asking was whether this would decrease or increase the numbers attending.
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It was a programme that had received considerable advanced publicity over weeks and, as the day dawned, officers across the Met and indeed the country viewed the upcoming revelations with apprehension. Whatever the content, the result was inevitable; that all Met officers would be collectively smeared with morale, already on the floor, now suffering another blow.
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Police officers across London and the wider UK are facing growing levels of verbal and physical abuse, much of it vile, unnecessary and utterly unacceptable.
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The recent protest against the state visit of President Trump saw a relatively small event, as compared to the 75,000 who took to the streets of London back in June 2019 when Trump paid his first state visit.
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So, the Commissioner commendably speaks out in relation to the controversial arrest of Graham Linehan and this appears to have actually made an impact upon politicians who acknowledge that officers have a near impossible task in enforcing laws passed by a democratically elected Parliament.
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