MYSTERIOUS: 15 | Mind Blowing Facts

Met officer found guilty of assaulting female bus passenger

PC Perry Lathwood handcuffed Jocelyn Agyemang last year over false suspicion of fare evasion in Croydon

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2024

‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’

The pseudoscientific term, made notorious by George Floyd’s murder in the US, will no longer be used by the police watchdog

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024

Watchdog investigates police over contact with woman killed in Bradford

IOPC to examine whether two forces missed chances to protect Kulsuma Akter before she was fatally stabbed in front of her baby

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024

Met Police officer ‘stole £170 from man’s corpse’ on busy street in Hornsey

Body-worn footage is said to show a constable counting the money at the scene

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2024

Police suspected of on-duty offences to be dealt with faster, Home Office says

Only cases with ‘reasonable prospect of conviction’ will be referred for criminal prosecution

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

Revealed: disputed medical terms used to explain dozens of deaths after police restraint in UK

Campaigners says ‘excited delirium’ and ‘acute behavioural disturbance’ play into racist stereotypes

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Convicted stalker swung sword and pointed crossbow at police before officer shot him, probe finds

Bryce Hodgson confronted officers before being shot in the neck and chest on January 30 at a property in Rotherhithe

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2024

Seven police officers under watchdog investigation over fatal Cardiff car crash

Gwent police officers being investigated after incident in which three friends died and two others were trapped for almost 48 hours

The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024

IOPC investigates police contact with woman poisoned by in-laws

Two officers carried out welfare check on Ambreen Fatima Sheikh weeks before attack in 2015

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024

Convicted stalker shot dead by police after ‘threatening behaviour’, inquest hears

Bryce Hodgson was wearing body armour and carrying multiple weapons when he was shot dead by a Met Police officer

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2024