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Met Police officer charged with assault over Croydon bus fare arrest

Pc Perry Lathwood, 49, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on February 14

Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2024

UK nuclear police and workers share WhatsApp jokes about paedophilia, racism and homophobia

Exclusive: Work-linked WhatsApp groups include abusive comments about political figures and television personalities

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023

Ex-Met officer sentenced over unauthorised searches on police systems

A former Metropolitan Police officer who made unauthorised searches on computer systems for his own purposes has received a suspended prison sentence.

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2023

Armed police would rather face a terrorist than a criminal, says Met boss Sir Mark Rowley

Sir Mark believes campaign groups influence accountability in a way that’s 'unbalanced and lasts forever'

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2023

Met officer twice tasered 10-year-old girl, misconduct hearing told

Pc Jonathan Broadhead is accused of gross misconduct after he twice tasered a 10-year-old girl.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Met police officer twice tasered a 10-year-old girl, misconduct hearing told

Pc Jonathan Broadhead fired his Taser at the girl twice within 'approximately eight seconds' of entering her home in south-west London after her mother called 999

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2023

Met Police constable ‘tasered 10-year-old girl twice’

Pc Jonathan Broadhead accused of using force ‘not necessary, reasonable and proportionate’ during gross misconduct hearing

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Giedrius Vasiljevas: Daughter of man shot dead by police in east London launches fundraiser in memory of 'caring' father

Giedrius Vasiljevas, 40, was shot twice by officers at his house in Dagenham

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2023

Met police shoot dead armed man who said he wanted to kill himself

Officers were called to an address in Dagenham, east London where they found 40-year-old and two firearms

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Police acted appropriately in case of man who died after arrest, watchdog finds

Jaroslaw Kawala collapsed in Grantham Police Station last December and later died in hospital.

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2023