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Understandably soFair enough. This is one topic I tend to go overboard with admittedly.
Understandably soFair enough. This is one topic I tend to go overboard with admittedly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64293158
The Met Police is investigating 1,000 sexual and domestic abuse claims involving about 800 of its officers, the commissioner has said.
It comes after PC David Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes.
Sir Mark Rowley announced all 45,000 Met officers and staff would be rechecked for previously missed offending.
He also apologised to Carrick's victims for the force's failings.
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The Met said a total of 1,633 cases of alleged sexual offences or domestic violence involving 1,071 officers and other staff were being reviewed from the last 10 years to make sure the appropriate decisions were made.
It can now be reported that Carrick had already pleaded guilty in December to 43 charges, including 20 counts of rape, and admitted the final six counts on Monday.
He committed the offences against 12 women across two decades.
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Despite having five public complaints to his name, he passed checks to become a firearms officer when he transferred to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009 and he was vetted again in 2017.
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Just read that last sentence I've posted.
Holy fuck.
This is very real evidence of immense corruption in the Metropolitan Police. Bear in mind the Met Police is just Greater London alone...
It's been said for long enough that the police as an organisation here in the UK constantly covers for and protects it's officers, but on sexual and domestic violence???
Unreal.
What's a firearms officer in England?
An officer with a firearm
Depends entirely on where the offence lands on the slide-rule of "sexual assault". I'm no rapist apologist, but definitions get changed way to frequently to go painting with too big a brush.
I'm a little shocked that not all officers are armed, or have a firearm in their vehicle, or an armed partner.
Pretty wild imo.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64293158
The Met Police is investigating 1,000 sexual and domestic abuse claims involving about 800 of its officers, the commissioner has said.
It comes after PC David Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes.
Sir Mark Rowley announced all 45,000 Met officers and staff would be rechecked for previously missed offending.
He also apologised to Carrick's victims for the force's failings.
--
The Met said a total of 1,633 cases of alleged sexual offences or domestic violence involving 1,071 officers and other staff were being reviewed from the last 10 years to make sure the appropriate decisions were made.
It can now be reported that Carrick had already pleaded guilty in December to 43 charges, including 20 counts of rape, and admitted the final six counts on Monday.
He committed the offences against 12 women across two decades.
--
Despite having five public complaints to his name, he passed checks to become a firearms officer when he transferred to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009 and he was vetted again in 2017.
--
Just read that last sentence I've posted.
Holy fuck.
This is very real evidence of immense corruption in the Metropolitan Police. Bear in mind the Met Police is just Greater London alone...
It's been said for long enough that the police as an organisation here in the UK constantly covers for and protects it's officers, but on sexual and domestic violence???
Unreal.
This is just getting ridiculous now.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21062047/met-police-officer-dead-child-abuse-images-charge/
A SENIOR cop has been found dead at his home after failing to attend a police station to be charged over possessing child abuse images, The Sun can reveal.
The body of Met Police chief inspector Richard Watkinson, 49, was discovered by colleagues concerned about his welfare.
Police said his death was "unexplained" though not suspicious and sources said it is suspected Watkinson killed himself while under "huge mental strain" over the case.
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One source told The Sun that Watkinson was due to report back on bail last Thursday morning to be charged over an alleged network of online paedophiles.
He is said to have feared he was about to be publicly named in connection with the alleged conspiracy to distribute indecent images of children.
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He was a popular and high profile officer often wheeled out by the Met to give public statements following high-profile stings and police operations.
But colleagues were "shocked" by Watkinson’s arrest on 9 July 2021.
Watkinson was originally held over allegations of misconduct in public office, sending obscene messages, corrupt exercise of police powers and data protection breaches.
It followed a joint probe by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and the Met’s professional standards unit.
During a search of the cop’s home, investigators are said to have found a secret trap-door which led to an area where computer equipment allegedly containing the [up to thousands of] child abuse images was found.
The material is said to have been Category A and B – the two most serious bands - which feature children being sexually abused.
Following the alleged discovery of the illegal material, Chief Insp Watkinson was further arrested 11 days later on suspicion of offences including conspiracy to distribute indecent images of children, voyeurism and misconduct in public office.
It's not really a massive deal as police used to be brawlers. It was common for your local criminal to have an honest fist fight with an officer and remain civil afterwards.
Whilst guns are still pretty rare these days, a lot of foreign criminals use knives, razor blades and dirty syringes to threaten officers. Tazer is now common place.
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This is still one of my favourite pictures. A Glasgow detective smacking the shit out of a young bawbag with his bare hands who tried to attack him with a straight razor
I'm a little shocked that not all officers are armed, or have a firearm in their vehicle, or an armed partner.
Pretty wild imo.
Strathclyde polis used to be infamous for having some of the biggest, hardest coppers in the entire UK. This was by design: when Sir Percy Sillitoe became Chief Constable, he launched a recruitment drive focussed on the rural areas, such as the Highlands. Most of the new recruits had grown up doing heavy manual labour, such as farmers, blacksmiths etc.
Strathclyde's unofficial motto was, "It's gang warfare - and we're the biggest gang". They gathered intelligence on the razor gangs, and stationed coppers in unmarked vans near where the gangs were likely to meet for a prearranged fight. As soon as the gangs started fighting each other, the coppers would steam out of the vans and beat anyone not wearing a uniform into a living death.
A combination of this and a judicary who took a very dim view of violent criminals broke the razor gangs. So called, "hard men" knew that if caught in the act, they would get beaten to a pulp, then dragged in front of judge who would sentence them to 10 years in Barlinnie. And in those days, if you were sentenced to 10 years then, with good behaviour you might get released in...10 years
When I joined in 2001 I went to see the Inspector for my unit for his welcome chat. He was about to retire and had a face that needed regular panel beating. His speech to me was -
"Listen new boy, we claim 2 hours overtime every shift, no questions asked. If you don't like it then fuck off. If you ever run away from a fight, leave your colleagues in the shit or cower in front of a scrote, I'll slap you myself. Were down the pub tonight, the first 2 rounds are on you. Mines a tea, white no sugar"
Was his name Gene Hunt by any chance?
British police are almost unique in that regard. The only other European force I know that isn't armed is the Republic of Ireland's Garda. Norway is something of a grey area; their police don't carry weapons on their person, but they are kept in police car's lockboxes. The use of the weapons must be authorised by a senior officer.