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Met Police Commissioner calls for widespread police reforms

Sir Mark Rowley called for a reduction in police forces across England in Wales as part of his suggested reforms

Evening Standard

Met Police officer cleared of GBH after Tasering suspect left in wheelchair

PC Liam Newman, 31, was found not guilty of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm on Tuesday after incident in Redbridge

Evening Standard

Most Britons think London is unsafe - but Londoners disagree

According to a new YouGov poll, 61 per cent of Brits agree that London is an unsafe place to live, and only 30 per cent view it as a safe place

The Independent UK

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Met Police officer sacked for not disclosing arrest and gun possession probe

PC Mohammad Bhatti claimed he didn’t remember being arrested after crashing his car in 2008

Evening Standard

Hundreds of Met police officers and staff declare Freemasons membership

Judge says ‘some 300 officers and staff have already declared their involvement in Masonic and other hierarchical associations’

Evening Standard

Revealed: The number of Met officers and staff who have links to the Freemasons

The Met now insists officers must declare if they are members of the organisation

The Independent UK

Two Met Police officers spared jail after sexually assaulting woman during drunken night out at London casino

‘There is, rightly, grave public concern at present concerning conduct of officers of the Metropolitan Police. The public is entitled to expect much better’, says judge

Evening Standard

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London’s murder rate at record low as mayor says it disproves Trump's 'dystopian' claims

The Metropolitan Police force says the rate by population is the lowest since comparable records began in 1997, at 1.1 murders for every 100,000 people.

Euronews

Met boss hits out at Trump’s claims about London crime as homicide rates fall

New figures showed that there were 97 homicides in the capital in 2025 - the lowest number recorded since 2014

The Independent UK

London murder rate falls to lowest in over a decade as Met Police chief hits out at ‘disinformation’

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said facts ‘speak for themselves’ with homicides dropping 36 per cent in just six years

Evening Standard

Killer accused of rapping about murdering teen recommended for open prison

Open prisons have minimal security and allow eligible prisoners to spend most of their day out of prison on licence

The Independent UK

Washington Metropolitan Police officer dies from injuries suffered while helping stranded motorist

A Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer struck by a car last month while helping a stranded motorist has died from his injuries, the department announced

The Independent UK

Moment Met PC on trial for GBH Tasers man ‘who fell 6ft’ and was left paralysed

Jurors hear Leonard Sandiford was running away from constable Liam Newman when stunned in east London

Evening Standard

Suspected burglar falls from wall after being tasered by Met Police officer

Body cam footage shows the moment a suspected burglar fell from a wall after he was tasered by a Metropolitan Police officer.

The Independent UK

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Two serial rapists among police officers not properly vetted

A report found 131 Metropolitan Police officers and staff who were not fully checked went on to commit crime or misconduct.

Evening Standard

Revealed: Map of London’s luxury theft hotspots as £22m of watches, handbags and jewellery stolen

Around 15,860 high-end accessories swiped in two years but less than one per cent were returned to owners, an investigation by the Standard found

International Business Times UK

Teenage Drug Runners Who Posted Selfies After Bludgeoning Homeless Man Receive Jail Time

Three then-teenage drug runners were sentenced to over 23 years in prison for the murder of a homeless man.

The Independent UK

Teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man jailed

Detective Inspector Jim Barry called the attack ‘a particularly callous murder’

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Evening Standard

Man who fell from wall after being tasered by police now confined to wheelchair

Leonard Sandiford said he remembered being hit in the neck or back and waking up in hospital about two months later.

Evening Standard

Laughing teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man near King’s Cross station jailed

Anthony Marks, 52, was hit with a car bonnet and stamped on in a horrific attack near the busy central London transport hub

Evening Standard

Adam Henry, 15, killed by single stab wound to the chest in north London estate, court told

Abdel Derdour, 22, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on New Year’s Eve charged with murdering 15-year-old Adam Henry

Evening Standard

London’s shoplifting epidemic is revealed as thieves rob retailers of £16.7million a month

Frontline workers brace themselves for the annual rise in offending during the January sales

The Independent UK

Freemasons seek injunction to halt plans forcing Met officers to reveal their membership

An inquiry into 1987 axe murder of private detective Daniel Morgan recommended that Freemasonry membership should be declared

Evening Standard

Man charged with murder of boy, 15, found stabbed to death in London street

Adam collapsed on Westbourne Road, Islington sparking two-week manhunt across the capital

Evening Standard

Prime suspect in fatal stabbing of boy, 15, arrested after two-week manhunt across London

Scotland Yard said Abdel Derdour, 22, among five people detained at an address in north west of capital on Boxing Day

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