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The Latest Breaking News from the College of Policing

Met Police officer sacked over sexually inappropriate behaviour

PC Calum O'Loughnane has been immediately dismissed and placed on the barred list for the College of Policing

Evening Standard

UK police leaders to call for ‘non-crime hate incidents’ to be scrapped

Review will request ‘commonsense’ system with most serious incidents recorded as antisocial behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Non-crime hate incidents ‘to be scrapped’ in favour of ‘common sense’

The chairman of the College of Policing said that the system would be ‘scrapped and replaced with a completely different system’

The Independent UK

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Ministers to delegate some public appointments in attempt to cut delays

Under shake-up affecting about 4,000 roles, officials will run more of hiring process but ministers can have final say

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Met Police sacked over 180 disgraced officers last year as Sir Mark Rowley battles to clean up force

Met Commissioner vowed to be ‘relentless’ during ‘biggest corruption clear-out in British policing history’

Evening Standard

Two rogue cops sacked every day as officers barred from policing soars to record high

The figures come after an undercover investigation exposed officers at Charing Cross police station making offensive comments and bragging about using violence

The Independent UK

Tories promise negative net migration and 10,000 more police if elected

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that the days of mass, low-skill migration have to end.

Evening Standard

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Tories vow to end ‘woke nonsense’ in police and scrap anti-racism plan

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp also promised to hire 10,000 more police officers

The Independent UK

Amnesty warns police using new 10-shot ‘super taser’ is ‘fundamentally dangerous’

Warning over Taser 10 comes as Met Police hit with fresh scandal

The Independent UK

Police told to reveal ethnicity of suspects under interim guidance

The change is hoped to combat misinformation spread on social media

The Independent UK

PM and Cooper pile pressure on police over revealing suspects’ details as transparency row deepens

The home secretary said she is preparing new guidance for police forces to promote transparency

The Independent UK

Home Secretary calls for more transparency from police over suspects

Yvette Cooper said guidance was already being reviewed about how the police release information on people arrested over crimes.

Evening Standard

Guidance on police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity should change, Cooper says

Home secretary says Law Commission is looking into change amid row over case of alleged rape in Warwickshire

The Guardian - UK

Change to police corruption guidelines that equated journalists with criminals

The move comes amid efforts to rebuild the relationship between media professionals and the police.

The Independent UK

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Only 4% of alleged domestic abusers in police dismissed, survey finds

Launching her criminal justice report on Wednesday, Dame Nicole Jacobs called for ‘structural change’.

Al Jazeera

What are ‘non-crime hate incidents’ which have become so hated in the UK?

Children in England and Wales have been investigated by police for calling each other names, a study has found.

Evening Standard

'Recording non-crime hate incidents can be distracting for officers' - senior policing figure

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has called for police only to record NHCIs where there is a clear risk to community safety and wellbeing

Al Jazeera

Record 600 police officers sacked for misconduct in England and Wales

Sackings come as UK police chiefs battle to restore public trust following a series of scandals.

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The Independent UK

Number of police officers sacked and barred from service rises to almost 600

Data from the College of Policing showed the most common reasons for dismissal were dishonesty, sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviour.

The Independent UK

What are abortion clinic buffer zones and what about ‘silent prayer’?

New guidance is being published on the implementation of the safe access zones across England and Wales.

The Independent UK

Police chiefs facing ‘wellbeing crisis’ with half admitting morale is lower than a year ago

Only three in 10 police superintendents would recommend policing, figures show, as leaders call for better mental health support

The Independent UK

Police are ‘trivialising stalking’ and letting victims down as figures show one in five women are targeted

Police watchdogs have called for urgent reform and tougher laws to protect victims of stalking in 29 recommendations

The Guardian - UK

‘He edited my worst moments into a montage’: how UK police still ignore domestic abusers in their ranks

Four years on from a super-complaint over officers’ violence against women and girls, a new report finds little progress has been made on promised reforms

The Independent UK

AI needs to be injected into police force ‘like heroin into bloodstream’, says leading officer

Andy Marsh, from the College of Policing, said he hopes AI can make the task of preparing prosecution case files a ‘problem of the past’ in just two years

The Independent UK

Half of rape investigation team members not fully qualified, police watchdog warns

A new policing model - known as Operation Soteria - could overhaul the criminal justice system for rape victims but more changes are needed, inspectors found

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