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Five Met police officers charged with GBH over hospital restraining incident

Breaking: Charges follow probe by IOPC into incident where man detained under the Mental Health Act was restrained by police

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OPINION - I'm a former Detective Chief Inspector. This is what's going wrong at The Met

You must have heard this week’s horrifying new stats by now. Knife attacks in London have risen by 86 per cent in a decade. As a former Detective Chief Inspector at The Met, I am well placed to help explain how we’ve witnessed such a catastrophic increase.

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Man with ‘chainsaw and gas mask’ shot by police who ‘feared gun or bomb’

The man refused to leave a house and armed officers were deployed, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.

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Insufficient police training before nine-year-old murdered, watchdog finds

Alfie Steele was killed by his mother and her partner after police visited the home on multiple occasions.

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Officers involved in shooting of stabbing suspect ‘did not commit offence’

The Independent Office for Police Conduct launched an investigation after a man was shot in Huyton, near Liverpool, on Wednesday.

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Use of force during arrest of Sex Education star ‘reasonable’, watchdog finds

Reece Richards was mistaken for a suspect and arrested in Fulham in September last year.

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Police watchdog to complain to Ofcom over Chris Kaba Panorama episode

The Independent Office for Police Conduct has asked for a public apology from the BBC.

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Suspended chief constable will not be prosecuted over alleged sexual offences

The PPS in Northern Ireland also said Will Kerr will not face charges relating to an allegation of misconduct in public office.

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Family of man stabbed to death pay tribute to ‘gentle giant’

Leicestershire Police have made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct in connection with the death of Louis Howard.

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Man shot dead by armed officers at station was carrying a knife, police say

Officers were called to Milton Keynes railway station after reports of a man carrying a gun.

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Pedestrian killed in collision involving police car

Birmingham Police said they are liaising with the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

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No misconduct case for officers who tried to ‘deflect blame’ after Hillsborough

Families bereaved by the stadium disaster in Sheffield in 1989 have been sent a letter from the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

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Man who died on M4 had been accused online by ‘child protection team’

Man had been arrested but not charged after claims he attempted to engage in sexual activity during a livestreamed video

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Manhunt over after murder suspect arrested

Paul Antony Butler, 53, was located and arrested in the Liskeard area of Cornwall, which is around 20 miles from Plymouth.

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Doorbell footage shows moment armed police shoot man on Christmas Eve

Marcus Meade had been involved in a standoff at a property in Worcestershire for over five hours before he was fatally shot by police

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Man shot dead by armed police after Christmas Eve standoff

The police watchdog said it would conduct a ‘detailed and robust investigation’ into the incident.

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Watchdog probe after police altercation with 15-year-old girl at London train station

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said the British Transport Police officer used force against the child

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Police officer charged with causing death by dangerous driving over moped crash

Metropolitan Police Constable Ian Brotherton will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

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Acting Devon and Cornwall Police chief suspended

Jim Colwell has been suspended following allegations of breaches of professional standards.

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Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused at least 111 women and girls, say police

Scale of criminality would make Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, one of Britain’s most notorious sex offenders

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Two Met officers under investigation following crash which killed pregnant woman

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said the 38-year-old woman died in the collision in south-east London on October 17.

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Two Met officers face criminal probe over crash that killed pregnant woman and baby in Eltham

The Independent Office for Police Conduct is probing the crash that claimed the life of heavily pregnant woman and her unborn baby

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Reform UK presses ahead with bid for private prosecution over airport fracas

Nigel Farage confirmed the party is to pursue legal action as the CPS said it is still considering the Manchester Airport case.

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Teenage girl who died on M5 after fleeing police vehicle named

Tamzin Hall died after fleeing a police vehicle and being struck by a car on the M5 motorway

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Girl, 17, who died on motorway after fleeing police vehicle named

Tamzin Hall died after fleeing a police vehicle and being struck by a car on the M5 motorway.

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