"The study found that the reasons given by officers for subjecting black people to the controversial power were more likely to be vague, with examples including that a black person gave a “furtive glance”

#Racism #MetPol #London #Policing #StopAndSearch

Black people up to 48 times more likely to be stopped and searched in richest areas of London | Stop and search | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/10/black-people-up-to-48-times-more-likely-stop-and-search-london-richest-areas

#MetPol have #arrested 20 year old and 15 year old males on suspicion of stirring up the #online "school wars" posts attempting to encourage #violence across high #schools in #London and beyond (I've seen versions of these for #Ipswich schools as well).

I'm unaware of there being any actual confrontations stemming from this online campaign - reality (even when I was a teen and Internet didn't exist) is that teens aren't /that/ inclined to fight merely because they are from different schools, rivalry usually starts off due to competition for girls / territory etc in the physical space which isn't that easy to stir up from 100km away..

#Crime #London #Essex #Suffolk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxzz0lk8glo

Wonderful news for anyone being investigated by #London's #MetropolitanPolice!

It turns out that the #MetPol's definition of #flightRisk does not include being unemployed, v v rich, and extraordinarily well-connected to the world's wealthiest and most politically powerful people. Not even when the offence suspected carries up to a 25 year sentence.

Obviously it is mere coincidence that the suspect employs fabulously expensive lawyers.

#ukpol

https://archive.is/4ukoQ / https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/06/peter-mandelson-released-from-bail-conditions

#ThamesValleyPolice in SE #England are now accepting trainee #officers with driving #licences for #automatic vehicles ( #MetPol has already quietly started doing this) - until recently #Police #Officers had to have a licence for manual vehicles.

This isn't at all surprising given many younger folk in high traffic areas of #SE England are learning exclusively in automatic cars and 80% of the #Police fleet including the fast response / performance vehicles of the RPU (Roads Policing Unit) already has auto 'boxes, but I suspect its also because they are struggling to attract and retain officers, no one *wants* to join the Old Bill these days !

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedz5e427w7o

A trainee #Police #Officer from #MetPol committed suicide by deliberately driving at 100mph into a tree in #Brentwood #Essex (although HM #Coroner mentions a "note of intention", there are no further details given to why he took this drastic act)

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/crash-killed-popular-essex-police-10837155

The #spycops inquiry in London continues to expose the #MetPol #MetropolitanPolice's contempt for justice. Senior cops praised undercover cop Jim Boyling who gave evidence under his fake identity in prosecutions of activists he had infiltrated.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/15/spycops-senior-police-praised-undercover-officer-lied-to-court

Boyling's #perjury was over 25 years ago. Yet again, #BritishJustice is exposed as a concept not of the moment, but of possible hindsight years or decades later. If you are very lucky and very persistent, and live long enough 😡

Three #students from #London have been attacked and #stabbed at a train station in #Surrey - one suspect #arrested and two still outstanding with #BTP ( #British #Transport #Police ) investigating.

I wouldn't class this as a massive #crimewave in #London, but maybe a return to some #crime levels of the 1980s to 1990s - although #MetPol , #BTP and the #Courts are working harder than ever, society simply can't "arrest its way out of crime" when inequality and hate are deeply embedded in the population..

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/25834979.egham-station-royal-holloway-university-students-injured-stabbing/

A driver of a horse and cart in #Chingford East #London has been #arrested by #MetPol following a fatal #collision with an #ebike rider..

The charge of "wanton and furious driving" is one of the earliest road #traffic offences, dating back from days long before the motor car and speed limits..

#RoadSafety #UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm24j5kgrymo

This is a *lot* of prison (12 years for the lad, he will serve 6-9 of them inside) for just #partydrugs with no violence involved, but there was a lot being sold!

Digging a bit deeper it appears he *tried* to get out of the game after #Encrochat got popped, laundered the money into an events management company but it folded (even ending up with an Employment Tribunal judgment as he didn't pay his staff correctly), then got back into dealing and thus created a second set of data for #MetPol to track and nick him!

#London #Essex #drugs #crime

https://www.essexlive.news/news/local-news/drug-kingpin-nabbed-police-carrying-10788206