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Inexperienced police 'lacking confidence' to use force - as assaults on officers soar

Inexperienced police 'lacking confidence' to use force - as assaults on officers soar

Carl Cooper, 66, was jailed for life in July for the murders of Naomi Hunte, 41, and Fiona Holm, 48

Four Met officers under misconduct investigation after two women murdered by man they complained about to force

Stop obsessing over officer numbers, Met chief pleads

Stop obsessing over officer numbers, Met chief pleads as he says budget ‘heading off a cliff’

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Actor Reece Richards accused police of racially profiling him after he witnessed a car crash nearby

Witness tells LBC of 'incredibly distressing' mistaken arrest of Sex Education star 'kicked and pepper sprayed'

Actor Reece Richards accused police of racially profiling him after he witnessed a car crash nearby

Sex education star 'kicked and pepper sprayed' and was ‘racially profiled’ by police after witnessing car crash

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Met constable pleads guilty to assaulting emergency worker after kicking police officer in stomach

Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson's handbag was stolen while she attended the annual Police Superintendents' Conference

Crime and policing minister has handbag stolen while delivering key speech at major police conference

More than 1,600 inmates were released yesterday in a government bid to free up space in jails

Starmer hits back at Sunak over prison crisis with PM ‘angry’ at being forced to free criminals early

The main entrance to the NHS hospital, Kettering, England.

Patient found dead in hospital's industrial catering oven as police investigate

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Metropolitan Police constable sacked after using antisemitic language at work