Filth by name. . .

[Dystopiary]

Avon and Somerset chief constable has admitted the force is "institutionally racist".

Sarah Crew's assessment of the force last month revealed black people were six times more likely to be stopped and searched in the force's area.

It wants members of communities most affected to help shape the proposals in a bid to rebuild trust.

Avon and Somerset Police plans overhaul of stop-and-search

 

[tony.c]

Met, Norfolk and Suffolk police forces' data systems sent information on victims to facebook.

Met Police ‘passed victims’ data to Facebook via online tracking tool’

The Observer reported that data was sent despite apparently being secure

www.standard.co.uk

 

[equationgirl]

Two in the Midlands fou d guilty of having inappropriate relationships:

Two Midlands police officers found guilty over liaisons with abuse victims

Officers had sexual relationships with women after attending their homes in response to domestic violence reports

www.theguardian.com

And I fear with all the housecleaning going on we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Dystopiary]

Two in the Midlands fou d guilty of having inappropriate relationships:

Two Midlands police officers found guilty over liaisons with abuse victims

Officers had sexual relationships with women after attending their homes in response to domestic violence reports

www.theguardian.com

And I fear with all the housecleaning going on we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg.

FFS. They're just predatory of women already in a horrible situation. This one thought an allegation of domestic violence meant nothing except an opportunity.

[The IPS] found that the woman expected Ritchie to act on her allegations but this did not happen.

In May 2021, another woman came forward to say she had been in a sexual relationship with Ritchie in 2014 after he asked for a date, having gone to her home in an attempt to arrest her son.

She said they had sex while he was on duty and that Ritchie persuaded her to lie to a superior officer about how they had met, after her son made a complaint to the police about the nature of the officer’s relationship with his mother.

In November 2021, a third woman came forward to allege that Walters had initiated oral sex with her while attending a domestic abuse incident at her partner’s home in 2013.

Walters has previously served a jail term for sexually assaulting two different women in 2015 while on duty.

 

[Lurdan]

Two in the Midlands fou d guilty of having inappropriate relationships:

Two Midlands police officers found guilty over liaisons with abuse victims

Officers had sexual relationships with women after attending their homes in response to domestic violence reports

www.theguardian.com

And I fear with all the housecleaning going on we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg.

PC Anthony Ritchie and former PC Steven Darren Walters

Former PC Steven Walters' first conviction in 2016 was listed at the start of this thread. See post #2.

(...) the judge adjourned the case for sentencing on 21 September. Both men were warned that they should expect custodial sentences.

(IOPC press release)

 

[two sheds]

Who actually decided to take up all these cases in all the divisions by the way? A particular judge's decision, or a police chief, politician?

 

[equationgirl]

Who actually decided to take up all these cases in all the divisions by the way? A particular judge's decision, or a police chief, politician?

it's fallout from the Wayne Couzens and David Carrick cases basically. After years of various police getting away with god knows what there's now a big push to clean house.

It's become fucking obvious that the 'one bad apple' argument is redundant when large parts of the orchard are rotten.

 

[tony.c]

Ex-Met Police officer who raped girl stops taking medication and dies in prison

Paul Lamb was jailed for 17 years in 2021 after abusing underage teens at a children's home he managed

www.mylondon.news

 

[tony.c]

Who actually decided to take up all these cases in all the divisions by the way? A particular judge's decision, or a police chief, politician?

It was as a result of the Casey Review and growing lack of confidence in the police, particularly the Met.
Suella Braverman then apparently told police forces to look into allegations against their officers. One of the better (or only?) good things she has done.

Review of police dismissals launched

The review will be completed within 4 months and look at the effectiveness of the police disciplinary system.

www.gov.uk

 

[equationgirl]

I thought this article was interesting...

Met to use counter-terrorism tactics against worst male predators

Force targets top 100 violent offenders against women as commissioner launches promises to rebuild public trust

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pickman's model]

I thought this article was interesting...

Met to use counter-terrorism tactics against worst male predators

Force targets top 100 violent offenders against women as commissioner launches promises to rebuild public trust

www.theguardian.com

It's perhaps a very male thing to rank things, I wonder what criteria they'll use

 

[equationgirl]

It's perhaps a very male thing to rank things, I wonder what criteria they'll use

I wondered how many police officers were in that list.

 

[agricola]

It was as a result of the Casey Review and growing lack of confidence in the police, particularly the Met.
Suella Braverman then apparently told police forces to look into allegations against their officers. One of the better (or only?) good things she has done.

Review of police dismissals launched

The review will be completed within 4 months and look at the effectiveness of the police disciplinary system.

www.gov.uk

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I am not sure the Casey Review (and Braverman's response to it) are that relevant; the media attention to convictions / dismissals probably dates back to the start of Cressida Dick's time (helped on by the vile things people were doing) but they've always (at least for the past twenty odd years and probably longer than that) published in Notices short statements about what people have been dismissed, or convicted and then dismissed, for.

 

[tony.c]

Cressida Dick began as Met Police Commissioner in 2017. Theresa May asked in 2014 for police conduct hearings to be heard by an 'independent chair' (not a police officer) and for the results to be made public. But I don't think most were actually given much publicity, only the more notorious cases.
May also wanted the misconduct cases to be heard in public, which they are still not.
It was the Sarah Everard murder and the subsequent convictions of two of the Met Armed Response Unit police officers which led to the Louise Casey Review which found the Met Police institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic, and polling indicating that 51% of Londoners don't trust the Met (only 42% did trust them), which meant that Braverman had to be seen to being doing something. She couldn't just wheel out the old 'we have the best police in the world.....just a few bad apples' cliche.

 

[equationgirl]

Yes, as I posted upthread it came to a head with the murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, and then the David Carrick case when it was revealed over 80 offences were taken into account at sentencing. There was a lot of horror and revulsion, not least because of how difficult it can be to actually get rid of a serving officer.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes, as I posted upthread it came to a head with the murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, and then the David Carrick case when it was revealed over 80 offences were taken into account at sentencing. There was a lot of horror and revulsion, not least because of how difficult it can be to actually get rid of a serving officer.

Not hard at all as Harry Roberts demonstrated

 

[agricola]

Yes, as I posted upthread it came to a head with the murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, and then the David Carrick case when it was revealed over 80 offences were taken into account at sentencing. There was a lot of horror and revulsion, not least because of how difficult it can be to actually get rid of a serving officer.

The difficulty argument is a bit overstated - in the more serious cases, such as when someone has actually been found guilty of a criminal offence then that is by itself enough to dismiss someone (unless there is an awful lot of mitigation).

What is difficult to throw someone out for is low level misconduct or (especially) attendance related matters, especially with legally independent personnel on the panel because they often ask about the wider issues - such as workload, lack of training and so on - that can play a big part in some of these cases.

 

[tony.c]

Former Met Police Sergeant convicted of taking bribes.

West End ex-Met Police officer guilty of taking bribes

Ex-Sgt Frank Partridge took bribes while policing West End bars and clubs including a £7,000 holiday.

www.bbc.co.uk

Distinctly old school flavour to former Sergeant Frank Partridge.

Sheriff of Soho: The Met officer who abused his power to live the high life - The Times

Former Soho Police Sergeant Partridge sentenced to seven and a half years.

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-07-18/greedy-met-sergeant-jailed-for-taking-bribes-at-west-end-bars-and-nightclubs

 

[singsongfun]

'Sheriff of Soho': Corrupt ex-Met Police officer jailed after taking bribes in London's West End

Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge accepted a £7,000 holiday, Metallica tickets and even the services of a sex worker while working in the Westminster licensing unit.

news.sky.com

Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge accepted a £7,000 holiday, Metallica tickets and even the services of a sex worker while working in the Westminster licensing unit.

 

[two sheds]

he should just have declared the holiday like MPs do

 

[equationgirl]

'Sheriff of Soho': Corrupt ex-Met Police officer jailed after taking bribes in London's West End

Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge accepted a £7,000 holiday, Metallica tickets and even the services of a sex worker while working in the Westminster licensing unit.

news.sky.com

Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge accepted a £7,000 holiday, Metallica tickets and even the services of a sex worker while working in the Westminster licensing unit.

Funtime Frankie!!

 

[equationgirl]

More misogyny from the Met

Inside the Met Police: Former officers open up

A former detective and a special constable reveal their experiences of serving with the Met Police.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

'Sheriff of Soho': Corrupt ex-Met Police officer jailed after taking bribes in London's West End

Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge accepted a £7,000 holiday, Metallica tickets and even the services of a sex worker while working in the Westminster licensing unit.

news.sky.com

Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge accepted a £7,000 holiday, Metallica tickets and even the services of a sex worker while working in the Westminster licensing unit.

Taken 7 years from being nicked to getting to court..?

 

[tony.c]

A couple more Met misconduct cases.

Female Met officer 'sent abusive messages to person and damaged their car'

She is said to have committed the acts over a two year period

www.mylondon.news

Met Police officer who assaulted woman in argument dismissed

A misconduct hearing has concluded that a Met Police Officer breached 'professional standards'

www.mylondon.news

 

[tony.c]

Met misconduct case.

Female Met officer 'sent abusive messages to person and damaged their car'

She is said to have committed the acts over a two year period

www.mylondon.news

PC Cheryl Webber has been in the news before, when she confirmed that everything had been done correctly when a mentally ill black man died in custody.

PC admits he could have done more in custody death of mentally ill black man

He admitted to a ‘failure of oversight’.

www.metro.co.uk

 

[equationgirl]

Four investigations are launched by the iOPC over the handling of David Carrick and missed opportunities to stop him sooner

Four investigations launched into Met’s handling of David Carrick allegations

Police watchdog investigating possibility that force repeatedly failed to take appropriate action

www.theguardian.com

For shame Met, for shame.

 

[Pickman's model]

Four investigations are launched by the iOPC over the handling of David Carrick and missed opportunities to stop him sooner

Four investigations launched into Met’s handling of David Carrick allegations

Police watchdog investigating possibility that force repeatedly failed to take appropriate action

www.theguardian.com

For shame Met, for shame.

tbh it's only what i'm sure we all expected of such a corrupt, misogynist and incompetent force

 

[DaveCinzano]

Former Soho Police Sergeant Partridge sentenced to seven and a half years.

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-07-18/greedy-met-sergeant-jailed-for-taking-bribes-at-west-end-bars-and-nightclubs

Full Michael Gillard treatment:

SOHO VICE

The Corrupt Cop, Nightclub Boss and Security Firms Who Bribed Him

theupsetterstrikes.substack.com

 

[DaveCinzano]

Full Michael Gillard treatment:

SOHO VICE

The Corrupt Cop, Nightclub Boss and Security Firms Who Bribed Him

theupsetterstrikes.substack.com

Throughout the trial, the judge had been concerned about inadvertently referring to the defendant as Alan Partridge, the tactless presenter.

With a tabloid headline writer’s quick-wittedness, the court usher suggested to The Upsetter a title for the book now underway: ‘PARTRIDGE: Bribing Me, Bribing You. Aha!’

 

[equationgirl]

The arrest of the radical French publisher who was detained under counter terrorism measures has been referred to the IOPC

Arrest of French publisher in London referred to police watchdog

Report says detention of Ernest Moret was wrong after he was held for almost 24 hours by counter-terrorist police

www.theguardian.com