Filth by name. . .

[equationgirl]

I just don't have the words...

 

[GarveyLives]

Deeply disturbing:

"Lambeth council and the Metropolitan Police have been accused of withholding information about their involvement and alleged cover-up of one of England’s worst child abuse scandals ..."

Lambeth council and Metropolitan Police accused of covering up child sexual abuse scandal

(There is further information regarding this specific scandal here).

 

[GarveyLives]

Serving Metropolitan Police officer PC Jake Cummings from Hemel Hempstead, who is attached to the Metropolitan Police's Central West Command, appeared in custody at Hatfield Magistrates' Court on 23 February 2024 charged with rape, two counts of stalking, two counts of controlling and coercive behaviour and possession of an offensive weapon, after being charged by Hertfordshire Constabulary. The alleged offences in Hertfordshire relate to a single victim and took place when PC Jake Cummings was off duty.

PC Jake Cummings was remanded in custody to appear at St Alban's Crown Court on 26 March 2024. He has been suspended from duty. The Metropolitan Police’s Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed.

 

[GarveyLives]

In May 2021, Metropolitan Police sergeant Detective Sergeant Neil Buckmaster of their South Area Command Unit, was dismissed from the Metropolitan Police without notice for using “racially offensive names” on a computer game, following a four-day disciplinary hearing held in private which found that his actions amounted to gross misconduct.

At the time, Commander Paul Betts, Metropolitan Police Head of Professionalism, said DS Buckmaster’s actions were “utterly unacceptable”:

"Former DS Buckmaster's conduct fell well below what is expected of our officers and staff, and by its nature can undermine trust and confidence in policing.

“I hope our communities will appreciate that the matter was reported and thoroughly investigated, and that following a rigorous examination of all the available evidence, he has rightfully been dismissed. Former DS Buckmaster will also be placed on the ‘Police Barred List’ preventing future employment elsewhere in policing."

This morning, it was reported that Detective Sergeant Neil Buckmaster has been reinstated and sent on a leadership course:

Metropolitan Police detective sacked for racism has been reinstated and sent on leadership course

 

[Pickman's model]

In May 2021, Metropolitan Police sergeant Detective Sergeant Neil Buckmaster of their South Area Command Unit, was dismissed from the Metropolitan Police without notice for using “racially offensive names” on a computer game, following a four-day disciplinary hearing held in private which found that his actions amounted to gross misconduct.

At the time, Commander Paul Betts, Metropolitan Police Head of Professionalism, said DS Buckmaster’s actions were “utterly unacceptable”:

"Former DS Buckmaster's conduct fell well below what is expected of our officers and staff, and by its nature can undermine trust and confidence in policing.

“I hope our communities will appreciate that the matter was reported and thoroughly investigated, and that following a rigorous examination of all the available evidence, he has rightfully been dismissed. Former DS Buckmaster will also be placed on the ‘Police Barred List’ preventing future employment elsewhere in policing."

This morning, it was reported that Detective Sergeant Neil Buckmaster has been reinstated and sent on a leadership course:

Metropolitan Police detective sacked for racism has been reinstated and sent on leadership course

it's worse than that, he was reinstated in 2022

 

[equationgirl]

it's worse than that, he was reinstated in 2022

I'm sure they thought nobody would notice.

 

[equationgirl]

I've kept an eye on this case for a large part of my adult life. Police got tunnel vision on a group of Turkish men rather than focus on a credible suspect, known to have raped a number of women. They spent a huge amount of money on surveillance, and later transcripts showed wrong translations or statements taken out of context.

Finally the man who should have been convicted many years ago has now been convicted:

How police missed the chance to catch Emma Caldwell's killer

Iain Packer was left free to continue attacking women while senior officers pursued a case against four Turkish men.

www.bbc.co.uk

Strathclyde Police as was (now Police Scotland) say they have 'reflected and learned' from the case.

I remain unconvinced.

 

[equationgirl]

Police were told by victim that she feared for her life, but failed to act in a timely fashion:

Murder victim told police she feared ex-partner would kill her

Katie Higton warned officers of threats from Marcus Osborne, a timeline obtained by the BBC reveals.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Lurdan]

The Angiolini Inquiry's Part 1 report into Wayne Couzens is due to be published this morning.
Inquiry Chair Elish Angiolini is live streaming a statement about it right now.

Accessible on this page where the report will also be posted

ETA: The report is now up at this link (PDF file)

 

[Pickman's model]

The Angiolini Inquiry's Part 1 report into Wayne Couzens is due to be published this morning.
Inquiry Chair Elish Angiolini is live streaming a statement about it right now.

Accessible on this page where the report will also be posted

From the guardian Police should never have employed Wayne Couzens, report finds

 

[equationgirl]

Should never have been employed as a police officer but was anyway.

Routine checks not done.

 

[equationgirl]

Police conduct under criticism during interviews of extremely vulnerable man who suffered a brain injury as a baby:

Vulnerable man confessed to murder in 11th of 14 ‘relentless’ interviews, court hears

Expert witness says he raised concerns about police questioning with Oliver Campbell’s lawyers before trial

www.theguardian.com

A clinical psychologist assessing him was so concerned he raised the matter with the police but never heard back. He noted the man had a tendency to default to acquiescing when under stress.

Case currently being heard before the Court of Appeal

 

[equationgirl]

The Scottish Government may launch a judge-led inquiry into police failings around Iain Packer - so far 19 rapes and sexual assaults committed after Emma's murder have been linked to him:

Humza Yousaf ‘open’ to inquiry into police failings in Iain Packer case

Family of Emma Caldwell, who was killed by Packer, want judge-led inquiry to examine ‘culture of misogyny and corruption’

www.theguardian.com

 

[equationgirl]

The BBC has a damning summary of the Angiolini report - three for es failed to stop Couzens despites repeated vetting failures and unheeded red flags.

Wayne Couzens: How three police forces botched opportunities to stop Sarah Everard's murderer

The Angliolini report says failures in vetting, recruitment and investigation left Couzens free to offend.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[equationgirl]

And another one: seven police officers under investigation after three people died on a car crash last march:

Seven police officers under watchdog investigation over fatal Cardiff car crash

Gwent police officers being investigated after incident in which three friends died and two others were trapped for almost 48 hours

www.theguardian.com

 

[ddraig]

SEVEN!!

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Police conduct under criticism during interviews of extremely vulnerable man who suffered a brain injury as a baby:

Vulnerable man confessed to murder in 11th of 14 ‘relentless’ interviews, court hears

Expert witness says he raised concerns about police questioning with Oliver Campbell’s lawyers before trial

www.theguardian.com

A clinical psychologist assessing him was so concerned he raised the matter with the police but never heard back. He noted the man had a tendency to default to acquiescing when under stress.

Case currently being heard before the Court of Appeal

he actually raised it with the victim's solicitors who didn't follow it up, duty solicitors at a guess

 

[equationgirl]

he actually raised it with the victim's solicitors who didn't follow it up, duty solicitors at a guess

Thanks, my brain is like a sieve sometimes.

 

[Dystopiary]

Johnny Vodka posted this on the Palestine solidarity demos thread; gonna cross-post it here as part of this ongoing catalogue of abuse by the British police.

Various threads this could be dropped into. (Apologies if it's already been posted elsewhere.)

Police aggression towards Gaza march observers ‘on the rise’ in UK as woman says officers knocked her over

Legal adviser to pro-Palestinian protesters was taken to hospital by passersby after the incident on Westminster Bridge in London

www.theguardian.com

The way they look back down at her and then leave her and carry on, my God.

 

[equationgirl]

SEVEN!!

Seven.

 

[equationgirl]

Police Scotland referred this case to the watchdog for the force because the office attending an unexplained death didn't realise the man had been shot to death

Watchdog to probe police over unnoticed shooting in Aberfeldy

Brian Low was fatally shot while walking his dog but a murder probe was not launched for six days.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[equationgirl]

Also, Labour want to give the police mandatory training on violence against women in the wake of the Angiolini report:

Police to get compulsory training on violence against women under Labour plans

Party’s proposals come after Elish Angiolini’s report into Wayne Couzens’ murder of Sarah Everard

www.theguardian.com

Forgive my cynicism, but aren't they supposed to know how to look out for and better manage this already? Or will this just give those officers that abuse more tools to stay hidden for longer?

 

[equationgirl]

Met lose items taken from a suicide victim during the subsequent investigation, finally own up to the loss after her family ask for the items to be returned, but luckily find them again...

Met police to return lost sim card of bullied schoolgirl who killed herself

Force was previously unable to locate sim belonging to Mia Janin, 14, after investigation into her death in 2021

www.theguardian.com

 

[equationgirl]

Met detective in charge of Sarah Everard investigation doesn't see how the force can win back trust from the public:

Sarah Everard detective struggling to see how Met can ‘win back trust’

Katherine Goodwin, who led inquiry into the murder by a serving officer, is concerned problem may be ‘endemic’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pickman's model]

Met detective in charge of Sarah Everard investigation doesn't see how the for e can win back trust from the public:

Sarah Everard detective struggling to see how Met can ‘win back trust’

Katherine Goodwin, who led inquiry into the murder by a serving officer, is concerned problem may be ‘endemic’

www.theguardian.com

it's good to see a cop has worked out how difficult it will be. i saw a couple of months a claim that half of women don't trust the met. i was surprised at the time, that it seemed so low.

 

[Orang Utan]

Met detective in charge of Sarah Everard investigation doesn't see how the force can win back trust from the public:

Sarah Everard detective struggling to see how Met can ‘win back trust’

Katherine Goodwin, who led inquiry into the murder by a serving officer, is concerned problem may be ‘endemic’

www.theguardian.com

Wow, just shows how little they claim to know about their own:
“Goodwin said: “I knew that I had to tell my boss and I can just remember the shock of having to just sit on the floor of the office and say to her, ‘You’re not going to believe this, that he’s a police officer’. And then the same question went through her head as went through my head… ‘Are you sure?’.”
Whereas the general public would not be so shocked at all.

 

[Pickman's model]

Met detective in charge of Sarah Everard investigation doesn't see how the force can win back trust from the public:

Sarah Everard detective struggling to see how Met can ‘win back trust’

Katherine Goodwin, who led inquiry into the murder by a serving officer, is concerned problem may be ‘endemic’

www.theguardian.com

I am surprised he had to sit on the floor of the office

 

[GarveyLives]

34-year-old PC Dean Dempster of Langford Road, Manchester, a serving Greater Manchester Police officer who joined that police force in 2021 after serving as a special constable and ambulance service paramedic, has been remanded in custody after appearing at Manchester Magistrates’ Court accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl while on duty. PC Dean Dempster is also charged with misconduct in a public office.

PC Dean Dempster will next appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 16 January 2024. He has been suspended from duty and misconduct proceedings will resume upon the conclusion of the ongoing criminal proceedings.

Serving Greater Manchester Police officer, PC Dean Dempster of Langford Road, Didsbury, Manchester, who is based within Greater Manchester Police's Oldham division, has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 while on duty (the child concerned was a six-year-old girl):

Greater Manchester Police officer admits sexual assault of girl, 6

(Source: Elizabeth Cook/PA)​

PC Dean Dempster has been remanded in custody until 26 April 2024 when the case will be mentioned at Liverpool Crown Court.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said that PC Dean Dempster has been suspended from duty and that misconduct proceedings will resume upon the conclusion of criminal proceedings.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Greater Manchester Police officer drags homeless man along ground

The officer is also seen deliberately treading on the man's stomach in footage obtained by BBC News.

www.bbc.co.uk

"The superintendent responsible for the city centre personally discussed the incident with the officer and made it clear that her actions were unacceptable and must not be repeated.

"She, along with other employees, received refresher training on how to deal with similar situations in the future."

'must not be repeated'

'refresher training'

 

[Lurdan]

Revealed: Met Police routinely failed to record basic details about sex offenders - Times (archived)

Rapists are likely to have avoided justice because the Metropolitan Police has been routinely failing to record basic details about sex offenders and their victims, despite repeatedly being told by regulators that its methods are failing women and girls. (...)

Officers regularly failed to properly record details of suspects, which meant they could not easily be identified by other investigators. In thousands of cases the relationship between victim and offender was not recorded on police computer systems.

BBC documentary 'Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice' on BBC1 tonight (5th) at 9.00pm and then on the iplayer.
A few short excerpts up on that page.