Dame Cressida Dick said 147 of her colleagues have been coughed at and another 51 spat at by people claiming to have coronavirus.

Met chief disappointed frontline officers not prioritised for vaccine

File photo dated 26/11/19 of former Metropolitan Police Superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams, who was found guilty of having a child abuse video on her phone will challenge her conviction at the Court of Appeal. Issue date: Thursday February 18, 2021.


Novlett Robyn Williams, who was commended for her work after the Grenfell Tower disaster, was sentenced to 200 hours of community service.

Decorated police officer’s child abuse video conviction appeal refused

Detective Sergeant Darren Barker started with the Metropolitan Police in March 1992 and was described by a colleague as an “extremely talented detective”.



Tributes to ‘talented Met detective’ who died after Covid diagnosis

A group of 25 people could be facing fines of £800 after they breached lockdown rules by attending a party in south London.

Polie said: "This was a blatant breach of the coronavirus rules that are in place to save lives."

Group of 25 people facing £800 fines after going to London party

The Met has disciplined just six officers over the misuse of stop and search powers since 2014 – despite receiving almost 5,000 complaints, figures reveal.

Six Met officers disciplined over stop and search misuse since 2014

PD Dexter’s handler, PC Sheather along with local officers popped into the hospital with treats and a thank you book containing messages from Met staff.


Meet Dexter! How a Met Police dog is raising spirits among medics

The Metropolitan Police said that the officers all had trims from a professional hairdresser at Bethnal Green police station on January 17.

A brush with the law: Officers face Covid fines for on duty hair cut

General view of a Metropolitan Police sign on the side of a BMW London Metropolitan police motorcycle


Police are reviewing all domestic killings of children last year after concern lockdown may have contributed to an increase in the number of deaths.

Child deaths under review as Met Police sees rise in domestic killings

Martin Stew spent a night with a unit patrolling Romford looking for large scale gatherings and local loiterings.

Enforcing lockdown law: Police crack down during Essex night patrol

General view of a BMW badge and Police sign on the back of a London Metropolitan police motorcycle


It comes after criticism of the way stop-and-search is used with data showing black people are much more likely to be stopped. 

Police to record ethnicity of drivers pulled over after profiling concerns

A police car on Westminster bridge by the Houses of Parliament in London. Millions more people moved to harsher coronavirus restrictions as the new tier changes came into force in England.


Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation – which represents front line officers in London, said some 1,300 were off sick or self-isolating.

Government urged to give police priority to coronavirus vaccine

Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man they want to speak to in connection with repeated incidents where criminal damage was caused to an ambulance station.



Police said the criminal damage could put lives at risk by delaying medical help reaching those who need it during the pandemic. 

Police appeal after London ambulance station 'hit with eggs and spit' 

Police have issued a CCTV still of a man they wish to identify, after a £3,000 burglary in Islington where Christmas presents, a laptop and a bike were stolen. 

Christmas presents stolen from paramedic's Islington house in £3,000 burglary 

Officers across the Metropolitan Police took part in Operation Sceptre to drive down violent crime across London.

Hundreds of weapons seized in operation targeting violent crime

Officers from the Met's Territorial Support Group have removed one million pounds worth of class B drugs from London’s streets. The officers were called to an address on North Circular Road, NW2 on Tuesday, 17 November after concerns were raised about the property by members of the public.

The Metropolitan Police said officers from its territorial support group were called to an address on the North Circular Road by members of the public.

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