UK appoints counterterror cop to head troubled London police
July 8, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Veteran counterterrorism police officer Mark Rowley will be the new chief of London’s troubled Metropolitan Police force, the British government said Friday.
Rowley, who was head of counterterrorism at the force between 2014 and 2018, becomes commissioner of Scotland Yard after a string of controversies undermined public confidence in the country’s largest police force.
Head of London police resigns after string of scandals
February 10, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said she is resigning Thursday after a string of controversies that undermined public confidence in the force and prompted a falling out between her and the capital's mayor.
London police investigate Downing Street lockdown parties
January 25, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The “partygate” scandal that threatens to derail U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration deepened Tuesday as police opened an investigation into gatherings at government offices that allegedly violated COVID-19 lockdown rules.
UK police force apologizes for failing slain sisters’ family
October 26, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — London’s police force has apologized to the family of two murdered sisters, saying its initial response to the crime was “below the standard that it should have been.”
The mother of the two women dismissed the apology Tuesday as too little, too late, saying the Metropolitan Police force had not taken responsibility for its “reprehensible” failings.
UK police won’t act against Prince Andrew over abuse claim
October 11, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — British police have announced they will not take any action against Prince Andrew after a review prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who claims that he sexually assaulted her.
Virginia Giuffre claims she was trafficked by Epstein to have sex with Andrew in London in 2001, when she was 17 and a minor under U.S.
Scotland Yard police chief’s term extended despite criticism
September 10, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — Britain’s most senior police officer will stay in her job for another two years, the government announced Friday. The decision comes despite criticism of her force over its handling of some investigations and policing of protests.
London police chief says Prince Andrew case is under review
August 12, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — London's top police official said Thursday that the city's police department is reviewing its files but not opening an investigation of Britain's Prince Andrew, who faces sexual assault allegations in a U.S.
London police chief warns of Brexit costs, safety threats
December 27, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — London's police chief has suggested that Brexit will be costly and could have a damaging effect on public safety...
Homicide rate in London on the rise; knife crime to blame
April 2, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — The homicide rate in London so far has increased each month in 2018 as the British capital experiences a rise in knife-related crime.
The Metropolitan Police said Monday there were eight homicide inquiries in January, 15 in February and 22 in March.
London police plead for calm after attack at mosque
June 19, 2017 GMTLONDON (AP) — London police, already stretched by a series of major incidents around the capital, are putting more officers on the street to reassure the public after a driver plowed into a crowd of people leaving a mosque early Monday...