UK police officers with criminal convictions remain in service despite repeated reform pledges

UK police officers with criminal convictions remain employed across multiple forces in England and Wales, despite years of public promises to reform vetting, discipline, and misconduct systems. Fresh figures obtained through freedom of information requests show dozens of serving officers kept their jobs after convictions for violence, harassment, assault, and other criminal offences since 2018. … Continue reading UK police officers with criminal convictions remain in service despite repeated reform pledges