North Carolina: Police seize real gun disguised as Nerf toy during drug raid
US police carrying out a drug raid have discovered a semi-automatic pistol disguised as a…
Crime
Riot police sent in after ‘kill the bill’ protest in Bristol turns violent
A demonstration in Bristol against plans to give police increased powers to shut down protests has become…
Record sexual consent with an app, Australian police chief suggests
An Australian police chief has suggested a phone app could be developed to document sexual…
Police to record crimes motivated by sex or gender on ‘experimental basis’
The government has said it will “on an experimental basis” ask the police to record…
Michael Barrymore pool death: Police arrest man after ‘significant’ new evidence emerges 20 years on
Detectives acting on “significant new information” have arrested a 50-year-old man over the death of…
Crime: Thieves, robbers and burglars to be fitted with GPS tags
Prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with GPS trackers in a bid…
Sarah Everard: officers investigating killing cordon off area in Sandwich
Officers investigating the murder of Sarah Everard have cordoned off an area in the town…
Wurst luck: half-eaten sausage helps German police solve cold case
German police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary case after DNA found on a…
Sarah Everard: Serving Metropolitan Police officer arrested in connection with disappearance of missing London woman
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Sarah…
Police find 80 alligator heads in Perry Barr house
Eighty alligator heads have been found at a Birmingham house during a police search. Investigators…