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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

We continue to support the two officers dismissed after yesterday’s extremely disappointing GM panel findings and we have been in detailed discussions with the officers’ legal team today concerning appealing the two adverse decisions. Before I commented on this matter I wanted

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

@policeconduct

8 months

Read our statement after two @metpoliceuk officers were sacked today following a gross misconduct hearing into the stop and search of athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos in west London. ➡️

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@mpfchairman

4 months

Dear @antisemitism , my colleague defamed in your post below is due an apology from you, and everyone else for that matter who commented negatively about him on your post, jumping on the bandwagon. It was pretty obvious from the start that this officer did not affix this sticker

Campaign Against Antisemitism

@antisemitism

4 months

Contempt for the police amongst anti-Israel marchers has reached the point where slogans are being slapped on unwitting police officers. During yesterday’s anti-Israel march, a Metropolitan Police officer stood with a “Boycott Israeli Apartheid” sticker on his arm. We asked

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

4 months

@BigTobes9 @antisemitism Because police issued yellow reflective jackets aren't connected to the central nervous system 🙄

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@mpfchairman

3 months

Dear @BellRibeiroAddy it shouldn't need me to remind you that the sub judice rule makes it a contempt to publish any matter which creates a substantial risk of serious prejudice or impediment to the course of justice in legal proceedings. The rule also prevents MPs or Lords

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

@BellRibeiroAddy

3 months

The police officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba in September 2022 can now be named as Martyn Blake. His trial is scheduled to begin later this year, on the 1st of October. My thoughts and prayers are with Chris's friends and family as their fight for justice continues.

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

*UPDATE* I spoke with the officer concerned yesterday and read his account of the incident. I reassured him that he has the full support of the MPF and assigned him an experienced Rep. For an officer with just 6 months’ service he did incredibly well and is a credit to the MPS 👏

Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

Intervening off-duty on the underground without any support, comms or PPE is high risk. I will endeavour to make contact with the officer concerned tomorrow to thank him for his service and provide him with any support necessary.

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@mpfchairman

8 months

Intervening off-duty on the underground without any support, comms or PPE is high risk. I will endeavour to make contact with the officer concerned tomorrow to thank him for his service and provide him with any support necessary.

Women's group boss says she was bitten in racist Tube attack

Selma Taha, the director of Southall Black Sisters, says she had her hair ripped out and was bitten.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

7 months

@andygeorgeni @WeAreFairCop @PoliceChiefs As a serving police officer Andy, you’d be wise to keep your personal views on this topic out of the public domain. As police officers we should not be seen to be taking one side of any lawful political position over another, irrespective of how virtuous you perceive one side of

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

7 months

Well said Commissioner 👏👏👏

Fraser Knight

@Fraser_Knight

7 months

“Thank God for the common sense of British juries” Met boss Sir Mark Rowley goes in hard against @policeconduct for their ‘pursuit of good officers’ after acquittal of PC Paul Fisher - cleared of dangerous driving after crashing on response to the Streatham terror attack @LBC

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@mpfchairman

7 months

Well done @metpoliceuk Command Team and all of our brave colleagues on the front line today working tirelessly to keep London safe and free from major disorder. Wishing those officers injured, particularly the two who were hospitalised, well and a speedy recovery. Thank you for

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

7 months

Today's policing operation is now drawing to a close. Officers worked tirelessly to keep London safe, making at least 126 arrests in the face of significant violence. Sadly, nine officers were injured. Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist's statement gives an overview of events.

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

4 months

@metpoliceuk @itvnews I'm a Londoner and it's not what I, or any of my community are saying. We want our police force empowered, supported and reclaiming our streets. We want to feel safe and our kids better protected from violent crime in our community.

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

4 months

Yet more disgraceful decision making by @policeconduct wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax payers money to drag an innocent officer - diagnosed with epilepsy - through a protracted GM hearing, having been cleared at court on expert medical evidence. When will this

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

⁦ @MPSHackney ⁩, yet again we are pandering to political agitators. When officers act in good faith and in accordance with their training, no apology should be offered or given. Our hard working colleagues deserve your full public support.

Met Police apologises for gunpoint arrest of boy with blue water pistol

The Met Police has apologised after a boy in Hackney was arrested at gunpoint because he and his sister were playing with water pistols.

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

6 months

PC Gerrard and PC Mulhall, whilst being exceedingly modest on camera, are both incredibly brave and courageous officers. Despite all of the negativity around policing in general presently, officers such as these make me very proud to be a Metropolitan Police officer and to be

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

6 months

'I was concerned for members of the public and knew we had to stop him.' PC Gerrard and PC Mulhall reflect on how they instinctively confronted a knife-wielding man in Leicester Square last year, sustaining serious injuries. Today, their attacker has been jailed for a minimum

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@mpfchairman

8 months

I’m working closely with the officer’s Fed Rep to ensure he continues to receive all the support he requires.

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

@policeconduct

8 months

Officer under investigation in Croydon fare evasion arrest incident A #metpoliceuk officer is being criminally investigated over the arrest of a Black woman on suspicion of fare evasion in #croydon in July ▶️

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@mpfchairman

5 months

Yet more use of inflammatory language by @policeconduct for clicks. You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves.

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

@policeconduct

5 months

A @metpoliceuk officer failed to properly search or monitor Andrzej Kusper, who died in Leyton Custody Centre in Sept 2021 after choking on a package of drugs he put in his mouth while being searched. Read more about our investigation here: ▶️

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@mpfchairman

9 months

⁦ @HMICFRS ⁩ found that: *police officers at the vigil did their best to peacefully disperse the crowd *police officers remained calm and professional when subjected to abuse and *police officers did not act inappropriately or in a heavy-handed manner

Metropolitan Police acted appropriately at the Sarah Everard vigil - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of...

The Metropolitan Police acted appropriately at the vigil held in memory of Sarah Everard on Clapham Common, a new inspection has found.

hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

Any positive impact that *some* of your learning recommendations may have had, are vastly outweighed by the negative impact of your overtly political and partisan approach. My colleagues cannot now proactively do their job for fear of an IOPC referral, and Londoners are less safe

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

@policeconduct

8 months

What positive impact have we had on #policing this year? Watch our video for a quick summary of our achievements in 2022/23 Read our latest #ImpactReport : ▶️

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

26 days

“Police losing confidence to do the job after officer convicted of assault in fare-evasion row”

Police losing confidence to do the job after officer convicted of assault in fare-evasion row

The Met Police now no longer provides backup for ticket inspectors and many officers are worried about when they can use force

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@mpfchairman

5 months

As wrong as this Special Constable is in both her knowledge of the law and her poor reaction to being filmed - there is something deeply unpleasant about X pile-ons. Without knowing anything else about her, I do know that she has volunteered to do a very difficult and dangerous

Peter Bleksley

@PeterBleksley

5 months

Lawless Britain; The woman in uniform that is…

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@mpfchairman

4 months

Unfortunately the PM has no influence or say on what @policeconduct do - they are an unregulated law unto themselves. I would take this with a large pinch of salt.

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@mpfchairman

5 months

Great work @metpoliceuk . Very proud of each and every brave officer involved in this sting operation - reminding the street robbers that we're still here! This type of job is why many of us joined the job in the first place, and it's also why I take deep pride in doing my best as

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

5 months

Over the course of 7 months there has been a sharp rise in high-value watch robberies in central London worth £4 million. Undercover officers set out patrolling major hotspots in Kensington and Chelsea, the West End and Mayfair to help people impacted by these robberies. The

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@mpfchairman

1 month

No contrition shown or public apology from @policeconduct for yet another failed directed gross misconduct hearing. Reform needs to be forthcoming, so when @policeconduct vexatiously pursue officers - against the advice of the host force - by directing a hearing, costs should be

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

@policeconduct

1 month

Met firearms officers cleared of gross misconduct over South Wimbledon shooting At a three-week hearing, two @metpoliceuk officers were alleged to have used force breaching police standards of professional behaviour for shooting a man in the back ▶️

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

7 months

Nice touch @asda 👏🙏

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

6 months

Utilising stop and search in a robust policing model may well be the only realistic solution to tackle this sickening epidemic in our capital; however, there is a very real and tangible Crisis of Confidence amongst my colleagues within @metpoliceuk presently. Irrespective of how

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@TalkTV

6 months

Knife crime in the capital city is rising at its fastest rate in five years - more than ‘40 incidents’ are reported every single day. Former Met Police detective Peter Bleksley: "We've got blood flowing through the streets of London." @iancollinsuk | @PeterBleksley

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

4 months

Baroness Casey has now resorted to insulting and attacking Sir Mark's personal identity, in effect saying he's not a 'real man' because he's not accepted her divisive and anecdotally formed view that the MPS is 'Institutionally <insert ...ist>'. Whatever next? Perhaps publically

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

7 months

Well, this aged well @HackneyAbbott . With the allegations against the officers involved having now been found by an independent panel to be without merit and therefore unproven, why @metpoliceuk felt the need to apologise for the incident again, rather than to simply express

Diane Abbott

@HackneyAbbott

7 months

Serious breaches of rules by Met officers are now reported almost daily. Yet the Commissioner and ministers stick to the incredible line that this is all 'bad apples'. Met police officer used Taser on 10-year-old girl twice, misconduct hearing told

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@mpfchairman

6 months

I want to emphasise really strongly that we're skint and have therefore decided to sell off the family jewels as a short term funding fix, removing police stations from local communities. This is a tried and tested strategy and has worked prefectly well elsewhere such as *checks

STV News

@STVNews

6 months

Dozens of police stations across Scotland are set to close under plans announced on Thursday.

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@mpfchairman

2 months

BBC News - MPF: "Officers' pay should reflect the fact they "risk their lives on a daily basis. "We need to revert to the time when being a police officer was a lifelong vocation with decent pay and conditions, not a short-term job where officers struggle to put food on the

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

3 months

Wow! @PoliceScotland really going out on a limb with the combined racist, sexist and ageist comms. Nothing like demeaning your workforce and this particular demographic of the public in such a blunt and thoughtless manner. The police should strive to rid itself from internal

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@DonnaDlm71

3 months

White male entitlement apparently. Anyone else give up?

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@mpfchairman

3 months

Well done Jamie 👏👏👏 Great work! Now let's hope @policeconduct don't pursue the officer for another 2+ years on a second bite of the cherry for gross misconduct. It's also time @CPSUK were held to account for taking this much time to offer no evidence. This is an officer's

Jamie Simner

@J_Simner_Lawyer

3 months

Today the CPS offered no evidence and not guilty verdicts were returned on a case I have been working very hard on for over 2 years. I initially represented my client during the PIP process following a fatal POLAC and continued to support them and prepare the case during the(1/3)

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@mpfchairman

7 months

I think you just revel in being a provocateur Andy. The criticisms made of @policeconduct by the Commissioner today are on point and entirely valid.

Andy George

@andygeorgeni

7 months

The demonising of @policeconduct for following the law and procedures is a very strange way to promote More Trust and Higher Standards in @metpoliceuk ! UK policing is different from many countries around the world and there should be some pride in our model of policing by consent

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@mpfchairman

3 months

This is exactly the sort of intellectually lame and ill-informed commentary that has lowered our societal discourse to that of a kindergarten. Well done @narindertweets 👏🤦

Narinder Kaur

@narindertweets

3 months

Acute behaviourial disturbance? Fancy word for police getting away with murder.

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@mpfchairman

7 months

Chelsea Bridge Taser incident: The officers involved provided their stage 3 and stage 4 accounts within 3 days of the date of the incident. It took @policeconduct five (5) months to contact the officers’ Federation Rep to arrange witness interviews. Absolute disgrace.

Gavin Hales

@gmhales

7 months

The timeline is striking: - Incident in Feb 2021 - Complaint Mar 2021 and investigation launched - Investigation concluded Aug 2021 - File passed to CPS who twice decided not to charge - Misconduct hearing *Nov 2023* Also notable the IOPC presented the case.

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@mpfchairman

9 months

This makes no sense. ⁦In my experience @metpoliceuk ⁩ defend everything in court where they perceive they have reasonable prospects of success. In this matter they had the weight of the ⁦ @HMICFRS ⁩ report in their favour. I smell a rat.

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@mpfchairman

2 months

I’m pleased to announce that at last Thursday’s MBB I was duly elected to the Chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation and Mr Matthew Cane was elected as the General Secretary (elect). I’m very grateful for the support and trust the MBB has placed in me, and I very much look

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@mpfchairman

3 months

I think you need another couple of categories below ‘terrible’ Vernal. She was literally the worst thing for policing - quite possibly ever. With the assistance of her trusty lieutenant Tom Winsor - the two of them set about systematically destroying the Police Service,

Vernal Scott

@vernalscott

3 months

Theresa May MP is standing down. I know what people think regarding her role in the Windrush scandal, but what's the verdict on her role in Policing?

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@mpfchairman

3 months

This 👇

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@ElixabethForde

4 months

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@mpfchairman

5 months

'A worrying development' that the Commissioner has made a conscious effort to demonstrably support his demoralised workforce? Really? Far better for @metpoliceuk to concentrate more on Identity Politics and go further down the Critical Race Theory rabbit hole, no doubt. I

Andy George

@andygeorgeni

5 months

This is a worrying development at a time when @metpoliceuk should be raising standards post @Casey_Review . It is also telling that it is being driven by the Met and not other forces. We are losing patience with their unwillingness and inability to reform @NBPAUK

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@mpfchairman

1 month

Well said Commissioner 👏

Metropolitan Police Federation

@MPFed

1 month

Commissioner: “Why is it the case that if an armed officer discharges their weapon during a terrorist incident the system can clear them within months, but officers taking on a ruthless gang of armed robbers face a five year ordeal? That isn’t right."

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@mpfchairman

1 month

Seems to be all the vogue at the moment to admit to institutional racism and sexism without knowing what it actually means - as Rebecca Knox, chair of Dorset’s fire and rescue authority, ably demonstrated during her now infamous performance at the Home Affairs Committee meeting:

STV News

@STVNews

1 month

Police Scotland is still 'institutionally racist and sexist', chief constable Jo Farrell tells STV News.

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@mpfchairman

4 months

@SimonClarkeMP Any politician who pays such little attention to detail, and is prepared to jump on the pile-on bandwagon - reposting and defaming an innocent officer - complete with full non- pixelated picture of said officer... who was, in all liklihood, a victim of a racial

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@mpfchairman

4 months

@andygeorgeni Don't obfuscate Andy. She's discredited herself with her unnecessary sexist and personal attack against Sir Mark.

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@mpfchairman

7 months

“I am concerned officers are going to get injured or the public who are not there demonstrating are going to get caught up in it”

Met Police warning as protesters refuse to stand down on Remembrance weekend

Protesters have hit back at the plea from police and say they will march.

www.express.co.uk

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

4 months

@RajSKohliexcop Thanks for the response Raj. I respect your opinion and your views on this topic. I respectfully disagree though, which is my perogative. You speak as if the phenomenon of unconscious bias is proven scientific fact. However, a cursory search on Google provides a plethora of

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@mpfchairman

3 months

@metpoliceuk this cost me £2.30 from Lambeth HQ 3rd floor canteen. A small pear and a herbal tea. #DayLightRobbery On top of this they serve every tea / coffee in a disposable cup, irrespective of whether you sit in the canteen or takeaway. - this being the same for many food

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@mpfchairman

4 months

@andygeorgeni And now you've resorted to an unnecessary personal attack against me, when you know nothing about me or the members I've represented and supported from many different backgrounds. I suggest you either evidence and qualify that last post or remove it.

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@mpfchairman

3 months

Very proud to have this brave officer as part of my Specialist Operations business group and a member of my previous Command - Royalty and Specialist Protection. This is what being a police officer is all about. Commendable and outstanding bravery, risking his own safety and

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@mpfchairman

4 months

And, like clockwork... the earlier defamatory post by @andygeorgeni has now been reposted by Chair of the MPS BPA @ChazzzaCr . I've pointed out that this post is caragorically untrue and defamatory. I've asked for it to be qualified, evidenced or removed. This has not occurred,

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@mpfchairman

9 months

I’m astonished quite how misinformed Sue Fish is for someone who has been a Chief Officer. Within this appalling article she presents a false dichotomy of the Commissioner having to choose between supporting his officers or the communities he serves.

What did we learn from the walkout of firearms officers? The Met looks after its own, not the...

Firearms officers carry a huge burden, but they are not above the law, says former chief constable Sue Fish

www.theguardian.com

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

2 months

@Ex_arv_sgt @nottspolice Government / Opposition clichés: 1. We'll reduce red tape and bureaucracy within the police service. 2. We'll get police out of back offices and back on the beat Reality: 1. Additional paperwork and bureaucracy at every turn - putting yet more hurdles in the way of police

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@mpfchairman

4 months

I'm glad Vernal has posted this, as it goes someway to demonstrate the confusion about the term 'Institutional Racism' and how it is often erroneously conflated with explicit individual or group racism. The term is not meant to be suggestive that racist individuals are endemic

Vernal Scott

@vernalscott

4 months

Here we go again, racism in the Met. Quoting Sir Mark's recent remarks re vile trans/homophobia: "I am angry. My colleagues are angry. It isn’t acceptable and it’s happening too often." At what point do we finally acknowledge that it must be institutional?

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@mpfchairman

4 months

So big brave @mikecmorgan posts a crude post accusing the Commissioner of 'bumping his gums' when he was rightly responding to the vile online abuse aimed at our colleague @KarenFindlayMPS . I responded in kind calling out his cynical whataboutery. He then blocks me so I can't see

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@mpfchairman

2 months

I fully echo these sentiments 👏👏👏 It's often a thankless task policing these demonstrations. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Thousands of of officers now routinely getting their days off cancelled at the weekends. These outstanding 'in lieu' rest days sit in an

Brick Cop©️

@Brick_Cop

2 months

I know I sound like a broken record, but really top work from #PublicOrder Cops today. 👏 What you often don’t see are the calm conversations going on with many protesting who simply don’t agree with the presence of counter protestors. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Top work by all. 🫡 #ThinBlueLine 💯🚨

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@mpfchairman

7 months

I’m afraid @SuellaBraverman lost all credibility with me when she blindly supported the call to replace independent LQCs with senior police officers to preside over police GM hearings. For me this demonstrated a lack of judgement, critical thought and ability to make evidenced

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@mpfchairman

3 months

It's a point I keep making. Don't judge all of the Federation or their Reps on the actions of a few rogue PFEW office holders a decade ago. There are a large number of extremely good Fed Reps, who played absolutely no part in the whole pension debacle, out there. There are a

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@mpfchairman

4 months

@CPSEastMids ably demonstrating what I've been saying about @CPSUK and @policeconduct . The vexatious persecution of police officers must stop. "This was never going to not fail and is a decision which proves a failure to understand the instruction of an English jury by asking

Emergency-Services.News

@ES_News_

4 months

Judge Condemns 'Unfair Play' in Assault Case Against Exemplary Officer A @LincsPolice police officer with a distinguished career was swiftly cleared of assault charges after mistakenly kicking a man who was actually trying to assist him during a chaotic pursuit of robbery

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@mpfchairman

1 month

@Brick_Cop @metpoliceuk Send me details via MPS Aware system and I will escalate. This is unacceptable.

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@mpfchairman

4 months

The continuous political opposition to operational police tactics orchestrated because of so-called 'disproportionality' is working really well in London. For example, significantly less stop and search has resulted in... *checks notes*... Youths carrying knives with impunity,

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@mpfchairman

2 months

Baldrick: "I have a cunning plan...To restore public confidence in policing I'm going to remove independent Legally Qualified Chairs from police gross misconduct hearing panels and revert to the old system of police chiefs marking their own homework" 🙄🤦 #harebrained

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@mpfchairman

9 months

Good experienced cops are leaving in their droves👇. Far too much political interference in policing. Period. From @MayorofLondon ’s anti Stop & Search ideology to the vexatious @policeconduct enacting a politically biased agenda. Londoners are less safe and worse off for it.

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@mpfchairman

11 months

I feel very privileged to have been elected to this new role at the MPF. I’m looking forwards to getting stuck-in supporting our hard working colleagues who do an often dangerous and difficult job in very challenging circumstances. New account, so a billy-no-followers presently!

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@mpfchairman

9 months

⁦⁦Detailed statement and timeline by @metpoliceuk ⁩ in relation to W80 case and ⁦ @policeconduct ⁩ GM decision. This is what your officers want to see from you when appropriate👏 Yet more political bias in ⁦ @policeconduct ⁩ decision making

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@mpfchairman

3 months

Met Police ‘Rich List’: Force spent £35m paying top cops on over £100,000 One of which was Julian Bennett which I believe needs independently investigating. Why wasn't he placed on an accelerated GM hearing - as he clearly should have been? KC John Beggs was his council, who is

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@mpfchairman

8 months

@ChazzzaCr We support all Federated ranked members through GM hearings when and where appropriate. We also extend that support to funding appeals under the same criteria. We don’t discriminate. Our decision making is always based on sound legal advice from highly qualified barristers. As a

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@mpfchairman

4 months

I kid you not, @policeconduct are currently investigating a colleague for simply flagging up that he saw someone with what appeared to be a handgun. They, together with the politically influenced CPS would have a field day. Our systems for ensuring accountability are simply not

DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇺🇦

@PC_Angry

4 months

Once again highlights that our unarmed model of Policing is no longer fit for the violence in our modern day society.

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@mpfchairman

8 months

@maurice_1960 @MPSHackney What has gone partially wrong? Very credible information received that suspect is in possession of firearm. Suspect stopped in accordance with training and imitation firearm recovered. Given the circumstances, the force used was entirely reasonable.

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@mpfchairman

9 months

. @policeconduct ⁩ calling themselves ‘independent’ is an oxymoron. Independent of the police - yes, but far from being objectively independent in the way they go about their decision making. A politically influenced and partisan organisation in my view.

CPS treatment of police officers is ‘dispiriting and unfair’

An overhaul of the criminal justice system that will ‘let the police police’ is overdue, says Met commissioner

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@mpfchairman

4 months

@RajSKohliexcop Baroness Casey' remarks were rank hypocrisy. Those who were demanding that her report be treated as gospel and accepted in full, with any dissenters being treated as heretics, are the ones now scrambling around attempting to justify her sexist tropes as simply her trying to grab

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@mpfchairman

29 days

Hey “Reasonable Cop”. This was the comment I gave to ITV outside of Westminster Mags having just sat through the summing up and verdict. All of us there supporting Perry were deeply shocked and upset by the verdict - having also sat through the trial the week before at City of

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I'm sure most of you realised anyway, but for the few that didn't - the below was an April Fools post and is not my nor the Federation's position at all. However, believe it or not - it is the @metpoliceuk Commissioner's position, currently being fully supported by the Home

Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

3 months

I now fully support LQCs being replaced by senior police officers to preside over GM Hearings. It's high time the police got to mark their own homework once again - LQCs were far too independent for my liking.

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@metpoliceuk senior officers and @MayorofLondon take note 👇 This really isn't rocket science and London deserves better. @ukhomeoffice need to quickly reform the Police & Complaint Regulations to make @policeconduct far more accountable and to end the McCarthyism style witch

Gavin Hales

@gmhales

6 months

Refreshing this chart showing knife crime and stop and search trends in @metpoliceuk since Jan 2009 to include data up to November 2023. #Stopsearch volumes continuing to drift downwards, #knifecrime drifting up.

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@mpfchairman

7 months

I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating. We must demonstrably police without fear, favour or prejudice. It isn’t our job to look after one group over another based on ideology, belief, sexuality, race or any other characteristic. We must apply and enforce the law fairly and

Andy George

@andygeorgeni

7 months

@WeAreFairCop @manginasarevile @PoliceServiceNI The definition of politics has become so stretched that fighting for the rights of others has become a contested issue. Policing is all about standing up for those who can't defend themselves and I for one am proud to be an officer that reaches out to ALL communities

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@mpfchairman

3 months

Couldn't agree more @Rich_Cooke1 #CrisisOfConfidence BBC News - West Midlands Police Federation chair on 'risk averse' officers - BBC News

West Midlands Police Federation chair on 'risk averse' officers

The chair is responding to calls by Rishi Sunak for a more robust response to some protests.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

4 months

@antisemitism And this is not in anyway an apology. Now you've had it confirmed he did nothing wrong you've pixelated his face - shame you didn't think to do this in your original post.

Campaign Against Antisemitism

@antisemitism

4 months

Contempt for the police amongst anti-Israel marchers has reached the point where slogans are being slapped on unwitting police officers. During yesterday’s anti-Israel march, a Metropolitan Police officer stood with a “Boycott Israeli Apartheid” sticker on his arm. We asked

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

9 months

Yesterday, @metpoliceuk officers on Central South BCU @MPSLambethVpc @MPSSouthwark were all required to adopt this rainbow email signature strip by the 1st Oct #thatagedwell

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

10 months

🔴 Sir Mark Rowley said he will not tolerate officers taking the knee or wearing rainbow flags on duty anymore

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@mpfchairman

5 months

As someone who has been part of the Pension Challenge from its inception, encouraged others to join and been a vocal advocate and supporter of @leembroad et al, including being overtly critical of the way @PFEW_HQ behaved throughout... I'm now beginning to tire of the continuous

PPC/CopsAgainst

@CopsAgainst

5 months

Friday thought; if you think that @PFEW_HQ and it’s 43 branches are now suddenly capable of self reforming, reflect back on the 2014 Normington review and note that the behaviour outlined in the ET judgement took place whilst PFEW were being more open, transparent and engaging 😬

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@mpfchairman

3 months

We have similar concerns over this particular recommendation. It may also deter applicants from poor socioeconomic backgrounds applying who would otherwise make good police officers.

Pocket Sergeant

@PocketSergeant

3 months

Pocket Sergeant creator, Paul Cooper on proposed home visits during the recruitment process. “I underwent a home inspection by the police as part of my police application, only to be rejected after failing the vetting process. At that time, the police wouldn’t disclose the

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

9 months

@policeconduct now supporting the removal of independent LQCs to preside over police gross misconduct hearings. They clearly want their definition of ‘independent’ to be applied instead, by changing the system to introduce bias into proceedings #uturn #notindependentatall

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

@policeconduct

10 months

IOPC statement in response to proposed changes to the police disciplinary system:

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

@StuHamm @MPFed @PFEW_HQ @policeconduct @StuHamm I can promise you that it is, and that we view this determination extremely seriously. We will be evaluating all our options. Given this is a now a live criminal investigation we are constrained in what we can put on social media.

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@mpfchairman

3 months

I now fully support LQCs being replaced by senior police officers to preside over GM Hearings. It's high time the police got to mark their own homework once again - LQCs were far too independent for my liking.

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@mpfchairman

8 months

@MayorofLondon @MayorofLondon why do you allow comments on these type of posts, but on others - particularly around the London knife crime epidemic - you close comments? I wonder 🤔

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@mpfchairman

8 months

The ‘Thin Blue Line’ imagery is commonly accepted as demonstrating camaraderie among the police family and in support for a number of police charities including those supporting the survivors of officers killed in the line of duty.

The Guardian

@guardian

8 months

London police defy ban on badges linked to far right and white supremacy

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

9 days

Chair's Blog: Time To End Policing's Culture Of Fear

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@mpfchairman

9 months

✅ Good honest police officers tasked with policing this event should have been supported by their leaders, not thrown under a bus. ✅ Wayne Couzens is utter scum and will rot in prison for the remainder of his sorry life for what he did to Sarah Everard and her loving family.💔

Gavin Hales

@gmhales

9 months

Reading this, I was thinking 'it would be interesting to see the body worn video from the arresting officers here'. Then I went back to the HMIC report where they describe having watched the footage...

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

@Graham_Goulden @andygeorgeni @ShabnamChaudhri @cryptowithnail @metpoliceuk It’s my perception that there’s a persistent malign attempt to divide us through ethnicity and race. I refuse to be divided in this way. My wife is Asian and both my kids are Dual-Heritage and so I have a dog in this hunt. All colleagues I’ve spoken to about this case,

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@mpfchairman

2 months

Wishing the officer a speedy and full recovery from his Met colleagues 💙 BBC News - Police officer hurt during struggle in Southend - BBC News

Police officer hurt during struggle in Southend

Essex Police responded to reports a suspect had shoplifted and made threats to Southend shop staff.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

8 months

@MrNickKnowles Your continued support for our hard working police colleagues is very much appreciated Nick. Thank you. 🙏

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

9 months

. @metpoliceuk Is it not the case that should a Federated ranked officer refuse a ‘with cause’ drug test, they would promptly face an accelerated gross misconduct hearing to be dismissed without notice, as the evidence of the conduct in question would be deemed incontrovertible?

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@mpfchairman

7 months

“WITCH HUNT It’s shocking my armed cops would rather face a terrorist than a gangster even though it’s more dangerous, says Met boss”

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@mpfchairman

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7 months

@Rich_Cooke1 @WMPolice @westmidspolfed That's shocking and appalling @Rich_Cooke1 . Plesse pass on our thoughts and best wishes for a quick and full recovery to the officer concerned from his police family in London 💙

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

4 months

@MelSimmonds3 This power should be reserved for only the most serious of cases. Correct decision in this case though.

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

9 months

@SusannahFish @nucchidust Unapologetic, yet hideously misinformed - particularly for someone who has been a Chief Officer. Within this appalling article you present a false dichotomy of the Commissioner having to choose between supporting his officers or the communities he serves.

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

2 months

@JJSharpers Those with an agenda are the only ones promulgating this idea.

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@mpfchairman

8 months

Fundraiser tops £120,000 for police officers sacked over black athlete stop

The panel found PCs Clapham and Franks lied about smelling cannabis when they pulled over the couple

www.standard.co.uk

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

5 months

@aquitainexox And social media actively empowers cowards to be bullies, and I dislike bullies with a passion.

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@mpfchairman

9 months

It amazes me that current and retired senior officers advocate for an ends justifying the means approach. Introducing bias into police GM hearings lacks integrity and ultimately will undermine public confidence in these panels.

Talk

@TalkTV

9 months

Alex Phillips says trusting police is essential in any civil society - but she’s “shocked” to see the statistics. Over 1,000 Met Police officers are suspended or are on restricted duties as part of an effort to remove corrupt personnel. @ThatAlexWoman

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Rick Prior

@mpfchairman

7 months

@Graham_Goulden @andygeorgeni @WeAreFairCop @PoliceChiefs Nice sentiment Graham, but you’ve missed the point about serving police officers being demonstrably impartial when it comes to contentious political issues.

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@mpfchairman

1 month

This 👇

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

1 month

Two firearms officers who bravely confronted armed robbers more than 5 years ago have finally been cleared of wrongdoing. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley: 'This put untold strain on their professional and personal lives.' Genuine reform of police accountability is urgently needed.

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@mpfchairman

10 months

Yet more evidence, if it were ever needed, that senior police officers shouldn’t be judge, jury and executioner in police misconduct matters. *Independent* Legally Qualified Chairs must remain in charge of police gross misconduct hearings

‘Serious questions’ for PSNI as judge rules two officers unlawfully disciplined for Sean Graham...

The PSNI has “serious questions” to answer following a judge’s ruling that two officers were “unlawfully disciplined” for arrests made at a Troubles atroci...

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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@mpfchairman

1 month

'Rick Prior, the chair of the Met Police Federation, said that Baroness Casey’s findings had empowered some officers to pursue their complaints. However, while acknowledging that there are clearly pockets of problematic behaviour, Mr Prior said he does not accept her allegation

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