Police Officer Admits Assaulting 13-Year-Old Boy in Police Station Car Park Friday, May 22, 2026 assault police wiltshire misconduct investigation officer boy assaultbybeating iopc court A Wiltshire police officer has admitted to assaulting a 13-year-old boy in a police station car park early one morning. PC Daniel Rusling, 30, was involved in an incident outside Monkton Park Police Station in Chippenham … Read More
Officer Under Investigation Over Taser Use in Fatal M5 Incident Involving Teenager Thursday, April 30, 2026 taser police investigation m5 motorway officer misconduct iopc lethalforce avon An Avon and Somerset Police officer is under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following the use of a Taser on an 18-year-old who was subsequently hit and killed by a vehicle on the M5 … Read More
Somerset Council Faces Ongoing Struggle to Fill Chief Financial Officer Role Wednesday, April 15, 2026 somerset council finance officer budget transformation interim leadership government turnover Somerset Council is once again searching for a permanent chief financial officer (CFO) after its latest candidate, Rachael Sanders, withdrew from the position citing personal reasons. The CFO role—also known as finance … Read More
Man Avoids Jail After Racial Abuse and Assault on Police Officer Wednesday, June 18, 2025 assault abuse community order racism police officer rehabilitation alcohol compensation Edward Earle from Osprey Road, Warminster, has been handed a two-year community order after racially abusing a restaurant worker and assaulting a police officer. The incident occurred on July 5 last year at Chick-O-Land in … Read More
Man from Bath Attacks Police Officer at His Home Friday, May 2, 2025 bath man police officer assault court arrest emergency worker compensation A 22-year-old man from Bath, Alfie Curtis, pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker, a police officer, at Bath Magistrates' Court. The incident occurred when police officers arrived at Curtis’s home on September … Read More
Student Officer Dismissed for Lying about Car MOT Wednesday, April 30, 2025 officer misconduct dismissal integrity trust policing honesty ethical breach investigation A student police officer, Police Constable Alex Skidmore, faced dismissal following a public misconduct hearing at Dorset Police Headquarters. The panel found that Skidmore deliberately lied about having an MOT for his car, … Read More