Bernard Hogan-Howe

LONDON: In a major swoop, nearly 160 people have been arrested and seized “a significant amount” of drugs during raids across London by the Metropolitan Police’s new dedicated unit tackling gang crime. “This is a step change in how we tackle gang crime in London,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said. The Trident Gang Crime Command, which consists of 1,000 officers, will monitor gang activity and work with London boroughs. The unit, thought to be the largest in the country...Read Full Story

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has just started his first ever live Twitter chat, kicking off at 4.45pm (GMT) today. The UK Home Secretary announced Hogan-Howe’s temporary appointment as Acting Deputy Commissioner in July this year, following the resignation of then Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson. Hogan-Howe applied for the position of Commissioner himself in August 2011, and was selected for the role back in September. This latest social media initiative is one in...Read Full Story

guardian.co.uk Metropolitan police officers fired a Taser nine times at a man sitting on a train in the belief he was carrying a weapon in his briefcase. The use of Tasers on a train comes as the commissioner of the Met police, Bernard Hogan-Howe, faces questions over his suggestion that more of his officers should be armed with the weapons. Hogan-Howe said this week he wanted to see more Tasers in response cars and Scotland Yard has confirmed work is going on to review the availability of...Read Full Story

Britain’s top officer vowed to become an “implacable enemy” of racists at Scotland Yard as he agreed the force needed to “buck up its ideas”. Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe also said inquiries into 10 allegations of racism against the force would be finished within four weeks. The police chief was confronted on LBC 97.3 radio [...]Read Full Story

Scotland Yard is wading through 300 million News International emails as part of its investigation into phone-hacking at the News of the World.The new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, revealed the figure to journalists when asked about the scope of the inquiry.He said 600 phone-hacking victims had been interviewed by police out of a total of 5,700 potential victims.Mr Hogan-Howe said the inquiry had so far cost £3m in salaries alone."There's a balance between doing it...Read Full Story