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The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is often considered to be the highest police rank within the United Kingdom, [17] although in reality every chief constable and the two commissioners are supreme over their own forces and are not answerable to any other officer. [18] [citation needed]
Unlawful killing. One police officer involved was found guilty of manslaughter and was given an eight-year prison sentence. [66] William Smith [67] 2 May 2016 Goudhurst, England Kent Police: Direct Police fatally shot Smith during an armed operation. Smith was on bail in connection with the death of a 73-year-old man. [67]
Official numbers are considerably lower. Official 2018 statistics show only 46 deaths in police custody and 24 deaths of people in police/judicial remand and an additional 21 civilian killed during police operations for a total of 91 nationally. See Table 16A and 16B.4 of Official Govt. of India publication: Crime in India 2018 [48] [49] Australia
This article includes only those serving police officers who were killed as a direct result of a crime or while attempting to respond, prevent, stop or solve a specific criminal act. The list omits war-time deaths by enemy fire, such as the many police officers killed by air raids during the Second World War . [ 1 ]
The last use of the death penalty in the UK took place in 1964. Another Reform MP Rupert Lowe said it was "time for a national debate" on the use of capital punishment "in exceptional circumstances".
Category B: Where the deceased was otherwise in the hands of the police or death resulted from the actions of a police officer in the purported execution of his duty. when suspects are being interviewed by the police but have not been detained; when persons are actively attempting to evade arrest;
The death penalty for murder was abolished in Northern Ireland on 25 July 1973 under the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973. Following the abolition of the death penalty for murder, the House of Commons held a vote during each subsequent parliament until 1997 to restore the death penalty.
The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Sir Mark Rowley was appointed to the post on 8 July 2022 [3] after Dame Cressida Dick announced her resignation in February 2022. [4] [5] The rank of Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is regarded as the highest in British policing.