Daily Policing Media Summary

BBC reports that City of London Police arrested four more people in relation to their investigation into suspected fraud and bribery at the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW). Two of those arrested are serving police officers, while the Telegraph reports that the Chair of PFEW, Tiff Lynch, was among those arrested. The PFEW chief executive and two other men were arrested in March as part of the investigation.

Police Oracle reports a new system which will use an artificial intelligence model to redirect non-police issues when someone calls 101 has received funding from the Government. Al Murray, Interim Director of PoliceAI said: “Every minute spent dealing with a misdirected call is a minute that could be spent helping a victim or responding to a crime. This initiative shows how AI can better redirect non-police related calls from the system, get the public to the right service faster and free police officers to focus on the work only they can do.”. (Widespread coverage, Telegraph, Independent, Mirror, LBC, Police Professional).

LBC reports an advocacy group representing alleged victims of Mohamed Al Fayed has called for the National Crime Agency to take over the investigation after the Metropolitan Police mistakenly disclosed the email addresses of alleged victims last week.