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| Operation Elveden: Met police employee arrested | Operation Elveden: Met police employee arrested |
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| A woman working for the Metropolitan police division handling 999 calls and dispatching officers to incidents has become the 67th arrest arising from the investigation into alleged illegal payments to public officials by journalists. | A woman working for the Metropolitan police division handling 999 calls and dispatching officers to incidents has become the 67th arrest arising from the investigation into alleged illegal payments to public officials by journalists. |
| The 38-year-old woman, a member of police staff in the Met's Central Communications Command, was arrested at her home in Essex at about 6am on Friday and is being interviewed at an east London police station. | The 38-year-old woman, a member of police staff in the Met's Central Communications Command, was arrested at her home in Essex at about 6am on Friday and is being interviewed at an east London police station. |
| She was arrested for suspected misconduct in a public office and suspected corruption by officers working on Operation Elveden, the Met investigation into alleged illegal payments by journalists to police and other public officials. | She was arrested for suspected misconduct in a public office and suspected corruption by officers working on Operation Elveden, the Met investigation into alleged illegal payments by journalists to police and other public officials. |
| Central Communications Command has a staff of more than 2,000 and operates three call centres in London that handle an average of 6,000 999 emergency calls and more than 15,000 non-emergency calls per day. | Central Communications Command has a staff of more than 2,000 and operates three call centres in London that handle an average of 6,000 999 emergency calls and more than 15,000 non-emergency calls per day. |
| The division is also responsible for dispatching Met officers to deal with incidents and providing specialist communications for the policing of large-scale public events across London. | The division is also responsible for dispatching Met officers to deal with incidents and providing specialist communications for the policing of large-scale public events across London. |
| So far more than 20 current or former Sun executives and journalists have been arrested. Six have been charged, although earlier this week the Crown Prosecution Service said it was dropping charges against Sun journalist Virginia Wheeler on medical grounds. Another Sun journalist, the crime editor Mike Sullivan, has been cleared and told he faces no further action. | So far more than 20 current or former Sun executives and journalists have been arrested. Six have been charged, although earlier this week the Crown Prosecution Service said it was dropping charges against Sun journalist Virginia Wheeler on medical grounds. Another Sun journalist, the crime editor Mike Sullivan, has been cleared and told he faces no further action. |
| Four former police officers and an ex-prison officer have been convicted of passing information to newspapers as a result of Operation Elveden. | Four former police officers and an ex-prison officer have been convicted of passing information to newspapers as a result of Operation Elveden. |
| Operation Elveden is being run alongside two other investigations, Operation Weeting, which is looking at alleged phone hacking, and Operation Tuleta, which focuses on computer hacking and other alleged privacy breaches. | Operation Elveden is being run alongside two other investigations, Operation Weeting, which is looking at alleged phone hacking, and Operation Tuleta, which focuses on computer hacking and other alleged privacy breaches. |
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