‘It’s us versus the criminals,’ says ‘smash his head in’ cop

A police sergeant who called himself ‘daddy’ in a work WhatsApp chat said he was joking when he threatened to smash a suspect’s head in. Paul Street, 41, was a police sergeant in Cambridgeshire Constabulary leading a team tackling county lines drug dealing and organised crime. He created a culture of ‘bragging and intolerance’ towards suspects, the Old Bailey heard. Street allegedly assaulted former law student Samuel Kayode in January 2020 with a baton, then concocted false statements in relation…