Police watchdog investigating 10 officers
Getty ImagesTen Met Police officers at Charing Cross station face expedited misconduct hearings, the Independent Police Conduct Office (IPOC) said.
Watchdog investigation into officers’ behavior sparks after a BBC report revealed the behavior These included calling for the shooting of immigrants, reveling in the use of force and denying rape allegations.
Investigators say they have sufficient evidence to show the officers violated police standards of professional conduct.
The IOPC director general said he was “appalled” by the actions revealed in the report, adding that “immediate action” would be taken “at the earliest opportunity” to ensure the officers are dismissed.
The IOPC said the 10 officers facing disciplinary proceedings were: Eight serving Met officers, a former Met Police officer and a police officer who moved from London to join Gloucestershire Police.
One of the officers, a police officer, was under criminal investigation for the potential offense of perverting the course of justice, they added.
The IOPC said the investigation into the conduct of the 11th person (a designated custody officer) was ongoing.
There is also a separate ongoing investigation into the conduct of a Met Police sergeant, also based at Charing Cross, following a referral following the officer’s arrest on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Sergeant Arrested by the Met’s professional standards directorateAssistant Deputy Commissioner Andy Valentine said in a statement that the force would be “relentless” in “resolving issues at Charing and elsewhere across the Met”.
“Internal reporting mechanisms,” he added, had brought the “new issue” to light.
After Panorama completed its investigation, the BBC sent a detailed list of allegations to the Met before the report was published. The force subsequently suspended eight officers and one staff member and removed two more officers from frontline duties.
Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley previously said the behavior outlined in the program was “disgraceful, completely unacceptable and contrary to the force’s values and standards”.
