IPCC investigating Kensington & Chelsea Professional Standards officers

19 Jan 2017 07:10 PM

Two officers from a local Metropolitan Police Professional Standards Unit (PSU) are under investigation for gross misconduct by the IPCC.

The two officers were based in the local PSU unit in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea. They are alleged to have failed to deal with an unverified number of complaints and conduct matters appropriately or in line with local and national policies and procedures.

The failures include not issuing officers with appropriate paperwork during the course of investigations and providing false information to complainants.

The IPCC is currently examining 14 allegations, referred by the MPS, and covering a three year period between 2012 and 2015 but this will be kept under review.

IPCC Associate Commissioner Tom Milsom said:

“These are serious allegations of wrongdoing by officers who themselves were responsible for upholding and improving professional standards within Kensington and Chelsea.

“The IPCC’s investigators will be examining a number of cases to determine if any actions or inactions by these two officers did not comply with standard police policies and guidance.”

The officers are no longer based in PSU and have been placed on restricted duties for the duration of the investigation.