A Met Police officer for Southwark and Lambeth has been given a final written warning after he sent an email with “homophobic content” to 55 colleagues.
PC David Bewick of the Central South Command Unit was found to have breached the Met’s standards of professional behaviour at a hearing on Thursday (August 26).
PC Bewick sent the email, which also contained an attachment, from his work account on October 13 2019, according to the police. The Met did not provide further details of the “homophobic content”.
The emails were reported to internal authorities more than two weeks later, on October 30 2019. PC Bewick was placed on restricted duties.
Chief Inspector Matt Cox, DPS, said: “The Met will not tolerate the sharing of any material that could be deemed as discriminatory and it is especially shocking when Met systems are used for this purpose.
“We expect all of our officers to uphold our high standards of behaviour and will take action when those standards are not met.”