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Bristol Council President Ralph DiGuiseppe announced Monday night that a borough police officer has made written allegations against the police department, including corruption. DiGuiseppe did not release details, saying the issue was discussed in executive session prior to Monday’s council meeting.
DiGuiseppe appointed a committee to investigate. The committee, which will meet today, will include council members William Salerno and Michael Harris, as well as DiGuiseppe. Mayor Joseph Saxton and police chief Arnold Porter are welcome to attend, DiGuiseppe said.
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UK: Met police officer sacked for gross misconduct on dating site
A Metropolitan police officer has been sacked for gross misconduct for boasting
on a dating website that he had taken drugs and committed a sexual offence.
The officer, a chief inspector, had, while off duty, accessed a website for people
who work in uniform.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said the complaints about the
officer related to claims made to members of the public on the website that he was
a serving police officer and that he had committed criminal offences including drug-
taking and a sexual offence. He was also found to have used his position as a
uniformed police officer to advertise himself online in an attempt to meet sexual
partners while in uniform.
The site, uniformdating.com, says it "understands the unique circumstances that
uniformed personnel have in their jobs and the restrictions that shift patterns,
working away or being on tour can have on keeping a long-term relationship". It
says it is for "anyone who works in uniform or fancies those who do!".
Police officers, members of the armed services and other emergency personnel
are pictured on the site as members. But Scotland Yard said officers had to
behave with the "utmost humility and integrity in all areas of their lives" as it
announced that the officer had been dismissed without notice for his behaviour on
the site.
The officer was sacked after a two-day misconduct hearing held behind closed
doors, following an investigation by the Met's internal investigations bureau, the
Directorate of Professional Standards.
Commander Peter Spindler, head of the DPS, said: "Officers and staff may believe
that what they do online, whether on duty or off duty, is either anonymous or
doesn't have any impact on others. This is not the case. The Metropolitan Police
Service will pursue any allegations regarding improper online activity as vigorously
as any wrongdoing offline.
"We expect our employees to behave professionally, morally, ethically and with the
utmost humility and integrity in all areas of their lives. Anything short of this will not
be tolerated."
The investigation into the officer's activities on the site began in June 2010 after he
was arrested by Kent police. The officer was put on restricted duties during the
inquiry.
The criminal investigation did not lead to any charges and the Met then began
disciplinary proceedings.
On Wednesday the panel of senior officers running the disciplinary hearing found
the 46-year-old officer guilty of gross and discreditable conduct in relation to his
activity on the website while he was off duty.
IPCC commissioner Mike Franklin said: "Police officers, by virtue of the powers
vested in them, hold positions of authority and trust in our communities.
"Those who discredit their role cannot expect to continue to serve the public, and,
as in this case, they should be dismissed."
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