The officer took the pictures on his own phone, seemingly with the intent to show them to friends and colleagues
A former Metropolitan Police officer has been banned from the profession after photographing a dead body with his personal phone. PC Timothy Robson took the picture with no ‘legitimate policing purpose’ whilst attending a sudden death on September 10 last year, the force said.
The disgraced officer, based in the North East Area Command, went on to show or offer to show the image to several of his colleagues. A misconduct hearing has now found a number of allegations against him proven.
The panel agreed PC Robson breached the standards of professional behaviour in relation to discreditable conduct, authority, respect and courtesy, and duties and responsibilities, and dismissed him from the force without notice.
Superintendent Jai Singh said: “PC Robson has acted abhorrently and without any thought for the dignity of the individual and their loved ones. I would like to apologise to those affected by his actions and for any additional distress caused.
“I am grateful to the colleagues who came forward to report this behaviour, enabling us to take decisive action against an officer whose conduct fell significantly short of the high standards we expect of all our officers and staff.”
PC Robson will also be added to the College of Policing barred list, preventing him from re-joining the police or working for a number of other policing-related bodies.
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