Officer dismissed for using work phone to text sex workers
A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer who used his work phone to contact sex workers has been dismissed without notice.
At a misconduct hearing on Friday (March 28), PC Shabul Miah was found to have used his police issued mobile phone to procure the services of escorts and sex workers from April 5 to October 12 last year.
The hearing heard PC Miah, who was attached to the North East Public Protection unit, sent and received “a significant number” of text messages to mobile numbers that were linked to sexually explicit websites.
Some of these messages were exchanged while the officer was on duty.
Chief Superintendent Dan Card, who leads the North East London policing team, said: “PC Miah’s use of work-issued equipment for his own personal sexual gratification was deeply inappropriate.
“I hope this outcome shows we will not tolerate such behaviour and won’t hesitate to take action against those who do not reach the standards we expect from our officers.”
The hearing panel contended PC Miah behaved in a manner that was likely to bring discredit upon the MPS, as well as undermine public confidence.
His conduct was proven to amount to gross misconduct by breaching the standards of professional behaviour in relation to discreditable conduct and he was dismissed without notice.
He will now be placed on the barred list held by the College of Policing.