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[B_Rob]

A young police constable is facing charges this week after allegedly threatening to kill one of the country's most senior officers.

The 28 year-old probationary officer, based at Kensington police station, resigned after being called into the office of Met Police Assistant Commissioner Ian McPherson at Scotland Yard on June 3 to talk about his 'unsatisfactory performance.'

He is then said to have gone out drinking before returning to his base in Earls Court Road, where colleagues put him in a police car to drive him home.

Once he was in the car, the officer allegedly threatened to kill Mr McPherson, who is in charge of uniformed policing in London, as well as threatening several other officers.

The officer was taken to Charing Cross police station, where he spent several hours cooling off.

A police spokesman said: "On Friday June 3, a probationary police constable resigned with immediate effect.

"Later that day, he was heard to make threats against a number of MPS officers including a senior officer.

"He was arrested and taken to a central London police station.

"The 28 year-old man has been bailed to return on a date later in June, pending a case disposal action."

None of the officers threatened were present when the threats were made.




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[Wiggle]

I wouldn't define 28 as young. There are plenty of 28 year old police officers out there who wouldn't be described as young and do a very good job!

[SkinSte]

Getting p***ed and threatening to off the AC is certainly one way to hand in your notice.

[B_Rob]

I wouldn't define 28 as young. There are plenty of 28 year old police officers out there who wouldn't be described as young and do a very good job!

Wiggle i'm 35 so 28 is young lol

[TroyTempest]

Getting p***ed and threatening to off the AC is certainly one way to hand in your notice.

I don't understand why he was hauled up in front of the AC.

[Wiggle]

Wiggle i'm 35 so 28 is young lol

I'm only 21!

I sort of meant they've suggested because he is young he's done this - where as I'm 21 and I wouldn't have done it! But typical journalism...!

[Loudand]

Seems a waste of a dream career on the face of it.

[B_Rob]

Police Officers who are trained to deal with difficult people in difficult situations and there is no excuse for the way he acted. The recklessness he displayed is unacceptable conduct for a Police Officer. It's a shame how this PC threw away his career and his future.

[pmtts]

I don't understand why he was hauled up in front of the AC.

Does sound a bit fishy. Surely an Inspector could have spoken to him?

[adslegend]

Seems a waste of a dream career on the face of it.

No it seems like he should never have been in the job in the first place. He was already being dealt with for unsatisfactory performance so it's reasonable to suggest that policing wasn't for him.

I wonder how he slipped through the net in the first place?

[TroyTempest]

All sounds a bit suspect to me. Taken back to a nick to "cool off". hmmm.

[MerseyLLB]

Realistically; is he going to kill officers? No, he was steaming drunk and should have been told to foxtrot oscar home.

[Lord Vader]

Clearly unsuitable to hold the office of constable. Good riddance.

[callsign-kid]

What a plank.

[Shikari]

Muppet

[Giraffe]

Police Officers who are trained to deal with difficult people in difficult situations and there is no excuse for the way he acted. The recklessness he displayed is unacceptable conduct for a Police Officer. It's a shame how this PC threw away his career and his future.

He was no longer an officer at that point, and it wasn't this incident that caused him to be sacked (although undoubtedly it would have been had he still been in the job).

Does sound a bit fishy. Surely an Inspector could have spoken to him?

From what I understand it has to be a chief officer who dismisses probationers who don't make the grade (in any force). It's pretty rare for it to happen, and obviously chief officers have better things to be doing than addressing performance issues all day, so there must have been a clear cut case against this PC before he was presented to the AC.

Also, for there to be threats to kill, there has to be some belief that the suspect actually meant it. Merely saying 'I'm gonna kill that bloke', even if angry or drunk (or both) does not amount to threats to kill.

[Obain]

I wouldn't define 28 as young. There are plenty of 28 year old police officers out there who wouldn't be described as young and do a very good job!

Don't say that - I'm an increasingly old feeling 25 year old and hearing 28 was still young was a ray of sunshine.

You've just p***ed on my sunshine

[mcclure]

One less officer taking up a highly sought after place in the force. Good riddance I say.

[Scrubby]

like has been said good riddance. clearly there were some problems there. best of luck to him in his next job though.

Don't say that - I'm an increasingly old feeling 25 year old and hearing 28 was still young was a ray of sunshine.

You've just p***ed on my sunshine

hahahaha i like! i wanted to just sit at home and cry on my 20th birthday a couple weeks ago hahahaha (joke) so you've made me feel much better!

[Morse]

I'm only 21!

I sort of meant they've suggested because he is young he's done this - where as I'm 21 and I wouldn't have done it! But typical journalism...!

No they didn't. They merely said he was young. Not sure how you managed to interpret it that way.

[recovery man]

what a plank

[callsign-kid]

One less officer taking up a highly sought after place in the force. Good riddance I say.

There is that element to it.

[Stevie6544]

Total Waste 'a Time.....

Good prospects get kicked to the kerb or made to wait because of 'good at interview' tubes like this one taking their places and wasting valuable budget money.
Arrogant jumped-up little prat.