A Metropolitan Police officer who turned up for work drunk has been sacked.
Detective Constable Neil Gray’s colleagues raised concerns that he smelt of alcohol at Jubilee House in Putney Bridge Road, south west London, where his unit shares a building with the force’s anti-corruption command.
Gray, also known as Nick, was then taken to Kingston Police Station where he gave a reading three times the force’s limit relating to fitness for duty on February 19.
He had worked in the South West Proactive unit tackling gang and street crime which is housed in the same building as Scotland Yard’s Directorate of Professional Standards, the Flying Squad and Cold Case Homicide Team among other specialists.
Assistant Commissioner Rachel Williams, who chaired an accelerated gross misconduct hearing, said Gray “had no regard to the harm” caused to Londoners, his colleagues and himself.
She added: “The public would not expect a serving police officer to undertake their duties whilst unfit through alcohol.
“The reputational damage to the Met is clear here.
“A member of the public would expect that all police officers are fit when they are on-duty.
“That expectation stems from the trust and confidence that the public place in the police service to protect them. DC Gray’s conduct undermined that trust and confidence.”
No mitigating factors were submitted on Gray’s behalf.
He was dismissed without notice for discreditable conduct and placed on the College of Policing’s barred list.
