Police officer sacked for drunken assault on bar staff at Westfield

Misconduct hearing: The police officer was dismissed for 'drunken assault'
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Saphora Smith30 November 2016
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A Met police officer has been sacked after she assaulted a member of staff at a pub in Westfield shopping centre in Stratford.

PC Melanie Davies, based at Wandsworth police station, was dismissed on Tuesday for assaulting an employee at the Bat and Ball pub after they refused to serve her because she was too drunk.

PC Davies was on sick leave when she went drinking at the east London pub where she was reportedly refused service at the bar.

Staff then tried to escort her out of the building when she lashed out at an employee.

PC Davies was convicted of assault at Thames Magistrates' Court on August 31 and ordered to pay a fine of £430.

She was dismissed on Tuesday following a misconduct hearing in which she was found to have failed to meet the Met's standards of honesty and integrity.

Assistant Commissioner Helen King, Lead for Professionalism and Chair of the Hearing, said:"Police officers are granted powers over their fellow citizens to enforce the law on others and, where necessary, to use force in order to do so.

“This requires that the public and law makers have confidence that those entrusted to uphold the law will comply with it themselves, both on and off duty.

“Some cases are clearly more serious than others both in the category of the offence and all the surrounding circumstances.

"An offence of assault, however minor, is one that has to be seen as serious given the nature and responsibilities of a police officer's role.

“Therefore the only appropriate action for PC Davies in this case is dismissal."

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