- Officer: George Massey.
- Action: Fired over offence.
- Offence: Drink-driving incident.
- Location: Bromley area.
- Status: Employment terminated.
A PC On October 29, George Massey was detained after failing a roadside breathalyzer test while operating a Kia on Bromley Road.
He submitted to an alternate test while in detention, and the results showed that he’d further alcohol than the legal limit of 35 micrograms per 100 milliliters of breath 43 micrograms.
On November 14, he entered a guilty plea to driving under the influence at Bexley Adjudicators’ Court.
Massey entered a £120 fine and a one- year driving prohibition.
In addition, he’ll be needed to pay a victim cargo of £48 and costs of £85.
On December 22, a Met Police misconduct panel determined that Massey should be fired without cause.
Commander Stephen Clayman said:
“PC Massey has pleaded guilty to a criminal offence.
Officers are there to uphold the law and not to break it. PC Massey was responsible for his own actions.”
Massey will be added on the College of Policing’s prohibited list.
How does dismissal without notice affect police pension rights?
Redundancy without notice for UK police officers, similar to PC George Massey, generally results in penalty of pension rights under the Police Pensions Regulations 2015.
Regulation 12 allows the Secretary of State to lose some or all of a police pension if redundancy follows gross misconduct, like drink- driving, which undermines public trust; this applies to both accrued benefits and unborn entitlements in schemes like the Police Pension Scheme 2015.
Partial penalty may do if service length or benefactions warrant it, but full loss is common for serious offenses; officers can appeal via the police pension authority, though success is rare without mollifying factors like ill health.
