A Met Police constable will face a gross misconduct hearing and a Kent Police sergeant will face a misconduct meeting after Independent Office for Police Conduct investigations into the handling of separate reports of indecent exposure
The constable is also accused of breaching the standards relating to honesty and integrity over parts of an account provided to IOPC investigators in respect of the alleged failings.
The sergeant is alleged to have failed to follow all reasonable lines of enquiry before closing a case where a man driving a car that was identified as belonging to Couzens exposed himself to a pedestrian in Dover in 2015. An investigation found no evidence to suggest that Wayne Couzens was identified as a police officer and he was not spoken to.
IOPC Regional Director Sal Naseem said:"We have been unable to publish our findings until now due to the risk of prejudicing criminal proceedings against Couzens."Now that those have concluded it will be for the Metropolitan and Kent police forces to organise disciplinary proceedings which will consider the evidence we have gathered and determine whether the allegations against the officers are proven or not.
Assistant Chief Constable of Kent Police Tracey Harman said:"The IOPC has made a determination that the officer involved should be subject to a misconduct meeting on the basis that the allegations breached the police professional standards for duties and responsibilities. It would therefore be inappropriate to comment further."
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