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Met officers face gross misconduct inquiry over Bianca Williams search
Police officers involved in the stopping, searching and handcuffing of the British sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner are now under investigation for gross misconduct over alleged racism and dishonesty, the Guardian has learned.
Williams and Ricardo dos Santos were stopped on 4 July last year in north-west London by officers from the Metropolitan police’s Territorial Support Group.
They were searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons, with none found, while their three-month-old son was in the back seat.
The investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct began into lower-level misconduct claims against five officers.
But in an intensification of the proceedings, the formal investigation has now become more serious after new evidence was unearthed by investigators.
Three Met officers have been notified by the IOPC they are under investigation for gross misconduct. If proven, the maximum penalty is dismissal.
All of these three officers are being investigated for whether their actions were influenced by racial bias.
Two of those are also being investigated for whether they acted dishonestly. The police basis for searching the two elite athletes was that officers believed they could smell cannabis.
Three other officers are under investigation for misconduct offences, one of whom is facing an allegation they may have acted in a discriminatory way.
The issuing of discipline notices does not mean charges will follow and all officers are understood to deny wrongdoing.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/met-officers-face-gross-misconduct-inquiry-over-bianca-williams-search/ar-AALFt4n?ocid=msedgntp
Police officers involved in the stopping, searching and handcuffing of the British sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner are now under investigation for gross misconduct over alleged racism and dishonesty, the Guardian has learned.
Williams and Ricardo dos Santos were stopped on 4 July last year in north-west London by officers from the Metropolitan police’s Territorial Support Group.
They were searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons, with none found, while their three-month-old son was in the back seat.
The investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct began into lower-level misconduct claims against five officers.
But in an intensification of the proceedings, the formal investigation has now become more serious after new evidence was unearthed by investigators.
Three Met officers have been notified by the IOPC they are under investigation for gross misconduct. If proven, the maximum penalty is dismissal.
All of these three officers are being investigated for whether their actions were influenced by racial bias.
Two of those are also being investigated for whether they acted dishonestly. The police basis for searching the two elite athletes was that officers believed they could smell cannabis.
Three other officers are under investigation for misconduct offences, one of whom is facing an allegation they may have acted in a discriminatory way.
The issuing of discipline notices does not mean charges will follow and all officers are understood to deny wrongdoing.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/met-officers-face-gross-misconduct-inquiry-over-bianca-williams-search/ar-AALFt4n?ocid=msedgntp