Met Police officer sacked over social media posts

A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked for posting social media videos in which he described the force as corrupt, called colleagues "liars", "wastemen" and "batty holes", and published material that could have identified an officer under a anonymity direction.

PC Idominik Efeotor posted video content about life as a black police officer under his podcast 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', which has been shortlisted for two awards.

In the videos, he is critical of the Met and its directorate of professional standards (DPS).

An accelerated gross misconduct hearing found that in posting these videos, he breached the standards of professional behaviour. He was dismissed without notice.

In one video, Efeotor referred to the DPS as "absolute wastemen and that cesspit", whilst referring to a DPS officer as a "batty hole liar" in another video, the hearing was told.

In most videos he says "Bun the DPS" - 'bun' meaning disregard or reject.

Nasreen Shah, representing the Met told the hearing Efeotor "publicly encouraged others not to trust certain officers" and "expressed contempt towards the DPS".

He "used derogatory language towards officers and police staff and published content which was capable of undermining confidence in the police service on multiple occasions," Shah told the hearing, adding that he also broke the force's social media policy.

In May 2025, Efeotor published a TikTok video discussing a separate misconduct case whilst displaying the image of an officer who had been anonymised within those proceedings, Shah told the hearing.

"You sarcastically stated words to the effect of 'This is not the officer I'm talking about'," she said.

Defending Efeotor, Lawrence Davies, director of Equal Justice Solicitors, said his client had not been aware the anonymity order would apply to him, but had taken the video down since.

He further argued that Efeotor's comments had been taken out of context and represented only 1% of his podcast which was a "fantastic and innovative way to improve recruitment and retention of black officers".

The hearing was told the podcast was shortlisted in this year's Multicultural Business and Community Champion (MBCC) and the The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Awards for its contribution to increasing diversity in the force.

Davies told the hearing: "In this country, we have something called the freedom of speech, which means you are allowed to say things outside of work which cause offence or upset to other people.

"And we don't even have a single statement from anyone, who has complained about the content of this.

"In fact, you have 22 character references of people who listen to the podcast who say it's great."

Davies also told the hearing the force was institutionally racist as found by numerous reports, including the Casey Review which said that black officers were 81% more likely to be in the misconduct system than white colleagues.

Passing his judgement, Commander Colin Wingrove, who was chairing the hearing, said Efeotor had "chosen to use a platform to criticise and insult serving colleagues, which is likely to undermine the confidence that the public have in the police service."

His behaviour, he concluded had fallen short of the professional standards expected of a serving police officer.

Speaking after the hearing, Davies said: "This is, unfortunately, a travesty of justice.

"It's yet another example of a black officer being retaliated against for speaking up.

"We will be appealing. This will end up at the employment tribunal, and at the end of all of that process, hopefully justice will be done."

Efeotor said: "I'm not surprised. This is what happens when you stand up for yourself and stand up for people that can't speak for themselves.

"There are people who have done things far worse than what I've done, who are still employed by the Met. They just happen to have lighter skin."

In a statement released after the hearing, Commander Adam Slonecki, head of Specialist Operations, said: "Our officers can be in no doubt as to how they are expected to act on social media, and it is clear that PC Efeotor breached these standards on many occasions and despite repeated warnings.

"Not only does behaviour like this undermine public confidence in the Met, but it had a harmful and lasting impact on those he openly criticised, as well as the rest of his colleagues."

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