Met Police officer ‘found dead on roof of station days before he was due to face a misconduct probe’
A Metropolitan Police constable in his 50s was found dead on the roof of Kensington police station after colleagues reported him missing when he did not attend his shift. His death is not being treated as suspicious, and an inquest will be held.
The officer was due to face a gross misconduct investigation after reportedly narrowly failing a breath test in July; he had been suspended while the investigation continued. The article says the police breath limit is 13 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres, compared with 35 for drivers generally in Britain. Police Federation figures cited in the report say more than 100 officers and staff died by suicide between 2022 and 2025, with 47 of 70 serving officers who died under misconduct or criminal investigation.
In short
- A Met officer was found dead at Kensington police station.
- He was due to face a misconduct investigation.
- The death will be examined at an inquest.
Explained simply
The Metropolitan Police is the force responsible for policing London. Its officers are subject to workplace rules and can face misconduct investigations if their conduct is questioned; a gross misconduct probe examines allegations that could be serious enough to end a career.
Police officers in England and Wales have a lower permitted alcohol level at work than drivers generally have on the road. An inquest is a formal inquiry into a death, including how it happened, and does not by itself establish that anyone was at fault.
The case also sits within wider concerns about the wellbeing of police staff and officers. Figures cited by the Police Federation, which represents officers, cover deaths among serving staff and show that some occurred while misconduct or criminal investigations were under way.