Metropolitan Police Constable William Woolston, of Central Specialist Crime, has been given a final written warning after he was found to have committed gross misconduct, after a disciplinary hearing where he faced allegations that he had breached the standards of professional behaviour in relation to authority, respect and courtesy and discreditable conduct.
It was alleged that during the course of making arrangements to return a laptop to a female, PC Woolston’s comments (contained in texts and emails) were flirtatious, contained sexual innuendo and/or were otherwise inappropriate. He appeared to have attempted to encourage the female to engage in ‘sexting’ with him.
The panel members considered all of the evidence and found PC Woolston to have breached the standards of professional behaviour at the level of gross misconduct.
PC William Woolston is still a Metropolitan Police officer.