A Metropolitan Police officer will have a misconduct hearing. Pc British Bangladeshi Ruby Begum is also accused of making racist and insulting tweets that remained available on her account after she was sworn in as a special constable. The putative postings were created between 2013 and 2019. A special constable is a volunteer police officer.It is further alleged that she was interested in extremist preachers’ teachings and did not tell the vetting unit, and that she failed to provide full or honest information during the vetting process.
Ms Begum is attached to the territorial support group.The misconduct hearing will look at whether she breached the standards of professional behaviour in discreditable conduct; authority, respect and courtesy; equality and diversity; and honesty and integrity.
It will start on October 21 at Palestra House, Southwark, south-east London.