Police officer taken off beat 'for eating colleague's biscuits without asking'

An officer at a London police station has been taken off the beat for a year for allegedly eating a colleague’s biscuits without permission.

The PC, based in Kingston, south west London, has been on restricted duties while Scotland Yard’s Department of Professional Standards carries out an investigation.

He is understood to have handed out the snacks to fellow officers after finding an open packet on a desk at the end of a busy night shift.

He was later accused of theft and has been on “restricted duties” since June last year while Scotland Yard ’s anti-corruption command, the Department of Professional Standards, probe the allegation.

A source told the Daily Mirror: “They offered biscuits from an open packet at the end of a shift. The issue is the time it takes to conduct investigations, the average taking over a year.

“The officers, who in most cases have done little or nothing wrong, work within restricted guidelines while watching colleagues burn out.”

A Met Police spokesman said: “The investigation has nearly concluded.”