A Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed without notice after repeatedly breaching the force’s social media rules through his own podcast episodes and online posts. PC Idominik Efeotor, who served in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, faced an accelerated misconduct hearing on Monday 14 September where every allegation against him was found proven.
The panel heard that between 2024 and 2026, PC Efeotor published podcast episodes and social media content in which he identified himself as a serving officer. His posts included offensive, insulting and derogatory language directed at other officers, staff and individuals, as well as discussion of sensitive information relating to misconduct proceedings.
Warnings ignored
According to the Met, PC Efeotor had disclosed his podcast as a business interest, but permission for it was later withdrawn. Despite this — and despite repeated warnings — he continued to publish episodes and linked social media content, even after the misconduct process had begun.
His actions were found to breach the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of discreditable conduct, orders and instructions, authority, respect and courtesy, and confidentiality. In one of the most serious findings, the panel concluded he had published material that could have led to the identification of an officer who was the subject of an anonymity direction — a safeguard put in place to protect officers’ identities.
“No place in policing”
Commander Adam Slonecki, the head of Specialist Operations, said the dismissal was the right outcome. “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,” he said.
“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,” he continued. “There is no place in policing for anyone whose values are so far removed from what we would expect, and it is right he has been dismissed from the organisation.”
Barred from policing
PC Efeotor was dismissed without notice and will be placed on the barred list held by the College of Policing. Anyone on the list is prohibited from being employed by police forces and a number of other policing bodies.
The case is the latest in a series of misconduct dismissals announced by the Met this month, as the force continues its drive to remove officers who fall below its standards. Earlier this week, two serving officers appeared in court charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, while two more officers were dismissed last week following proven allegations at a misconduct hearing linked to the Charing Cross conduct scandal.
