Lockdown breaches and sex conduct confirm ban on return to force for disgraced ex-cop

A former Met cop who was fined for breaching Covid regulations has been banned from returning to policing.

Hassan Mahmood, who was attached to the South Area Basic Command Unit, was found to have breached the standards of professional behaviour and cited for ‘Discreditable Conduct’.

At a gross misconduct hearing on Tuesday the allegations against him were proven and, if he were still a serving officer, he would have been dismissed from the Met.

In January 2021, when Covid lockdown restrictions were in place, Mahmood attended the house of a woman in Mitcham, who he paid for sex.

Chief Superintendent Dave Stringer, the commander of local policing in South London, said: “Mahmood’s actions were completely unacceptable and the outcome of this hearing demonstrates that there is no place for such behaviour in the Met.

“The vast majority of officers get into policing to protect the most vulnerable people in society. Mahmood has let down his colleagues and the people of London, who put their trust in us to keep them safe.”

Mahmood was fined £660 at City of London Magistrates’ Court on February 21, after pleading guilty to participating in a gathering of two or more people in breach of the Health Protection Regulations in a Tier 4 area.

He resigned from the Met in November 2021 and will now be added to the Barred List held by the College of Policing.

Those appearing on the list cannot be employed by police, local policing bodies (PCCs), the Independent Office for Police Conduct or Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.

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