Improved has been dismissed from the pressure after being found responsible of stalking a woman he met while on responsibility. PC Jonathan Simon received a 16-week suspended jail sentence in April for his actions, which were deemed to be gross misconduct. District choose Daniel Sternberg, who sentenced Simon at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, acknowledged that the officer had brought the Met into disrepute.
PC Simon started relationship the girl after meeting her in May 2021 whereas working for the force’s east space command. After she ended the relationship, Simon persisted in texting, calling, and visiting her, even doing so while on obligation. He subsequently stalked her between October 2021 and July 2022, including displaying up at her home and workplace unannounced. On one event, he used the false pretext that her window was unsecured.
Despite the woman expressing her desire to stop contact with Simon, he continued to achieve out to her. Assistant Commissioner Barbara Gray, who signed the doc from the misconduct listening to, said: “The public couldn’t have confidence in PC Simon after he has shown himself capable of behaving in such a means.”