Over 25 cops sacked or disciplined for having sex while they were on duty

More than 25 police officers have been fired or punished in the past two years after being caught having sex while on duty.

Dozens of officers lost their jobs after being found guilty of abandoning their posts for steamy romps with loved ones or having affairs with their colleagues.

According to The sunInformation requests to British forces revealed that at least 26 officers faced disciplinary hearings for sex on duty in the past 24 months, 20 of whom lost their jobs.

But a number of forces – including the Met, West Midlands and Derbyshire – refused to give details, meaning the actual total is likely higher.

In one case, a Sussex police officer turned off his body camera to have sex with a woman in her home after she called 999.

In Northumbria, another member of the police force was dismissed for having sex with his lover in a police van parked outside a supermarket.

A Cleveland police officer was also banned from police after filming herself performing a solo sex act in a toilet.

The figures prompted a former chief inspector to label these disgraced officers as ‘damaging to the reputation of the police’.

PC Matt Simpson was dismissed for serious misconduct after regularly having secret sexual trysts while on duty in 2020

Shamraze Arshad (pictured) was criticized by his international student victim for ‘ruining the image of Britain’s big police force’

Retired Detective Chief Inspector Kevin Moore told The Sun: ‘Officers who engage in such activities should be dismissed immediately.

‘Officers involved in sexual activities, even with colleagues, are also completely unacceptable.

“Taxpayers have the right to expect public officials to act professionally.”

In one case earlier this year, an ‘arrogant’ police officer was stripped of his police pension and jailed for four years after being found guilty of sex sessions with a vulnerable young woman while on duty.

Shamraze Arshad was criticized by his international student victim for ‘ruining the image of Britain’s great police force’, with Greater Manchester police chiefs calling him ‘a disgrace to the force’.

The 21-year-old, who he met while on duty after she threatened to kill herself, told a court how Arshad would come over and stay for 15 to 20 minutes ‘for a good time in bed’.

Their ‘friends with benefits’ relationship disappeared after about seven months, but the illegal relationship came to light after detectives from the professional standards team began investigating improper use of the coercion computer.

He had accessed information about road accidents, his trial heard, including one in which he himself had been involved.

The 21-year-old, who he met while on duty after she threatened to kill herself, told a court how Arshad would come over and stay for 15 to 20 minutes ‘for a good time in bed’

In another case in 2020, PC Matt Simpson was dismissed for serious misconduct after regularly having secret sexual trysts while on duty.

The officer admitted late night contact during a ‘casual relationship’ between 2014 and 2016 while living in Barrow, Cumbria.

Cumbria Police’s misconduct panel was told by his lover that ‘he didn’t even take his trousers off properly in case he had to rush’.

The hearing was also told that he had had more than 20 illegal meetings while he was supposed to be working.

Deputy Chief Constable Mark Webster said at the time that Mr Simpson’s actions fell ‘well below the standard we expect’.