A Metropolitan Police Community Support Officer, Sex Offender Kevin Phillips, has been penalised £500 after confessing to performing a sexual act in a south London park while on duty.
Kevin Phillips, 56, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court after being charged with outraging public decency for being filmed in his uniform in Dog Kennel Hill park in East Dulwich in March.
The Metropolitan Police reported that Kevin Phillips, residing on Milton Road in Croydon, was recorded by a member of the public in a video displaying his police badge number.
The film garnered thousands of views online from astonished spectators.
The force stated that Kevin Phillips, an employee of the Metropolitan Police’s Roads and Transport Policing Command, was detained, charged, and pleaded guilty to the offence within 48 hours of the video’s widespread dissemination.
Kevin Phillips, a married individual with two young girls, confessed to the act during interrogation following the incident and attributed his conduct to stress and a medical condition.
He has since resigned from the force for his behaviour which was branded as “repulsive” by Chief Superintendent Simon Ovens, who leads the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command.
‘He has let down colleagues’
He also said Kevin Phillips’ actions were “contrary to everything the decent officers and staff of the Metropolitan Police stand for”.
He added: “He has let down a great many of his colleagues and the public whom we serve. There is absolutely no place in the Met for such appalling behaviour.”
He said: “I trust such swift action will assure the public how seriously we take breaches of trust and confidence and how robustly we will work to root out those who undermine the service.”
The arrest came after an investigation led by the force’s Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences professionalism team, the Metropolitan Police said.
Kevin Phillips was suspended after his arrest and the matter was referred by the Met to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. They determined that a local investigation be carried out by the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards.
Kevin Phillips resigned before a misconduct hearing, which found he would have been sacked if he was still a serving member of police staff, took place in May.
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