Idominik Efeotor

Introduction

PC Idominik Efeotor is a former Metropolitan Police officer who served as a constable in the force’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command. He was dismissed without notice on 14 September 2026 after an accelerated misconduct hearing found all of the allegations against him proven. The case centred on his conduct on public platforms: between 2024 and 2026 he published a podcast, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and linked social media content in which he identified himself as a serving officer and criticised the Metropolitan Police and its Directorate of Professional Standards in blunt terms. The Voice, the newspaper that reported the case, framed it as the dismissal of a Black police officer over remarks made on his podcast.

Background Information

Efeotor was based within the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command of the Metropolitan Police Service. Alongside his policing work he produced a podcast called The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which he disclosed to the force as a business interest. The Met later withdrew permission for the podcast, but according to the misconduct hearing he continued to publish episodes and linked social media content even after repeated warnings. Over the period from 2024 to 2026, his published material included statements in which he identified himself as a serving officer. The Voice reported the case on 16 September 2026 under a headline identifying Efeotor as a Black police officer dismissed after calling colleagues in the Met “wastemen” on his podcast.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated vs. alleged. An accelerated misconduct panel on 14 September 2026 found all of the allegations against PC Efeotor proven and dismissed him without notice — adjudicated professional findings, a matter of misconduct hearing record, not a criminal conviction; no criminal charge was reported in the case. The account of his remarks below rests on those panel findings as reported by The Voice.

At the accelerated misconduct hearing on Monday, 14 September 2026, the panel heard that between 2024 and 2026 Efeotor published podcast episodes and social media content in which he identified himself as a serving officer. The Met said the comments he made breached the force’s policies relating to social media.

The material at issue centred on his podcast, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in which Efeotor was critical of the Met and of its Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS). In one video he referred to the DPS as “absolute wastemen and that cesspit.” In another video, the hearing was told, he referred to a DPS officer as a “batty hole liar.” The hearing also heard that he published information that could identify an officer who was subject to an anonymity order.

The panel found that his actions amounted to breaches of the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of discreditable conduct; orders and instructions; authority, respect and courtesy; and confidentiality. All of the allegations he faced were found proven.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The consequence was dismissal without notice from the Metropolitan Police. Commander Adam Slonecki, head of Specialist Operations, said: “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 added: “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.”

Slonecki concluded: “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.”

Reaction in the article’s comment section was critical of the Met. One reader described the dismissal over “a few social media hurty words” as “a classic example of the two-tier Policing,” and argued that a disciplinary letter would have been more appropriate. The report itself did not include any comment from Efeotor.

Current Status

Efeotor was dismissed without notice on 14 September 2026 and is to be placed on the College of Policing Barred List, which prevents him from working in policing in the future. That was the position as reported on 16 September 2026; no appeal or other challenge by Efeotor had been reported by that date.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The dismissal without notice ended Efeotor’s career with the Metropolitan Police, where he had served in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command. Placement on the College of Policing Barred List extends the consequence beyond the Met itself, preventing him from working in policing in the future. Beyond the tribunal outcome, the available reporting records no further professional consequences, and no public statement from Efeotor about the panel’s findings appears in the coverage.