Misconduct hearing for TDC Linge, PC Wray, PC Szmydynski
Notice of a hearing to be held in public
Name of the officers concerned:
TDC Kristina Linge, Warrant No 250932 - Location: Central East Command Unit (CE-CU)
PC Victoria Wray, Warrant No 254252 - Location: CE-CU
PC Rafal Szmydynski, Warrant No 239088 - Location: CE-CU
Dates: 2 to 27 June 2025
Time: 10am
Location: Misconduct Hearing Suite, 4th floor, Palestra House, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
These proceedings relate to the search that exposed intimate parts of a (then) 15 year-old Black schoolgirl, at her school on 3rd December 2020, due to the suspicion of her being in possession of cannabis.
It is alleged that PCs Linge and Szmydynski decided to perform a search that exposed intimate parts of the child when this was disproportionate in all the circumstances, and that PC Linge and PC Wray performed the search and/or allowed it to be performed, and in a manner which was unjustified, inappropriate, disproportionate, humiliating and degrading.
It is contended that this was all without authorisation, in the absence of a suitable appropriate adult, contrary to MPS policy and training, Code C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ("PACE"), with no adequate concern being given to the child's age, sex, or the need to treat her as a child, and where the child's race was an effective cause of this.
It is also alleged that PC Szmydynski and PC Linge each made a misleading record of the search after its conclusion.
The Standards of Professional Behaviour ("SPB") alleged to have been breached are Authority, Respect & Courtesy, Duties and Responsibilities, Equality & Diversity, Orders & Instructions and Discreditable Conduct. PCs Szmydynski and Linge are also alleged to have breached the SPB of Honesty & Integrity in relation to the record of the search.
These breaches are alleged to amount, individually and collectively, to Gross Misconduct on behalf of all 3 officers.
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