Accelerated Misconduct hearing for PC Lloyd Hunter
Notice of a hearing to be held in public
Name of the officer concerned: PC Lloyd Hunter
Date: 26 August 2026
Time: 10:30am
Location: Patrick Dunne House, Chalk Pit Way, Sutton, SM1 4RD
This matter concerns conduct reported following the broadcast of the BBC Panorama programme on 1 October 2025. The programme included video footage obtained covertly by an undercover BBC journalist who had been employed in the capacity of a Designated Detention Officer within the Charing Cross Police Station custody suite. Subsequent examination of additional, previously unaired footage has identified further information, which has now been brought to the attention of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
It is alleged that on or about 23 November 2024, Police Constable Lloyd Hunter, whilst off duty at an unknown location in Central London, was having a drink with a Detention Officer who was (unknown to him) a BBC reporter and was recording their conversation. During that conversation PC Hunter said the following (or very similar):
- “I can’t wait to Taser someone”, suggesting the first time PC Hunter used his Taser it would be on a homeless person;
- PC Hunter said that Taser was “just so much fun” and suggested that when he actually got to use it on someone he would “love it”; and
- When PC Hunter was told that a colleague had suggested ‘burning’ the homeless people in Oxford Street he did not challenge or disagree with this comment, but said “we should bin them off, I hate them”.
PC Hunter’s language trivialised the use of force and suggested that he would enjoy using force on members of the public.
PC Hunter’s language also suggested that he ‘hated’ homeless people, who are a vulnerable section of society that police officers regularly come into contact with.
PC Hunter of Central West Command Unit will answer allegations that his conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of:
- Authority, Respect and Courtesy;
- Equality and Diversity; and
- Discreditable Conduct.
In acting in the way alleged, PC Lloyd Hunter has breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour and this conduct, if proven, amounts to gross misconduct in that it is so serious as to justify dismissal.
The identity of victims and witnesses will be protected during the hearing as appropriate.
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