By Sammie Jones-
A former senior Federation police official has appeared in court charged with fraud.
Dennis Weeks was the Metropolitan Police Federation’s Former Deputy General Secretary, was been placed on restricted duties by his force following allegations of fraud.
The eye of media.com understands the alleged fraudulent activity was identified via routine processes within the local branch of the police federation.
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Metropolitan Police Service
At the time of the initial revelation of the allegation in 2014, a spokesman for the Met said:
“The Directorate of Professional Standards is carrying out an investigation into a serving Metropolitan Police Service officer following allegations of financial irregularity, reported internally.
“The officer is a detective constable, based within territorial policing, who is an elected official within the Metropolitan Police Service Police Federation.
“The allegation relates to his role within the Police Federation. The officer has been placed on restricted duties whilst the investigation is ongoing.”
Former London force Officer
Having been on restricted duties since December 2014 after Scotland Yard’s anti-corruption command received complaints about him, it has been a 2-year wait to have the former officer face justice for his alarming misconduct, not expected of police officers, especially of that ranking.At the time the fraud was reported, Weeks was deputy secretary of the Metropolitan Police Federation, the staff association for all 30,000 officers in the London force.
Two months after the allegations came to light, Weeks resigned from his role with the federation.
At the time Speaking at the time the then chairman of the House of Commons home affairs committee Keith Vaz said: “This is a disappointing development.
“I hope the federation will co-operate fully with the authorities in this matter in order to root out all alleged wrongdoing.”
The police co-operation clearly co-operated in bringing the matter to court. If Weeks is found guilty, it will spell the end of his career and serve as severe warning to all officers to always abide by the law, which their job requires them to uphold.