A Metropolitan Police constable has been immediately dismissed after a gross misconduct hearing ruled that he made discriminatory remarks about Muslims while on duty, including claims that they were “taking over” the capital.
PC Brendan Jones, who served in the West Area Basic Command Unit covering Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow, was found to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in relation to equality and diversity and discreditable conduct.
The breaches were deemed so serious they amounted to gross misconduct, justifying his removal from the force.
He has also been placed on the College of Policing’s barred list, preventing him from ever working again in policing, local policing bodies, the Independent Office for Police Conduct or His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.
The public disciplinary hearing, held in London in February 2026 and chaired by Commander Andy Brittain.
According to evidence presented at the hearing, the proven misconduct occurred in May 2024 while Jones was on foot patrol in the Feltham area with Police Community Support Officer Matthew Brown.
The pair were discussing a television documentary about “doomsday preppers” stockpiling supplies in anticipation of World War III.
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Jones allegedly told his colleague that the end of civilisation had already begun. “The Muslims are taking over, and people are blind to it,” he is said to have declared. He also reportedly claimed that London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan “has links to terrorism.”
The comments were linked to a personal grudge Jones held against the mayor after receiving a penalty charge notice for driving in an Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The fine prompted him to research Khan’s background.
Jones later cited a 2016 Daily Telegraph article by then-Prime Minister David Cameron, in which Cameron had apologised for suggesting Khan had shared a platform with a Tooting imam who supported Islamic State. Jones maintained the remark was drawn from that public record and was not racist.
PCSO Brown felt “very uncomfortable” with the conversation and, upon returning to Feltham Police Station, reported the matter to a sergeant. The complaint triggered a formal investigation that ultimately led to the gross misconduct proceedings.
In his findings, Chair Commander Andy Brittain described Jones as appearing “to hold some deep-seated and troubling beliefs.” He noted that the officer “appeared to harbour a disproportionate grudge” after being fined for driving in the ULEZ zone, which had prompted his research into the mayor.
Brittain warned that the public — and particularly Muslim members of London’s population— “would be appalled to learn that a serving Met officer held the beliefs and attitudes expressed by PC Jones.”
He added: “They would not feel confident in his ability to adequately police them. All sectors of society would be likely to lack confidence in PC Jones investigating any matters concerning discrimination or hate crime.”
The chair emphasised that the remarks went far beyond private opinion and struck at the heart of the impartiality expected of every officer.
In diverse communities across west London, where Jones had previously served on the local neighbourhood policing team in areas such as Chiswick, such attitudes risk eroding the fragile trust that underpins effective community policing.
Jones, in his defence, claimed he felt targeted within the force as a white man “of a certain age” and denied that his words were racist. The panel rejected this mitigation, finding the evidence clearly established a breach serious enough to warrant dismissal rather than any lesser sanction such as a final written warning or demotion.
Chief Superintendent Sean Lynch, who oversees policing in west London, welcomed the outcome and issued a strong statement reinforcing the Met’s zero-tolerance stance.
“The behaviour of PC Jones fell well below that expected of a serving officer,” he said. “There is no place for discriminatory views in the Met or in policing. We are committed to rooting out officers who do not meet our values or the standards Londoners rightly expect.”
