The sacking of a Bristol police officer who physically assaulted a member of the public and made a discriminatory remark about a colleague has been described as "highly concerning" by his former force. PC Jedd Perry, a student officer based in the city with Avon and Somerset Police, has been dismissed without notice and barred from the profession following a misconduct hearing.
Perry was found to have physically assaulted a member of the public at a bar in Bristol city centre on August 2021. He was off duty, out with friends, and drunk.
The member of the public did not want to make a formal complaint but the incident was referred to Professional Standards by a supervisor, and an investigation was subsequently carried out by CID. Evidence was gathered by CID officers and the Crown Prosecution Service, which concluded the threshold had not been met for a charge of affray.
