A police officer who left a homeless man requiring hospital remedy after pushing him right into a brick wall and throwing him face-first on the pavement has been dismissed.
Computer Omer Farok, who was connected to the Metropolitan Police‘s Central North Primary Command Unit, was discovered to have dedicated gross misconduct over his remedy of a homeless man throughout an encounter in Parker Avenue, central London, on June 15 2024.
The policing watchdog, the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct (IOPC), mentioned its investigators established that officers had attended stories {that a} man had entered an unattended automobile.
Inside moments of arriving, Computer Farok detained and handcuffed the person, who remained on the scene and made no try to go away earlier than police arrived.
Throughout the subsequent search, Computer Farok repeatedly pushed the person right into a nook of a brick wall, referred to him as an ‘fool’ on quite a few events and ignored requests from him to elucidate why he was being accused of resisting, the IOPC mentioned.
Footage additionally confirmed the officer manipulating {the handcuffs} in a approach that induced ache whereas persevering with to accuse the person of resisting.
Within the footage, the detained man may be heard shouting: ‘My palms are behind my again.
‘How am I resisting? I am not resisting.’
Former Metropolitan Police officer Computer Omer Farok, who has been dismissed for gross misconduct after utilizing extreme pressure towards a homeless man in central London
The incident involving Computer Omer Farok passed off in Parker Avenue, central London, on June 15, 2024
He then screams: ‘Cease hitting me towards the wall.
‘Why are you hurting me?’
Computer Farok then took maintain of the person’s higher physique and ‘took him to the bottom with pressure’, the IOPC mentioned.
As he was handcuffed behind his again, the person was unable to interrupt his fall and landed face-first on the pavement, ‘struggling a laceration close to his proper eyebrow that required hospital remedy and left a pool of blood on the pavement’.
Following the takedown, the officer continued to shout ‘cease resisting’ regardless of the person mendacity injured on the bottom and never showing to withstand.
On the finish of its investigation, the IOPC determined Computer Farok ought to face a gross misconduct listening to.
Following the conclusion of the listening to on Friday, which was organised by the Metropolitan Police, the panel discovered gross misconduct confirmed and dismissed Computer Farok with rapid impact.
He was discovered to have breached police requirements {of professional} behaviour relating to make use of of pressure and authority, respect and courtesy.
Computer Omer Farok was cleared of assault by beating following a trial in November 2025, however was subsequently dismissed following a gross misconduct listening to
The Metropolitan Police officer was discovered to have repeatedly pushed the person towards a brick wall earlier than throwing him face-first onto the pavement, leaving him requiring hospital remedy
He will even be positioned on the School of Policing barred listing, stopping him from working in policing sooner or later.
IOPC director of engagement Amanda Rowe mentioned: ‘Law enforcement officials are entrusted with appreciable powers and should train them lawfully and with self-control, whereas additionally treating members of the general public with respect and dignity.
‘Computer Farok repeatedly used disrespectful and degrading language in direction of the person and used pressure that was not vital, cheap or proportionate within the circumstances, ensuing within the man hitting his head on the bottom and receiving a head harm.
‘Conduct of this nature dangers damaging public confidence in policing and falls nicely beneath the requirements anticipated of officers.
‘The officer has now been held to account following our investigation.’
Following the conclusion of its investigation in December 2024, the IOPC additionally despatched a file of proof to the Crown Prosecution Service, which charged Computer Farok with assault by beating.
He was cleared following a trial in November 2025.
