Two enforcement officers working for Harrow Council have been dismissed after allegedly threatening a member of the public and appearing to switch off their body-worn cameras during a heated confrontation.
The pair, employed through Kingdom Services Group under contract to the north-west London authority, were filmed during an incident on Northolt Road in South Harrow.
Video widely circulated on social media appears to show one officer turning off a colleague’s body camera before both men threaten the person recording them.
“When I’m not in uniform, I’m gonna knock you the f*** out and rip your teeth out,” one officer is heard saying.
“If I give you one punch I’ll knock all your teeth out.”
He also threatens to “throw you through the f****** walls”.
At one point in the footage, one officer presses a button on the other’s body-worn camera, with the colleague then confirming: “It’s off.”
The situation escalates further as one of the officers repeatedly tells the man to move away from the street and follow him.
“Come to the alleyway right now, we’re gonna show you what time it is,” he says.
Both men were wearing hooded tops over purple enforcement jackets and black vests fitted with body cameras.
“We’re gonna make sure you can’t work no more and earn no money ’cause you’re trying to butt in with our money,” one officer adds.
“If I call a police officer for you, he’ll f*** you up, you know, ’cause we work with them,” he says.
When challenged about their conduct, one of the officers responds: “We’ve got people to feed.”
The officer in the red hood is also seen unzipping his vest while referencing the man’s job as a painter and decorator.
The events leading up to the confrontation have not been made clear, and the identity of the person filming has not been released.
Following the incident, both Harrow Council and Kingdom Services Group took swift action.
A Harrow Council spokesperson said: “Swift action was taken as soon as the incident and complaint were raised to us and Kingdom in May, and the individuals involved no longer work for Kingdom.
“We take any instance of officers deliberately turning off body-worn cameras extremely seriously. Threats of violence towards members of the public are wholly unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”
Kingdom Services Group also condemned the behaviour.
A spokesperson said: “We are aware of the video circulating in relation to the serious conduct of two Kingdom Local Authority Support enforcement officers.
“As soon as the incident and subsequent complaint were brought to our attention in May, swift action was taken.
“The individuals concerned no longer work for Kingdom Local Authority Support.”
Kingdom Services Group says it provides environmental enforcement and community safety services to local authorities across the UK, while Harrow Council states its contracted officers help issue fixed penalty notices and tackle anti-social behaviour.
