"This was not simply a volunteering opportunity, this was a full-blown and expanding business supported by incorporation of that business, the granting of a director's loan and employment of staff. PC Kennett is also noted to have been actively engaged on social media promoting that business. This was a sophisticated operation, and PC Kennett appears heavily involved at all points."
"In September 2025, it was confirmed that Kennett 'continued to engage in and operate this unauthorised business interest' whilst receiving full pay from the force, the ruling said."
"CCTV showed Brierley 'unsteady on his feet', 'staggering' and 'off balance' when he returned to the police station later that evening, the panel heard on 12 February."
PC Stanley Kennett was dismissed for gross misconduct after operating The Coffee Cycle, a catering business in West Sussex, despite his application being declined in April 2024. He continued running the sophisticated operation while receiving full police pay, actively promoting it on social media and employing staff. In a separate tribunal, former Det Con Sean Brierley would have been sacked after being found severely intoxicated while on duty. He visited a bar after being told a suspect was unavailable for interview, consuming three glasses of wine before returning to the police station where CCTV footage showed him staggering and unsteady on his feet.
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