Met Police officer who ran coffee business in Sussex while suspended sacked
He was receiving full pay from the force at the time
A Metropolitan Police officer who ran a coffee business whilst suspended on full pay has been sacked.
Pc Stanley Kennett applied for a business interest called The Coffee Cycle whilst suspended from duty on 23rd April 2024 and was notified that it had been declined a week later, according to a tribunal ruling.
In September 2025, it was confirmed that the 31-year-old "continued to engage in and operate this unauthorised business interest" whilst receiving full pay from the force, the ruling said.
Following a misconduct hearing on February 12, Mr Kennett was found to have breached police standards of professional behaviour amounting to gross misconduct and was dismissed without notice.
The Coffee Cycle is listed as having been incorporated on April 1 2025, with Mr Kennett listed as the director on Companies House.
The business, based in a bike shop in Storrington, West Sussex, serves coffee, cake and pastries and provides catering for events, according to its website and social media.