Ufficiale della Met licenziato perché gestiva un’attività di pizza in congedo per malattia

Regarding providing and retirement, you’re still paid and you still accrue pension while you’re on long-term sick.

If he’s unfit for public-facing duties, then he could be fit for restricted duties. If he’s not fit for restricted duties, then I would have thought that he’s not fit to be working.

You don’t turn out to another job if you’re unfit to work.

I have sympathy for those on sick leave- I’m halfway through a three month stint myself -but I’m not supplementing my income as I’ve been declared unfit.

Police sergeant, firearms officer, 34 years service. Worried about providing for himself when he retires – apparently needs to build up a business while off sick before retiring.

As a Met sergeant will be on minimum £50K, likely £60K+ possibly more – the highest paid sergeants are firearms officers – [https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/disclosure-2025/january-2025/top-20-highest-earning-constables-sergeants/](https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/disclosure-2025/january-2025/top-20-highest-earning-constables-sergeants/) top 20 on £110K+

Police pension available immediately on retirement will likely be £30K+

*social media searches had shown “there were occasions where Sgt Skelt appeared to be working on days where he was reported absent from the Met for sickness”.*

*Online posts in September showed he attended several events selling pizza and was working two days a week outside a pub. Later posts saw the former firearms officer at a birthday party and promoting the firm at a Christmas market.*

*He said he found himself “in the impossible position of following the order or not being able to provide for myself when I retired.*