LAWBOX · Dismissal
Kent Police: former PC Trevor Bonett — would have been dismissed
IOPC · Kent Police · Sep 8, 2026
IOPC · Sep 8, 2026
Kent Police: former PC Trevor Bonett — would have been dismissed
As published · Former PC Trevor Bonett
Finding: Gross misconduct proven. Outcome: Would have been dismissed without notice. Barred list.
A Kent disciplinary panel found gross misconduct proven against former PC Trevor Bonett. He would have been dismissed without notice had he not already retired. He is to be placed on the policing barred list.
Kent Police held a two-day gross misconduct hearing into former Police Constable Trevor Bonett. The Independent Office for Police Conduct published the completed outcome on 8 September 2026.
The panel found gross misconduct proven for breaches of honesty and integrity, duties and responsibilities, and discreditable conduct. The published finding is that he would have been dismissed without notice had he not already retired. That is not the same as a serving dismissal. The barred list is to be updated.
The IOPC said the proven conduct included engaging with sex workers, including contact with a brothel and adult sites, while on leave or rest days between January and June 2024, while he was in a safeguarding role.
No criminal conviction is stated in the IOPC outcome notice. No appeal is stated.
Official source: IOPC news notice, 8 September 2026.
Decision 2026-09-08. LAWBOX published 2026-09-15. Source date Sep 8, 2026. Dates are not shifted for freshness.
Official source. Cite the page. Archive stays on this desk. Not hearsay. Not a solicitor.