A decorated former Met special constable is accused of sexually harassing several female staff members while he worked as a primary school head teacher.
Anthony Peltier volunteered as a special constable helping to police London’s streets for 13 years from 2005, during which time he was awarded a prestigious Pride of Britain Award for his services.
By day, he worked as a head teacher, first in London and then in Essex.
He now faces a Met police misconduct hearing, over allegations he “sexually harassed several female members of school staff by touching them inappropriately and/or making sexual comments to them”.
The alleged incidents are said to have happened while Mr Peltier was serving as a special constable, and while he was employed as a head teacher, “up to and including his resignation from that role in March 2018”, says a notice published by the Met.
“It is alleged that in acting this way former Special Constable Anthony Peltier breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of Discreditable Conduct,” continues the statement.
“The behaviour set out above is alleged to amount to gross misconduct and as such if proven, would have justified his dismissal and entry onto the College of Policing Barred list.”
No criminal investigation has been carried out, the Met confirmed.
Mr Peltier is understood to have trained as a head teacher in south London and to have served as a head teacher in the capital, before becoming head at Stifford Clays Primary School in Grays, Essex.
Local news website Your Thurrock reported in 2018 that Mr Peltier had taken early retirement, stepping down after six years at Stifford Clays.
A 2021 interview with Mr Peltier by Havering Daily hailed him as “a real life community champion and hero”.
It told how he was raised on Hackney’s Kingsmeade Estate. “I trained as a head teacher in south London but have always loved policing as well,” Mr Peltier said in the interview.
He also recalled how he once helped save the life of a 17-year-old boy, after witnessing him being stabbed as he sat in a cafe with a colleague.
Mr Peltier’s actions won him a Pride of Britain Award for ‘outstanding bravery’ in 2002.
His Met police misconduct hearing is due to take place at 10am on August 2.
The Standard has tried to contact Mr Peltier for comment. It is understood that he denies the allegations.
Stifford Clays Primary School has been approached for comment.
