THE police officer at the centre of an allegation he drove at speed with the blue lights and two-tone sirens blaring to deliver a coffee to a colleague is set to face disciplinary proceedings, following a complaint by a member of the public.

Gordon McIntosh was out cycling when a police van “travelling at speed” along Pentonville Road hurried people across a crossing before parking outside Islington police station in Angel.

He said an officer in the van handed a coffee to a colleague who was waiting outside the police station.

“I asked the sergeant why he had used emergency procedures to deliver a coffee,” Mr McIntosh said.

“He told me that they were en route to a murder.”

In an email to Mr McIntosh this week, a police officer from the Professional Standards Unit confirmed the case has been “subject” to special procedures.

A police spokesperson added: “Special procedures can be used when there is an indication an officer may have committed a criminal offence or behaved in a manner that would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings. In this case the latter. It is common for public complaints to be subject to special procedures. Special pro­cedures exist to protect the rights of those under investigation.”

The possible outcomes of the investigation could be no further action, a form of learning or misconduct proceedings.