This is the moment council enforcement officers threatened to 'knock out' a member of the public.
Harrow Council, in northwest London , has sacked two employees who were filmed intimidating a man on the street after accusing him of 'messing with our money'.
During the minute-long encounter, the two enforcement officers, both wearing hoods over their bright purple jackets and black vests, which are equipped with body-worn cameras, tell the man they are going to 'rip his teeth out'.
One of them told him, 'when I'm not in uniform, I'm gonna knock you the f*** out and rip your teeth out', before adding: 'I'll come and throw you through the f****** walls.'
The enforcement officers even threatened to call the police to Northolt Road in South Harrow because an officer would, 'f*** you up'.
Footage begins with one worker confronting the member of the public - who was recording the incident - saying: 'What did you think I was going to do? I don't need to tell you what I was going to do.'
The other officer, wearing a red hood, then walks into view and presses a button on his colleague's body-worn video camera, to which the other responds: 'It's off.'
The enforcement agent in the black hood then continues: 'Don't butt in my business.'
Harrow Council has sacked two enforcement officers after they were filmed threatening and abusing a man on Northolt Road, South Harrow
During the minute-long encounter, the two employees told the man they would' rip his teeth out' and beat him up
The enforcement officers even said they would call the police because an officer would 'f*** you up'
The man recording responds by saying: 'You know what you're doing out here. You know what you're doing.'
The council worker in the red then turns around and begins to verbally threaten the member of the public as he becomes increasingly aggressive.
As he turns off his body camera, the officer tells the man: 'You act like you're trying to mess with our money. I'm going to show you something right now.
'Come to the alleyway right now, we're gonna show you what time it is. We're gonna show you what time it is bruv.
'We're gonna make sure you can't work no more and earn no money 'cause you're trying to butt in with our money - and bruv, do you know what I do to people like that? Come here now. Let's go.'
The enforcement agent then gestures for the man to follow him across the busy road as he stands in a bus lane before saying: 'I swear when I'm not in uniform, I'm gonna knock you the f*** out and rip your teeth out. Do you know that? If I give you one punch I'll knock all your teeth out.'
As the argument intensifies, the officer in the black hood adds that 'we've got people to feed' before the man filming tells both of them: 'I don't know why you're getting aggressive.'
The worker in the red hood continues, gesturing with his thumb towards the road: 'Come across the road now 'cause you're trying to mess with our money bruv. I'm gonna show you what time it is, come now.
Footage filmed by the man being threatened showed the enforcement officer press his colleagues body-worn camera and then said 'it's off'
'If I call a police officer for you, he'll f*** you up, you know, 'cause we work with them and you didn't know that did you? So come across the road now 'cause I'm gonna show you what time it is.'
He then begins to unzip his black vest, on which his body-worn video camera is mounted, before adding: 'Bruv I ain't having no one disrupt my job you know.
'Do I come and disrupt your money when you're painting and f*****g decorating, you wasteman? I'll come and throw you through the f*****g walls brother and put paint all over you.'
It is understood the enforcement agents work for Kingdom Services Group and had been contracted by Harrow Council.
According to its website, the company provides a 'local authority support' service that is 'committed to helping local authorities create safer, cleaner and more welcoming communities'.
It states: 'Our expert team offers tailored environmental enforcement and community safety solutions and strategies that combat environmental crime, reduce anti-social behaviour, and improve community life for your residents.'
Kingdom also provides health, training, security, cleaning and recruitment services - and its clients include private healthcare provider Bupa, the NHS, Haringey Council and Tesco.
Harrow Council's website states that it has 'partnered' with Kingdom Local Authority Support, who work alongside its enforcement officers to issue fixed penalty notices.
It is currently unclear what the argument was about, why it started or who the man filming the incident is.
But the footage, already widely shared on social media, has prompted a quick response from Harrow Council.
The local authority has condemned the incident as 'unacceptable' and said the enforcement officers in the video have subsequently been sacked.
A spokesperson for the council said in a statement: 'We are aware of a video circulat…
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