A police officer has been sacked for slapping the bottoms of two female police officers he worked with. A police misconduct panel concluded that the behaviour of PC Kevin Wood, of West Yorkshire Police, was “sexist” and amounted to gross misconduct. Wood, who was based in Leeds and served as a police officer for 20 […] […]
I am not a fan of auditors as many intentionally act aggressively and offensively to capture incidents, but I was asked to watch this one […]
These officers faced gross misconduct charges and were dismissed – or resigned before they were sacked – during 2021. West Yorkshire Police releases details involving officer misconduct on the Force website which it says is important for public confidence that policing is open and accountable. The Force said: “It is important for public confidence in […] […]
A policeman accused of ‘touching the breasts’ of a vulnerable woman faces a misconduct rap. Investigators allege that PC Christopher Bolton also sent the woman pics that were “inappropriate, intimate” or of a “sexual nature”. It is claimed the North Yorkshire Police officer attempted to forge a relationship with the unnamed woman, after meeting her […] […]
A disgraced former police constable is back in prison after being convicted of a child sex offence relating to an eight-year-old child. A judge has ordered for a report to be prepared to consider if Michael Conlon should be classed as a dangerous offender as it is the second time he has been convicted of […] […]
It has been revealed that 12 serving West Yorkshire Police officers have been dismissed for sexual misconduct in the past five years and another nine in the force are under investigation over similar allegations. The shocking figures have been disclosed by West Yorkshire’s new Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Alison Lowe. It is her […] […]
Some children in Bradford “remain unprotected” from sex exploitation, a new report looking into abuse over two decades has said. The independent review of five cases in the Bradford district since 2001 has found that “children suffered abuse no child should have to experience”. Victim Fiona Goddard said the council and police had chances to […] […]
A West Yorkshire Police officer who allegedly stole 11 bottles of wine and a sandwich from Aldi and Tesco Express is to face a misconduct hearing. Detective Constable Sean Donoghue is alleged to have taken two bottles of wine and hidden them in his backpack when he visited an Aldi store in Shipley on May […] […]
A policeman is due to face a misconduct panel over claims he took some coffee during a search in Bradford. It is alleged that West Yorkshire Police officer PC James Wright searched premises in June 2020 during which he removed a quantity of coffee which he had found. The officer is due to attend a […] […]
A former constable from West Yorkshire Police said he was “ashamed, embarrassed and disgusted” after he posted an indecent photo of himself on a swingers’ website. Andrew Bell uploaded one image to the Fab Swingers website of himself in uniform, with his warrant card, and another of his naked torso and erect penis. The 39-year-old […] […]
Police officers used “justified, necessary and proportionate” force to restrain a man who later died, an inquest jury has found. Andrew Hall was admitted to hospital after being restrained by up to six officers at Huddersfield police station in 2016 and went into cardiac arrest. His family’s barrister had said the 43-year-old was showing signs […] […]
Footage of the arrest made by a West Yorkshire Police officer in Halifax on August 16 sparked outrage when it was shared widely on social […]
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