Special Constable – Misconduct

Date of request: 25 August 2021
Reference: FOI-1017-21

Request

Please could you provide case details of special constables dismissed from the force, or who have resigned while under investigation, between January 1, 2015 and August 1, 2021?

Could you provide the reason given for their dismissal, or for what they were being investigated, and the year in which the special constable was dismissed or resigned?

Where the disciplinary case involved or led to a criminal conviction, which was registered by the force, please could the listed offence information be provided?

Response

Please see below the information you have requested:

Year	Breach Type(s)	Summary	Outcome
2015	Discreditable Conduct	Convicted at court for assault by beating x 2	Dismissed
2016	Authority, Respect and Courtesy. Discreditable Conduct	Improper relationship with vulnerable female	Dismissed
	Discreditable Conduct	Convicted at court for drink drive	Dismissed
	Honesty & Integrity. Challenging and Reporting improper conduct. Discreditable conduct	Allowed another to drive a car when knew/ought to have known over the limit. Allowed the other to leave scene of accident, failed to challenge the other re drinking	Dismissed
	Authority, Respect & Courtesy. Equality & Diversity. Discreditable Conduct	Posted/shared on Facebook offensive and racist material	Dismissed
	Discreditable conduct	Dismissed from full time occupation for breaching safeguarding policy	Resigned whilst under investigation
2017	Discreditable conduct	Alleged to have made indecent photos of female under 16 (not proven). Alleged to have engaged in sexually explicit conversations via the internet with unknown persons and made comments that were racist and offensive	Resigned whilst under investigation
2018	Discreditable Conduct	Convicted at court of Harassment and Threatening behaviour. Received suspended sentence	Resigned: Would have been dismissed
2019	Discreditable Conduct	Conditional caution – admitted an offence of disclosing a private sexual photograph or film without the consent of a third party.	Resigned: Would have been dismissed
2020	Honesty & Integrity. Duties & Responsibilities. Discreditable conduct. Authority, Respect & Courtesy	Made false mileage and being on duty claims, had altercation with another motorist when off duty.	Dismissed
	Honesty & Integrity, Duties & Responsibilities. Discreditable Conduct	Failed to declare previous misconduct in previous role on vetting form.	Dismissed
	Equality & Diversity. Authority, Respect & Courtesy. Discreditable Conduct.	Made inappropriate and racist comments, read out a racist and inappropriate joke to colleagues	Dismissed
2021	Discreditable Conduct. Honesty & Integrity.	Involved in off duty domestic. Asked colleague to lie, and was not honest when spoken to.	Resigned: Would have been dismissed