Corruption or Dishonesty

  • Reference Number: 2571
  • Date released: 12 July 2010

Request

As full details as possible on EVERY case of a police officer being charged with a form of corruption or dishonesty in your force over the past ten years.

For each case I would like to know:

  1. What was the rank of the officer?
  2. When was he/she charged (month and year)?
  3. As detailed description as possible on the nature of the charges? I would like to get particularly detailed information on cases which involve:
    - Police officers leaking information through social networking sites
    - Police officers coming into contact with the criminal underworld and illegal drug dealing, through taking muscle-building drugs in gyms
    - Police officers leaking confidential information from IT systems.
  4. Did the charge lead to a conviction - if so what was the punishment?
  5. Does your force have a special anti-corruption unit?
  6. Does your force have a confidential hotline available for officers wanting to report corruption?

Response

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Questions 1 to 4

Year Month Rank Charge Description Conviction Outcome
2000 Feb PC x 3 Corruption Conspiracy to Pervert Course of justice No Written Warning
2001 Jan PC Dishonesty Sale & Supply of goods bearing false trade mark No Cautioned and Fined
2001 Feb PC Corruption Reckless disclosure of information Yes Requested to resign
2001 May PC Corruption Conspiracy to pervert course of justice Yes Dismissed
2001 Dec PC Corruption Divulging police information No Written Warning
2002 Jul PC Dishonesty Divulging police information No Fined
2002 Jul PC Dishonesty Divulging police information No Advice
2003 May PC Corruption Making false entries on police computer system No Requested to resign
2003 Sep PC x 3 Dishonesty Theft No Dismissed
2003 Oct PC Dishonesty Attempt to pervert course of justice No Written Warning
2005 Mar PC Dishonesty Sale of illicit music recordings No Written Warning
2007 Jul PC Corruption Divulging police information Yes Requested to resign
2008 Jul PC Corruption Divulging police informaion No Written Warning
2008 Jul PC Dishonesty Theft Yes Resigned prior to Hearing
2008 Jul PC Corruption Divulging police information Yes Requested to resign
2009 Oct PC Dishonesty Theft No Dismissed
2009 Nov PC Corruption Divulging police information Yes Dismissed
2009 Dec PC Corruption Divulging police information Yes Resigned

Cheshire Constabulary does have an anti-corruption unit and we do operate confidential reporting mechanisms for staff to report corruption.

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