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Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
Officers banned after speeding ticket lie
Two police officers have been banned from serving after breaching honesty and integrity standards over a speeding ticket. Sgt Harjit Singh, 48, and former PC Samuel Mitchell, 28, from West Mercia Police, were found guilty of gross misconduct and barred following a police conduct hearing on Thursday. Mitchell had been driving a marked police vehicle above the speed limit in July 2022. He activated a speed camera and was issued with a speeding ticket. He submitted an exemption request form claiming that he had been trying to stop a vehicle that had been involved in an incident. It was found this was not the case and he had no lawful exemption from speeding and that Sgt Singh had signed the form knowing it contained false information. The Road Traffic Act exempts emergency vehicles from observing speed limits to lawfully undertake their duties. Deputy chief constable Rachel Jones said: "We expect our police officers to act honestly and with integrity. These officers, collectively, behaved in a way that was dishonest and abused their position. "Behaviour like this undermines public confidence in policing, and we make no apology for rooting out individuals who did not meet the standards the public rightly expect." Both Mitchell and Singh had been based in a response unit at Kidderminster Police Station. Mitchell resigned from his role in January 2024 but was told at the hearing he would have been dismissed had he not stepped down. Sgt Singh was dismissed with immediate affect, and both officers were added to the College of Policing Barred List. The Barred List prevents those added to it from ever working for a UK police service. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Detective who pretended to work from home sacked Officer sacked over explicit pictures of colleague West Mercia Police
BBC News
05-03-2025
- BBC News
West Mercia Police racist-meme detective sacked
A police officer who sent memes from his personal mobile phone that were racist and offensive to people with disabilities has been actions of Det Sgt Jonathan Cooper, 54, amounted to gross misconduct and he would be prevented from working for any other UK police service, a West Mercia force misconduct hearing was Chief Constable Rachel Jones said the force expected "the highest standards" of its officers both on and off outcome of the hearing was subject "to the normal appeals process", the hearing was told. Det Sgt Cooper, who was based in the economic crime unit at Hindlip in Worcestershire, was dismissed after the hearing chaired by Assistant Chief Constable Grant 26 December 2019 and 9 December 2020 Det Sgt Cooper used the phone to send four memes to friends via WhatsApp that were racist and offensive to those with physical/mental disabilities, the hearing was of the officer seriously breached standards, including authority, respect and courtesy and equality and diversity, the hearing Jones said: "It is vital people from all backgrounds have trust in the police to ensure crime is reported or our support sought when needed. "The actions of officers like Jonathan Cooper undermine this trust, which is something we simply won't accept."Det Sgt Cooper would be added to the College of Policing Barred List, preventing him from working for a UK police service in the future, the force said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
