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A former Humberside Police PCSO has today been jailed for two years and 10 months after an investigation carried out by the force and managed by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found he had formed inappropriate relationships with women he met through his job. Simon Smith, 49, pleaded guilty to three counts of misconduct in public office and one […]
A former police constable accused of passing information to two members of the public has appeared in court on a misconduct charge. Kate Elston was a PC with Humberside Police based in Grimsby when the alleged offence took place between February 2019 and September 2020. She was charged with misconduct in public office last month. […]
A former PCSO accused of abusing his position for ‘sexual purposes’ will appear at Hull Magistrates’s Court tomorrow (Thursday). Simon Smith faces charges of with misconduct in public office and attempting to pervert the course of justice following an investigation carried out by Humberside Police and managed by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Mr Smith was a […]
A FORMER policeman has been found guilty of gross misconduct. A hearing heard Phillip Payton, formerly a Humberside Police officer, breached the standards of professional behaviour on 13 occasions. An independent panel, led by a legally qualified chairman, heard Mr Payton had made a catalogue of errors including: returning devices to suspects earlier than they should have been returned, […]
Humberside Police has refused to directly answer why an officer known to have behaved “inappropriately” towards women was allowed to mentor trainee female colleagues. Former officer PC Christopher Lings was found to have sexually harassed two young women under his mentorship during a police misconduct hearing in Goole on Tuesday – one of whom he allegedly said […]
A Humberside Police officer attacked a woman in her own bed and refused to let her leave the house in a horrific campaign of domestic abuse. Jamie Powdrill, who served with the force for 18 years, used his position as a tutor to lure emergency service colleagues into abusive relationships. He has now been sacked […]
A police officer based in Grimsby said he was ‘going to rape’ a junior PC at Humberside Police, in one of two sex attacks on female colleagues, a misconduct hearing has heard. Christopher Lings, who was responsible for mentoring junior officers, was alleged to have pushed each woman onto a bed on separate occasions, telling one […]
A Humberside Police officer who lied about her relationship with a colleague when he sent her an explicit video on Snapchat has been fired. Special Sergeant Heather Spayne, 24, complained to the force’s professional standards department when she was sent the clip from the man – known as Officer G. She, however, failed to disclose […]
Drugs, death in custody and punching: 10 misconduct cases involving Humberside Police officers Just recently there seems to have been a number of disciplinary hearings involving the misconduct of Humberside Police officers. This year alone 15 Humberside police officers and staff have either been sacked or received formal warnings for misconduct as a result of […]
Humberside Police’s 168 data breaches puts it at number 3 for offending forces Humberside Police committed 168 data breaches – the third highest number of data breaches of all police forces – new figures reveal. Big Brother Watch, set up to challenge policies that threaten our privacy, freedoms and our civil liberties, and to expose […]