Devon and Cornwall Police officer fired for ‘explicit messages’

On 5 November, PC J, a serving police officer with Devon and Cornwall Police, appeared at a misconduct hearing which determined that his actions amounted to gross misconduct by breaching the standard of professional behaviour expected from a police officer.

These proceedings took place following an IOPC independent investigation into allegations which were reported in 2018. The allegations included that the officer had taken contact details of two vulnerable women, from a police system and contacted them using his personal phone number. It was also alleged that he had exchanged sexually explicit images and messages with one of the women, whilst on duty.