Misconduct outcomes

4 June 2024

A misconduct hearing has been held for PC Lee Umpleby, led by an independent Legally Qualified Chair.

The hearing finished on Tuesday 4 June, with the panel concluding he had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Duties and Responsibilities, but this breach amounted to a training and management issue and was not gross misconduct or misconduct.

Full panel decision report for PC Lee Umpleby (PDF)

17 May 2024

A police officer who engaged in sexual activity with a vulnerable woman he met online has been barred from policing.

At an accelerated misconduct hearing, Chief Constable Sarah Crew found PC Ross Knox had committed gross misconduct and he was dismissed.

He will also be placed on a barred list preventing him from working in policing or other law enforcement agencies again.

Following the hearing, we issued this statement

Hearing outcome report for PC Ross Knox (PDF)

13 May 2024

Two police officers were found to have breached standards of professional behaviour amounting to gross misconduct after a hearing led by an independent Legally Qualified Chair.

PCs James Stone and Daniel Sweet failed to take action to record and investigate a serious offence against a vulnerable woman. They also failed to respond in a timely and professional way to requests from colleagues.

They were both dismissed without notice.

Following the hearing we issued a statement on our website, which can be found via this link

Decision report for PCs James Stone and Daniel Sweet (PDF)