Hertfordshire Police have permanently barred a former officer from returning to the force. This decision follows the discovery that he earned thousands of pounds while […]
A policeman has been found guilty of gross misconduct after posting paywalled pornographic images of himself online to raise money for a hair transplant. Harry Edwards, 25, based in Watford, failed to declare to his chief constable that he was raking in money on the side from his OnlyFans account, where he offered pay-per-view pictures […] […]
A Hertfordshire Constabulary police officer is facing disciplinary action after it was alleged he sent “racist, sexist, homophobic and inappropriate” text messages. PC Chris Thompson will sit before a misconduct hearing next week following the allegations that he sent the messages between December 2009 and October 2011. Another allegation claims the officer also failed to […] […]
James Cooper, (8906), the Information Rights Manager of Bedfordshire, (also Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire) police is subject to a formal police complaint for attempting to cover […]
A police officer who tried to form a relationship with an 18-year-old woman “under the guise of arranging work experience” has been sacked. Sgt Ricki Vaughan, of Hertfordshire Police, met the barmaid at a charity BBQ held at a police station. Mr Vaughan, who was aged 39 at the time, sent “deplorably inappropriate messages” […]
A police sergeant has been dismissed after having sex twice with a pub landlady he met while in uniform and also ‘sexting’ a teenage barmaid. Sergeant Ricki Vaughan, 41, went on two dates with the landlady after driving to her pub in a police car to discuss a charity barbecue, a misconduct panel heard. The […] […]
A Metropolitan police officer serving in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command has been charged with rape. PC David Carrick, 46, of Stevenage, allegedly attacked a woman in St Albans on the night of 4 September 2020 while off-duty. Dame Cressida Dick, Metropolitan police commissioner, said she was “deeply concerned” by the news. “I fully […] […]
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape. PC David Carrick, 46, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, will appear via video link at Hatfield Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Scotland Yard said PC Carrick, who is based within the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, was charged with rape by […] […]
A HEREFORDSHIRE policeman has been “spoken to” about his behaviour after a video was shot outside Hereford police station. But while admitting that he fell below the standards expected, a senior officer has warned that filming around force buildings raised “security and safety considerations”. The video shows a man videoing outside and looking into the car park […] […]
Action to prevent future deaths is being sought after the inquest of a young teacher murdered on a first date revealed significant failings by Herts police and other public bodies. Among the failings was that a judge was without all the facts when, three weeks before the killing, he handed the murderer a suspended sentence for threatening to […] […]
A serving “predatory” police officer has been jailed after being found guilty of child sex offences. Sgt Michael Grigg, 34, of Hertfordshire Police, was sentenced […]
Michael Grigg was jailed at Harrow Crown Court, he was found guilty of historic child sex offences. IOPC recommendations have been implemented. A police officer […]
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