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    Feb 2021

    Last Updated: 04/02/2021
    Crime
    Crime

    Police launch internal investigation into Harrogate officer

    by Connor Creaghan

    | 04 Feb, 2021
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    Detective Constable Quita Passmore was given a 10-month jail term, suspended for two years, and disqualified from driving for two years at Bradford Crown Court today.

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    North Yorkshire Police has said it will launch an internal investigation into an officer found guilty today of two counts of dangerous driving in Harrogate.

    Detective Constable Quita Passmore, 38, drove through a red light at the junction of Otley Road and Cold Bath Road at 50 miles per hour and crashed into a car carrying two elderly women.

    She was given a 10-month jail term, suspended for two years, and disqualified from driving for two years at Bradford Crown Court.



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    In a statement, North Yorkshire's deputy chief constable Phil Cain said:

    “This was a very sad incident and our thoughts are with the two women and their families who are still recovering from the events of that day.
    “This is an incident that police officers hope to never occur and thankfully is rare.
    “We acknowledge the decision of the court. The verdict has now been referred to our professional standards department to form part of our internal investigation.
    "Therefore, it would not be appropriate for us to comment further at this time.”


    DC Passmore was responding to reports of an officer in distress at 10pm on May 5 in 2018 when she drove an undercover police vehicle through red lights.

    The jury found Passmore guilty of two counts of dangerous driving.

    Judge Burn told her it was “not in the public interest for the courts to be sending emergency responders to jail”.

    Patricia Bulmer and Janet Roberton, who were travelling in the car she hit, sustained severe injuries, including broken bones and a punctured lung.