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Feb 2021
Police launch internal investigation into Harrogate officer
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:
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.
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