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03
Mar
North Yorkshire Police officer who saved man's life faces gross misconduct hearing
A North Yorkshire Police officer who was rewarded for saving a man's life will face a gross misconduct hearing next week.
PC 772 John Axcell is alleged to have bombarded a former partner with messages despite being asked not to.
After persistently messaging his ex-partner on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook messenger asking to meet, and getting blocked, he then created another profile on TikTok to make contact, it is claimed.
A police notice of the hearing also alleges PC Axcell 'caused his former partner to be in fear of him, and/or anxious, and/or alarmed, and/or distressed'.
The notice claims PC Axcell breached professional standards of behaviour relating to authority, respect and courtesy and discreditable conduct.
It is said to have happened over a four-month period between August and December 2023.
The notice says:
The above breaches the standards of professional behaviour and are so serious that individually and/or cumulatively amount to gross misconduct.
PC Axcell was awarded the Royal Humane Society Certificates of Commendation in 2022, for saving a man from bleeding to death after he was glassed in Scarborough.
The hearing will begin at 10am on Monday, March 9 at the force's Alverton Court headquarters. The public can attend.
It will be chaired by assistant chief officer Sarah Jackson.
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