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15
May
Officer accused of accessing police database on days off
A North Yorkshire Police officer is facing a gross misconduct hearing after allegedly accessing a database for personal use.
A notice of the hearing on May 26 claims the officer, who is not identified, breached professional standards by accessing the database on several occasions "without a policing purpose".
The officer is also accused of showing someone body-worn footage, which was then photographed and forwarded on.
The notice details four separate allegations against the officer, the first of which says:
On January 1, 2024, when on a planned rest day, the officer accessed the NYEYE Detained Log without a policing purpose at around 20:15-20:30.
The second allegation claims the following day, when on another rest day, the officer accessed the NYEYE Detained Log twice without a policing purpose.
This is said to have happened between 4.45pm and 5.30pm, and again between 6.50pm and 6.55pm.
Allegation three says:
On January 16, 2024, at around 18:00 – 18:40, ‘The Officer’ showed witness A’s daughter 9 items of body-worn video footage without any policing purpose in circumstances where she was able to take a photograph and send it to another person.
The notice also alleges at around the same time, the officer “accessed and viewed an incident relating to a report of violence at a local school, without any policing purpose”.
The force claims the officer breached professional standards relating to orders and instructions, confidentiality and discreditable conduct.
If proven, the officer’s actions amount to gross misconduct, the force says.
The public hearing is due to take place at North Yorkshire Police’s Alverton Court headquarters in Northallerton, chaired by assistant chief officer Sarah Jackson.
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