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    Policeman sacked for 'inappropriate' checks on women

    By Adam Parris-Long | Yahoo! News – Fri, Jan 13, 2012

    A policeman has been sacked for using the force’s computer system to make as many as 170 'inappropriate' checks on female crime suspects- in order to “forge a relationship with them”.

    The Independent Police Complaints Commission found that the 24-year-old constable working within Merseyside Police had checked on the women after they had committed offences, in many instances “inappropriately” accessing images of them.

    The unauthorised checks, which took place from October 2007 to October 2010, continued after the policeman had been warned in writing after he accessed information about “himself, his car and his family”. He also admitted to having a relationship with one of the women he had checked out.

    "This officer has abused his position and the trust Merseyside Police placed in him,” said IPCC Commissioner Naseem Malik. “He accessed information about women apparently in the hope that he might then forge a relationship with them. This was disgraceful behaviour – made worse by the fact that he received a warning for a previous breach.”

    A Merseyside Police spokesman said: “The ex-constable abused the trust that the police service and the public bestowed upon him.

    “We, as a police force will not tolerate such behaviour and will take swift and robust action if any of our officers or staff are found to have deviated from the high standards we expect of them."

     
    • RONALD
      RONALD  •  London, England  •  4 months ago
      Who can you trust?
    • Rosalie
      Rosalie  •  Milton Keynes, England  •  4 months ago
      And it took 3yrs to sack him, Wheres his crimnal record and punishment ??
      • fangs
        fangs 4 months ago
        he wont get punished he is a ex copper
    • Neil K
      Neil K  •  London, England  •  4 months ago
      your data is safe in their hands.... **LAUGHTER**
      • Neil
        Neil 4 months ago
        Probably not 100% safe, no, but he got caught - and sacked - didn't he? Just another puerile, uninformed 'no smoke without fire' comment that actually means nothing at all when it comes down to it.
      • Sandy
        Sandy 4 months ago
        Pah! Big Brother is alive and functioning normally, as anticipated
      • Roger
        Roger 4 months ago
        He must be one of the few to get caught, he had been warned about using the PNC for private use before, but some of them feel that they are fire proof.
    • sacoma
      sacoma  •  London, England  •  4 months ago
      this is clearly "misconduct in a public office" apart from all the other offences - i.e. criminal charges should be persued for goodness sake
    • Siân
      Siân  •  4 months ago
      It's hardly suprising why the police can't command any respect anymore. What's the old phrase- bent coppers. Seems as if many of them are.
      • Aneirin
        Aneirin 4 months ago
        Another; it takes a thief to catch a thief, obviously meaning in order to be successful at crime detection one must be able to think like a criminal !
    • PBI
      PBI  •  Wallasey, England  •  4 months ago
      Anything you tell the Merseyside police can end up in anyones ears.
    • pebbles
      pebbles  •  4 months ago
      why hasn't he been named and shamed its a criminal offence to access pnc for personal use
    • Mad Matt
      Mad Matt  •  4 months ago
      Where's the prison sentence?
    • HENRY VIII
      HENRY VIII  •  Hounslow, England  •  4 months ago
      Sacking is not enough. This guy wants charging and hauling before the courts.
    • Sharon
      Sharon  •  Watford, England  •  4 months ago
      You cant trust anyone these days...Whatever walk of life....
    • sonia
      sonia  •  Hounslow, England  •  4 months ago
      I know someone who works for the UK Border Agency who done that to me, and goodness knows who else, they should be named & shamed !! its an invasion of privacy.
    • GOPHAR CORFE
      GOPHAR CORFE  •  4 months ago
      for everyone thats caught, how many are still there
    • Sir Percy Vere
      Sir Percy Vere  •  4 months ago
      “forge a relationship with them”.
      Is that Yahoospeak for ''force a relationship with them''.
    • leonardo
      leonardo  •  London, England  •  4 months ago
      i was to rent a house to an inmigration officer and at last minute she asked me for my passport to check on my status.i believe this situation is common practice
    • Jacqui Ricards
      Jacqui Ricards  •  London, England  •  4 months ago
      this ex copper - needs to be prosecuted for a number of offences - 1 being data protection offences - 2 being dodgy in a public office - and probably loads of other offences - any other public servant would be jailed - why is this ex copper not being jailed yet ?

      police corruption at its best - here.
    • Jo H
      Jo H  •  Manchester, England  •  4 months ago
      Why has he not been named, the police are always double quick to name any suspects before found guilty of anyrhing.?
    • Leech
      Leech  •  London, England  •  4 months ago
      What on earth are the crimes that cannot be committed..... by some policemen ? A tenant of my flat , got away with stealing all furniture and whiteware plus damges worth more than
      £ 8500. The reason was that she turned out to be a prostitute known to the local police who took about a year to get hold of her and one policeman had claimed ( when he was asked by the Police Complaints Authority) that it was only a sofa , coffee table and a TV set were missing....and he was the entrusted person to inspect the flat after the incident. These people are blemishing the remarkable and sincere service of their decent colleagues.
    • eliza
      eliza  •  Eastbourne, England  •  4 months ago
      Is he mad?...Given a previous warning...then does it again, perhaps he liked playing russian roulette with his career.
    • Chris
      Chris  •  Cambridge, England  •  4 months ago
      when will people realise that the police are not "professionals" in the same sense as real professionals - doctors, vets, dentists, who must act responsibly or get taken down?
    • OXO
      OXO  •  London, England  •  4 months ago
      I am a great supporter of the police, but this copper deserves the sack, where would it have ended up? someone being raped.
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