Police officers sacked immediately for having sex at work

Two South Yorkshire Police officers have been sacked for having sex with each other at work.

The decision to dismiss them both was made at the end of a misconduct hearing that took place at The Professional Standards Department in Sheffield on August 19.

Members of the public were not allowed to attend due to the hearing taking place in private. Misconduct hearings are allowed to take place in private subject to the discretion of the person chairing or conducting the hearing.

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No further explanation was given but the force says on its website the hearing was held in relation to the pair having sex with one another in January 2024. It was found the officers' actions amounted to gross misconduct and that they had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour.

A spokesperson for the force said: "The outcome of the hearing was that the officers were dismissed without notice."

Another private hearing in relation to another officer working at South Yorkshire Police was also held on the same day. It was alleged this officer sent inappropriate messages to a woman he met in the course of his duties while investigating a missing person in November 2023.

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The force said on it's website: "This conduct breaches the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Discreditable Conduct and Honesty and Integrity, and amount to gross misconduct.

"An accelerated misconduct hearing took place on Monday 19 ^th August 2024 in relation to the alleged breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour. The panel found that the officer breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of the above allegation, and that the breach amounted to gross misconduct."

It was said that if the officer involved had not already resigned, he would have been dismissed without notice.