Notts police officer dismissed for cocaine use

A Notts Police Community Support Officer has been dismissed after testing positive for cocaine.
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The PCSO was dismissed with immediate effect following a gross misconduct hearing on Monday (April 27) which was held after the individual tested positive for cocaine and Benzoylecgonine (BZE) – a metabolite found in the body after cocaine use.

The PCSO was one of three officers to be sanctioned at misconduct hearings held at Nottinghamshire Police’s Sherwood Lodge Headquarters this week.

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On Tuesday, a Special Case gross misconduct hearing chaired by the Chief Constable found that a former police officer would have been dismissed had they not already resigned following their earlier conviction for stalking and harassing a colleague which amounted to breaching the standards of professional behaviour concerning discreditable conduct and authority, respect and courtesy.

Nottinghamshire Police’s Sherwood Lodge HeadquartersNottinghamshire Police’s Sherwood Lodge Headquarters
Nottinghamshire Police’s Sherwood Lodge Headquarters

Both individuals have been added to the College of Policing’s barred list to prevent them from working within policing in future.

A serving officer received a final written warning at a gross misconduct hearing led by an independent legally qualified chair on Wednesday 29 April after the officer admitted two charges relating to breaches of the standards of professional behaviour concerning use of force, authority, respect and courtesy and discreditable conduct towards a colleague.

Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford said: “Where cases like these do come to light, mainly from internal reporting, the public are right to expect that they will be properly looked into, thoroughly investigated and appropriately dealt with. Nobody is above the law and such cases are always taken seriously and dealt with appropriately.”