A police officer traveled over 100 miles to see a comedian in Nottingham while on duty, prompting a misconduct hearing. The officer, PC Sharon Taylor, resigned before the hearing but was found guilty of gross misconduct.
A police officer travelled more than 100 miles across the country to watch a comedy show in Nottingham while on duty, a misconduct hearing was told. PC Sharon Taylor logged onto work for three minutes at Suffolk Constabulary's HQ in Ipswich before driving to the gig, the panel heard. The 'dishonest' officer, who worked in a joint unit covering Norfolk and Suffolk, even made a submission claiming payments for working antisocial hours.
In its report, the misconduct panel which investigated her case did not state which comedian she had gone to see. However, Michael McIntyre was performing at the Motorpoint Arena on Sunday, March 10, the day she travelled there. She was caught after suspicious colleagues noticed her car was recorded on number plate recognition cameras travelling back from the Midlands to Norfolk. Taylor resigned from her job before she could be hauled before police chiefs at a misconduct hearing this week. In her absence, assistant chief constable Nicholas Davison, of Norfolk Constabulary, found her guilty of gross misconduct. And he ruled that had she not already resigned, she would have been sacked. Taylor accepted her conduct amounted to gross misconduct and apologised for her behaviour. The panel was told Taylor had performed internet searches about a 'comedian in Nottingham' and 'parking in Nottingham' in the days before. Taylor, who it was said showed a 'lack of integrity', also attempted to claim payment for working anti-social hours as a way of making it look like she had worked. On February 18, Taylor also drove to a different social event, having travelled towards Norwich on the A140 when she should have been on duty, it was heard. Evidence showed she also failed to undertake any work on January 28, February 4 and February 17, having only briefly logged into her personal constabulary accoun
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