Independent Objective Factual Information About Police Misconduct and Officer-Involved Criminality
Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex in the east of England.
A serving Essex Police officer has been sacked from the force for data protection breaches. PC Laura Welsh obtained and disclosed personal data relating to friends and family during a 3year period, breaching the Data Protection Act. In January 2021 PC Welsh accepted a conditional caution for the offence of obtaining and disclosing personal data.… Continue reading Essex Cop Laura Welsh Dismissed After Data Breach
Essex Police have apologised after they failed to give adequate notice of PC’s misconduct hearing. Home Office guidelines state that where notice is required, the appropriate authority should publish details on its website at least five days before a hearing is due to take place. But the Essex force failed to do so in the… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Essex Police Forced To Apologise Over Guideline Breach
The misconduct hearing found that he had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Duties and Responsibilities, Confidentiality and Discreditable Conduct. One of the two counts was also found to have breached the standard of Honesty and Integrity.
DS 73628 Greg Jurkiewicz will be the subject of a Misconduct Hearing commencing at 10am on 15th February 2021. This hearing will be held remotely. The hearing will be chaired by Legally Qualified Chair Trevor JONES. The conduct alleged to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relates to: ‘Orders and Instructions’ ‘Confidentiality’ Having regard… Continue reading Sgt Greg Jurkiewicz
An Essex Police officer will appear at court charged with an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation. Police Constable Scott Gardner-McLean, 21, based at Clacton-on-Sea police station, is due to appear at Colchester Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 26 January. It is alleged PC Gardner-McLean used the police computer… Continue reading PC Scott-Gardner-Mclean Due In Court For an Alleged offence Under Computer Misuse Act 1990
