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5-Day Summary
Thu 14th September 2023, 5:30pm (Location unknown)
PC Mark Fowler – South Wales Police,
No further information has been provided by the force into the alleged Standards of professional behavior which the officer is accused of breaching.
The officer subject of this hearing is PC 5800 Mark Fowler who is alleged to have breached the following Standards of Professional Behaviour –
Standard 1-Honesty & Integrity
Standard 2-Authority, Respect & Courtesy
Standard 6-Duties and Responsibilities
Standard 9 – Discreditable Conduct
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Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am Kingsway House, 40 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1EE Open map
PC Alex MacPherson – West Mercia Police,
Alleged Conduct
1)Allegation 1 in relation to Ms C: –
Background Facts
- On 4 August 2018 you were appointed as the OIC in relation to an alleged assault on Ms C.
- On 15 October 2018 you updated a log and included information about Ms C that identified her vulnerabilities.
Allegations
- At all material times you knew or ought to have known:
- That Ms C was vulnerable; and / or,
- Of the prohibition against forming relationships with victims of crime; and / or,
- Of the West Mercia Police Notifiable Associations policy; and / or,
- Of the West Mercia Police initiative “Don’t Cross the Line”.
2.Between 8 August and 11 October 2018, you shared some 372 SMS messages with Ms C via your police issued mobile telephone.
3.In October 2018 and when you were still the officer in charge of her case, you attended her home address and had consensual sexual intercourse with Ms C.
- After her case had been disposed of you continued to have a sexual relationship with Ms C for some three years.
5.You failed to disclose your relationship with Ms C when you knew that you ought to have done so.
2)Allegation 2 in relation to Ms A: –
Background facts
- On 19 March 2021 you were appointed as the officer in charge in relation to allegations which included an assault on an employee, Ms A, which took place at a bank.
Allegations
1.Over the next month or so and in an attempt to establish an emotional and / or sexual relationship with Ms A, you engaged in inappropriate communications with her, namely that you:
- Made an excessive and unnecessary number of visits to the bank to see Ms A,
- Behaved in an inappropriate manner, including saying things such as “Here, she is, Miss Beautiful, she has made my day”,
- Sent an excessive and unnecessary number of text messages to Ms A, routinely signing off such messages with “x” and occasionally including content that was flirtatious and inappropriate.
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Mon 18th September 2023, 11:00am Empress State Building, Lille Road, London SW6 1TR Open map
PC Shoaib Akram – Metropolitan Police Service,
On 8 March 2023, PC Akram voluntarily provided a urine sample as part of a With Cause Drugs Test at Forest Gate Police Station. The test came back positive for cannabis.
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Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am Palestra House, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ Open map
PS Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey, PC Jonathan Clapham, PC Michael Bond, PC Sam Franks – Metropolitan Police Service,
Acting PS Simpson, PCs Clapham, Bond and Franks will answer allegations that their conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of:
- Use of force
- Authority, Respect and Courtesy
- Duties and Responsibilities
PC Casey will answer an allegation that his conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of:
- Duties and Responsibilities and/or Orders and Instructions
PCs Casey, Clapham, Bond and Franks will answer allegations that their conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of:
- Honesty and Integrity
All officers will answer allegations that their conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of:
- Equality and Diversity
It is alleged that on 4 July 2020, officers followed, pursued and stopped a car driven by a male, used force to restrain the driver and passenger, who were black and detained them for a period of time.
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Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am The Professional Standards Department, Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2PY Open map
PC Isabella Handley – South Yorkshire Police,
Between 23 August 2020 and 18 November 2022, the officer accessed police systems to view and obtain information about people connected to her and in doing so she acted without a legitimate policing purpose and used policing systems inappropriately to obtain information for personal use or reassurance. She also failed to make any ‘Notifiable Association’ disclosures in relation to her connection to 3 individuals whom she knew or reasonably suspected to be involved in criminality.
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Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am Culham Science Park, Abingdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB Open map
Sgt Simon Smith – Civil Nuclear Constabulary,
Sgt Simon Smith will answer allegations that his conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour, in respect of:
Alleged individual and cumulative breaches of the the standards of professional behaviour in respect of Authority, Respect and Courtesy; Equality and Diversity and Discreditable Conduct.
The conduct as alleged, if found proved, would amount to Gross Misconduct.
The allegations are as follows:
Allegation 1:
On or around 16 May 2022 he made inappropriate remarks about his personal life to a PC colleague.
Allegation 2:
On 16 May 2022 he made an inappropriate remark towards a site worker in the presence and hearing of colleagues.
Allegation 3
On 17 May 2022 he behaved in an inappropriate manner towards a PC colleague tickling her in her rib area without her consent.
Allegation 4
On 17 May 2022 he behaved in an inappropriate manner towards a PC colleague in that he said words to the effect of, “When are we going on a date?”
Allegation 5
On 17 May 2022 he behaved in an inappropriate manner towards PC colleague in that:
(i) He asked her to identify on google maps where her home address was located; and/or
(ii) He said words to the effect that he would go round to her house now that he knew where she lived.
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Hearings List (5 days)
Thu 14th September 2023, 5:30pm |
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PC Mark Fowler – South Wales Police,
(Location unknown)
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached
- Honesty and integrity
- Authority, respect and courtesy
- Duties and responsibilities
- Conduct
It is not currently known whether the hearing is to be held in private or public.
No further information has been provided by the force into the alleged Standards of professional behavior which the officer is accused of breaching.
The officer subject of this hearing is PC 5800 Mark Fowler who is alleged to have breached the following Standards of Professional Behaviour –
Standard 1-Honesty & Integrity
Standard 2-Authority, Respect & Courtesy
Standard 6-Duties and Responsibilities
Standard 9 – Discreditable Conduct
Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am |
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PC Alex MacPherson – West Mercia Police,
Kingsway House, 40 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1EE Open map
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached
- Honesty and integrity
- Authority, respect and courtesy
- Duties and responsibilities
- Conduct
Held in public.
Alleged Conduct
1)Allegation 1 in relation to Ms C: –
Background Facts
- On 4 August 2018 you were appointed as the OIC in relation to an alleged assault on Ms C.
- On 15 October 2018 you updated a log and included information about Ms C that identified her vulnerabilities.
Allegations
- At all material times you knew or ought to have known:
- That Ms C was vulnerable; and / or,
- Of the prohibition against forming relationships with victims of crime; and / or,
- Of the West Mercia Police Notifiable Associations policy; and / or,
- Of the West Mercia Police initiative “Don’t Cross the Line”.
2.Between 8 August and 11 October 2018, you shared some 372 SMS messages with Ms C via your police issued mobile telephone.
3.In October 2018 and when you were still the officer in charge of her case, you attended her home address and had consensual sexual intercourse with Ms C.
- After her case had been disposed of you continued to have a sexual relationship with Ms C for some three years.
5.You failed to disclose your relationship with Ms C when you knew that you ought to have done so.
2)Allegation 2 in relation to Ms A: –
Background facts
- On 19 March 2021 you were appointed as the officer in charge in relation to allegations which included an assault on an employee, Ms A, which took place at a bank.
Allegations
1.Over the next month or so and in an attempt to establish an emotional and / or sexual relationship with Ms A, you engaged in inappropriate communications with her, namely that you:
- Made an excessive and unnecessary number of visits to the bank to see Ms A,
- Behaved in an inappropriate manner, including saying things such as “Here, she is, Miss Beautiful, she has made my day”,
- Sent an excessive and unnecessary number of text messages to Ms A, routinely signing off such messages with “x” and occasionally including content that was flirtatious and inappropriate.
Mon 18th September 2023, 11:00am |
View on Misconduct 999 |
PC Shoaib Akram – Metropolitan Police Service,
Empress State Building, Lille Road, London SW6 1TR Open map
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached
- Fitness for work
- Conduct
Held in public.
On 8 March 2023, PC Akram voluntarily provided a urine sample as part of a With Cause Drugs Test at Forest Gate Police Station. The test came back positive for cannabis.
Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am |
View on Misconduct 999 |
PS Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey, PC Jonathan Clapham, PC Michael Bond, PC Sam Franks – Metropolitan Police Service,
Palestra House, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ Open map
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached
- Honesty and integrity
- Authority, respect and courtesy
- Equality and diversity
- Use of force
- Orders and instructions
- Duties and responsibilities
Held in public.
Acting PS Simpson, PCs Clapham, Bond and Franks will answer allegations that their conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of:
- Use of force
- Authority, Respect and Courtesy
- Duties and Responsibilities
PC Casey will answer an allegation that his conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of:
- Duties and Responsibilities and/or Orders and Instructions
PCs Casey, Clapham, Bond and Franks will answer allegations that their conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of:
- Honesty and Integrity
All officers will answer allegations that their conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of:
- Equality and Diversity
It is alleged that on 4 July 2020, officers followed, pursued and stopped a car driven by a male, used force to restrain the driver and passenger, who were black and detained them for a period of time.
Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am |
View on Misconduct 999 |
PC Isabella Handley – South Yorkshire Police,
The Professional Standards Department, Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2PY Open map
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached
- Honesty and integrity
- Confidentiality
- Conduct
Held in public.
Between 23 August 2020 and 18 November 2022, the officer accessed police systems to view and obtain information about people connected to her and in doing so she acted without a legitimate policing purpose and used policing systems inappropriately to obtain information for personal use or reassurance. She also failed to make any ‘Notifiable Association’ disclosures in relation to her connection to 3 individuals whom she knew or reasonably suspected to be involved in criminality.
Mon 18th September 2023, 10:00am |
View on Misconduct 999 |
Sgt Simon Smith – Civil Nuclear Constabulary,
Culham Science Park, Abingdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB Open map
Standards of professional behavior that have allegedly been breached
- Authority, respect and courtesy
- Equality and diversity
- Conduct
Held in public.
Sgt Simon Smith will answer allegations that his conduct amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour, in respect of:
Alleged individual and cumulative breaches of the the standards of professional behaviour in respect of Authority, Respect and Courtesy; Equality and Diversity and Discreditable Conduct.
The conduct as alleged, if found proved, would amount to Gross Misconduct.
The allegations are as follows:
Allegation 1:
On or around 16 May 2022 he made inappropriate remarks about his personal life to a PC colleague.
Allegation 2:
On 16 May 2022 he made an inappropriate remark towards a site worker in the presence and hearing of colleagues.
Allegation 3
On 17 May 2022 he behaved in an inappropriate manner towards a PC colleague tickling her in her rib area without her consent.
Allegation 4
On 17 May 2022 he behaved in an inappropriate manner towards a PC colleague in that he said words to the effect of, “When are we going on a date?”
Allegation 5
On 17 May 2022 he behaved in an inappropriate manner towards PC colleague in that:
(i) He asked her to identify on google maps where her home address was located; and/or
(ii) He said words to the effect that he would go round to her house now that he knew where she lived.
