Lancashire Police Officer Will Not Face Gross Misconduct Hearing After Threatening To Make Something Up In Order To Arrest A male

A police officer who threatened to  “make something up” in order to arrest Adam Kidger during an encounter in Accrington last which was captured on film will not face a gross misconduct hearing it has been revealed

The IOPC said “Our investigation into an incident in Coach Road, Accrington involving an altercation between a Lancashire police officer and a member of the public is now complete.

“We have referred our findings to Lancashire Police, who agree that one of the officers we investigated has a case to answer for misconduct.

We found there was no case to answer for another officer we investigated.

“A misconduct meeting will be scheduled by the force in due course.”