Former Officer Misconduct Outcome Summary

Accelerated Misconduct Hearing outcome
Officer concerned: Former Officer WEIR
Date of hearing: 07/06/2024

Summary
It was alleged that on 5th August 2023 WEIR was on call within Task Force as a Firearms Officer (a safety critical role).  There was cause to conduct a breath test on him in accordance with force policy.  The breath test gave a reading of 43 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath.  This reading was well above (3x) the 13 micrograms allowed per 100ml of breath allowed for safety critical roles.

Decision
The outcome was that former officer Weir would have been dismissed if he had not ceased to be a member of West Mercia Police Force.

The officer will be included on the Barred list held by College of Policing.