PC Hindley Misconduct Outcome Summary
Gross Misconduct Hearing outcome
Officer concerned: PC Jessica Hindley
Date of hearing: 25-26/2/2026
Summary
- While on a rest day and seconded to the Criminal Justice Youth Offending Team, PC Hindley conducted an Athena search for recent arrests on a Police Division. The search produced 27 custody records, none involving youths, who were the only group relevant to her duties. Among the results was the custody record of an adult arrested the previous day, namely PC A. Within moments, PC Hindley opened and viewed that record and its contents, despite having no legitimate policing purpose for doing so.
The Standards of Professional Behaviour breached are:
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Decision
The Panel concluded that a Written Warning would not be an appropriate sanction bearing in mind the purpose of misconduct proceedings and the assessment of seriousness in this case. In particular, it would not be sufficient to maintain public confidence in the police service and therefore a Final Written Warning for 2 years (FWW) was the appropriate and proportionate outcome.