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Serving and former police officers in criminal probe for 'sharing sensitive material from victim's phone'

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Published date24 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
On Wednesday April 24, the police watchdog told MyLondon it was directing an investigation along with Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire’s BCH professional standards department. In March, after a year long probe which began in January 2023, the Independent Office of Police Conduct passed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision

Cambridgeshire Constabulary also confirmed a former officer had been arrested in December 2021 on suspicion of misconduct in public office and was released under investigation. A spokesperson for the force said a serving officer had also been interviewed on suspicion of the same offence and was now suspended while released under investigation.

An IOPC spokesperson said: “A serving Cambridgeshire Constabulary officer and a former officer are both under criminal investigation for misconduct in public offence relating to an allegation that they shared personal and sensitive material obtained from the phone of a victim of crime, without a policing purpose.

"We are directing the investigation with enquiries being carried out by Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire’s BCH professional standards department. The investigation began in January 2023 and in March 2024, we referred a file of evidence to...

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