A former police officer stole £19 from a police station tuck store, a misconduct listening to has been advised.
The Leicestershire officer, who can solely be known as PC 1809 Thorpe, would have been sacked if she was nonetheless serving, the panel discovered.
The board heard of the “challenges she had been experiencing in her private life” when the thefts happened.
She accepted her conduct was prison behaviour and took full duty, the panel was advised.
The misconduct listening to was advised the officer initially took £4, then a £10 word and eventually a £5 word from tuck store floats at Leicester’s Keyham Lane Police Station, the Native Democracy Reporting Service mentioned.
She had no “lawful authority or cause” to take action, the panel heard.
The thefts, which occurred between 9 December 2022 and 26 January, led to her receiving a warning for theft, the drive mentioned.
‘Utterly unacceptable’
Chief Constable Robert Nixon, who oversaw the listening to, mentioned: “The officer has been by way of a interval of prolonged stress of their private life which has gathered in accruing important debt and led to important monetary strain and a decline within the officer’s psychological and bodily well being.”
Mr Nixon additionally acknowledged the officer’s 11 years of service, throughout which she had “acquired quite a few commendations for excellent service and constructing a constructive relationship with communities”.
Her skilled document was described as “spectacular” and was “suffering from compliments and reward”, he added, saying the theft was “out of character” and “aligned with the challenges” in her private life.
He mentioned: “It’s clear to any officer that this behaviour quantities to prison offending, is dishonest and is totally unacceptable.
“Had former PC 1809 Thorpe nonetheless been serving, I’d have subsequently been left with no selection however to subject a dismissal with out discover.”
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