Disgraced officers who quit 'would have been sacked'

One Warwickshire Police officer assaulted a man, another lied in a statement and asked for evidence to be deleted

A police officer who assaulted a man and another who lied about a relationship would have been dismissed if they had not already resigned, Warwickshire Police said.

Former PC Amondeep Mandiar - who was convicted of assaulting a man while on duty - breached standards of professional behaviour, it said.

A second officer, who the force did not name, was found to have lied in a statement, asked a woman to delete evidence and failed to disclose a relationship on his vetting form.

Misconduct hearings were held on Tuesday and the outcomes were subject to an appeals process, it added.

PC Mandiar had been based at Bedworth police station and was given a community sentence and ordered to pay compensation for assaulting a man in Nuneaton on Christmas Eve 2021, the force said.

He had been responding to reports of a disturbance in Church Street at the time.

His conduct had been "discreditable" and he also breached standards of professional behaviour relating to authority, respect and courtesy, as well as use of force, the hearing found.

'Discreditable conduct'

Warwickshire Police said the second officer had not been named for "legal reasons".

He was found to have breached standards of professional behaviour relating to honesty and integrity and “discreditable conduct”.

Both officers had resigned before their misconduct hearings, but would have been dismissed, the force said.

The former officers will be placed on the College of Policing barred register, which prevents them from working in policing again.

“The actions of these officers fell well below the standards we expect," said Det Supt Paul Thompson, head of professional standards.

"People who do not live up to these standards have no place at Warwickshire Police.”