PC acted inappropriately towards female officers

The former PC response officer was suspended in March 2023 before resigning on 9 September 2024

A police officer sent female colleagues inappropriate messages and made inappropriate comments to them, a misconduct hearing has heard.

Response officer Daniel Edwards was suspended from Staffordshire Police in March 2023 and resigned in September following an investigation by the force's professional standards department.

He was accused of behaving inappropriately towards female police officers and asking them inappropriate questions while on duty in 2021 and 2022.

After a two-day hearing which concluded on Friday a panel concluded his conduct amounted to gross misconduct and he would have been dismissed without notice if he had not resigned.

Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Ellison chaired the panel and which found Edwards had breached the standard relating to authority, respect and courtesy, equality and diversity and discreditable conduct.

Deputy Chief Constable Jon Roy said he was pleased Edwards no longer worked in the organisation.

“I would also like to thank the officers who came forward and called out this officer’s inappropriate behaviour," he said.

“We have invested in training to ensure that our officers and police staff feel encouraged to come forward and report this behaviour but to also challenge it."

Edwards will be placed on the national College of Policing’s Barred List, preventing him from working within policing and other law enforcement bodies.