CCTV footage shows West Midlands Police officer attack cyclist
A police officer has been found guilty of assaulting two members of the public on consecutive days when he wrongly suspected each of a crime.
PC Declan Jones committed both offences while on duty for West Midlands Police in Birmingham last year.
Footage captured on CCTV shows the officer assaulting a cyclist in Aston on 20 April 2020.
PC Jones is seen repeatedly punching Michael Rose having wrongly suspected him of stealing a phone and a bike.
The following day, on 21 April in Newtown, CCTV shows Jones attacking a teenager whom he wrongly suspected of drugs offences.
Neither victim had resisted arrest.