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A police constable deployed with North Yorkshire Police in its Harrogate District faces an accelerated misconduct hearing tomorrow (2nd June, 2023) at force headquarters.

It is alleged that PC Christopher Hudson (picture above supplied by NYP) breached the required Professional Standards of honesty and integrity and duties and responsibilities by:

(i) failing to declare the correct information on his vetting application to North Yorkshire Police relating to previous contact with the Police. It alleged that this conduct was dishonest and/or misleading.

(ii) failing to comply with the vetting application requirements for North Yorkshire Police relating to notifiable associations. It is alleged that PC Hudson did not disclose an association at any stage to North Yorkshire Police and that this was dishonest and / or misleading.

(iii) failing to comply with the vetting application requirements for North Yorkshire Police relating to disclosure of all family members. It is alleged that details of a number of family members were not provided and that this was dishonest and / or misleading.

(iv) failing to comply with the vetting application requirements for North Yorkshire Police relating to the disclosure of financial information. It is alleged that PC Hudson did not provide full disclosure to North Yorkshire Police and that this was dishonest and / or misleading.

The hearing will be held in public at North Yorkshire Police Headquarters, Alverton Court, Crosby Road, Northallerton, DL6 1BF and the panel, whom will decide PC Hudson’s fate, will be chaired by Chief Constable Lisa Winward.

Earlier this year, PC Hudson, 32, who lives in the Marsh area of Huddersfield, was cleared by a jury at Leeds Crown Court after a trial over a single allegation of sexual assault following an incident in a police van parked in Stonefall Cemetery, off Wetherby Road, Harrogate in February, 2022. He had denied wrongdoing throughout.

After the five day trial concluded at the end of February, a NYP spokesperson said: ‘PC Hudson is currently suspended and will appear at a misconduct hearing in June, 2023’.

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Page last updated: Thursday 1st June, 2023 at 09h15

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