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Two officers from neighbouring forces who were caught lying to their superior officers have left the police service.

Last week, ex-PC 1299 Holly Lee, formerly deployed by South Yorkshire Police, faced an accelerated misconduct hearing. It was alleged that, in August 2022, she advised her sergeant that she was unwell and not fit for duty on a night shift. In the early hours of the following morning, she used her warrant card to try to gain entry to a nightclub in Sheffield. The force has not explained the seventeen month delay between the incident and the hearing – or when PC Lee resigned.

Today, a former Humberside Police officer, ex-PC 1469 Keiron-Jon Holt, faces a two day misconduct hearing at which it is alleged:

1: On 10th June, 2022, Former PC Holt obtained a complainant’s signature on a Community Resolution Form when the complainant had already stated that he was not willing to sign the Form. The complainant believed he was signing to accept words of advice.

2: On 10th June, 2022, Former PC Holt failed to inform the complainant that he would be recorded on the Community Resolution Form as the offender and the Form would be recorded on local police systems.

3: On 10th June, 2022, Former PC Holt refused to record allegations made to him by the complainant in respect of a neighbour dispute. Instead, former PC Holt told him to contact 101.

4: On several occasions former PC Holt drove a marked police vehicle using blue warning lights and sirens and/ or drove at speeds exceeding the speed limit when he was not response trained or authorised to do so.

5: On 14th August, 2022, a Police Sergeant asked former PC Holt whether he had previously driven using blue lights and warning sirens when not authorised to do so before to which former PC Holt responded ‘No’ when he knew this to be incorrect.

6: On 7th September, 2022, when an Inspector advised former PC Holt he would be referring allegations that he had been driving using the emergency equipment when not authorised to the Professional Standards Department, former PC Holt advised these occasions may have been when he swapped driving with another officer when he knew this to be incorrect.

The force say that above conduct breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Duties and Responsibilities (Allegations 1, 2 and 4), Authority, Respect and Courtesy (Allegation 3) and Honesty and Integrity (Allegations 5 and 6) and individually and/ or cumulatively amounts to gross misconduct.

Again, the force has offered no insight as to the lapse of time between the incidents and hearing – or when PC Holt resigned.

Important public interest information that really ought to be disclosed – as should whether when police officers have been found to be dishonest whether investigations or prosecutions in which they have been involved give any cause for public concern in that light.

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Page last updated: Monday 29th January, 2024 at 0805 hours

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