| Police officer bound to get sacked for this 20:09 - Mar 23 with 1002 views | KeithHaynes |
Not for following someone on Insta, but carrying out a PNC check on a car being driven ( he says unlawfully ) and the. Following her on insta. Not sure how she knew he had done the check mind …
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During the hearing on Thursday, the complainant - who was granted anonymity by the panel - said she first noticed a police officer while the pair were in a Co-op store in Wirksworth on 28 September 2021. She said PC Harrison followed her in his patrol car as she went back to work, and later noticed he had followed her then-public account on the social media platform.
"I recognised him as the police officer I saw at the Co-op," she said. "It was a very strange coincidence, and [I thought] how has this happened? "I did question whether plates could have been run to get my name. "It was a very, very worrying situation to be in and made me feel a bit nervous about what had happened."
Under cross-examination, the woman said that while she made her account private due to her concerns, she did not block the officer as she had been advised not to by a friend's mother - who was also a police officer - before reporting the matter to the police. The officer is alleged to have followed the woman in his patrol car from a Co-op store in Wirksworth PC Harrison, who joined the force in January 2019 after being a special constable for three years, is alleged to have breached standards of professional behaviour in respect of honesty and integrity, confidentiality and discreditable conduct.
Giving evidence, he said he did not see the woman in the Co-op and denied watching her get into her car before following her. He said he first saw the car when he believed the driver went "too fast" while leaving the Co-op, which gave him a purpose for the Police National Computer (PNC) check. "I had [a] suspicion that it might be used in crime," he said. "I still think at the time the vehicle was travelling too quickly in the car park." After the PNC check returned no concerns, he said he stopped following the car.
The woman said PC Harrison had reacted to some of her Instagram posts
The panel has also heard PC Harrison had followed the woman on Instagram later that day. The woman said when she realised that the officer had followed her, he also had, at some stage, reacted to her previous Instagram posts. One reaction was a flame emoji and another was a heart-eyes emoji. When asked to explain what a flame emoji and heart-eyes emoji meant, PC Harrison said: "It means something that is good." He said he followed the woman on Instagram when she came up as a suggested person to follow, adding he did so because they had "above 30 mutual friends".
He said he did not remember reacting to the woman's photos but believed he did so as he thought they were attractive. PC Harrison estimated he reacted to people's Instagram posts with emojis about 10 times a day to a variety of accounts, including those belonging to men, women and businesses, and followed more than 1,000 people on the platform.
The hearing continues.
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| Police officer bound to get sacked for this on 22:28 - Mar 24 with 852 views | KeithHaynes |
I’m astounded in lieu of other information not disclosed.
> An officer will keep his job after it was found he used the Police National Computer (PNC) to find a woman on Instagram. Derbyshire PC Jack Harrison followed a woman's car at a Co-op supermarket before checking the database on the car's registration in September 2021. After getting the details of the vehicle's owner, he followed her on the app.
The panel chair said dismissal was "not a proportional or appropriate outcome".
The officer, who joined the force in January 2019 after being a special constable for three years, burst into tears at the outcome. The officer is said to have followed the woman in his patrol car from a Co-op store in Wirksworth At a misconduct hearing, PC Harrison was given a final written warning, which will be on record for five years, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. The officer denied the allegations and said he believed his actions "were within policing standards".
However, the panel said it concluded that he did carry out the PNC check for a non-policing purpose and that he searched for the woman's name on Instagram minutes later after the check.
This was based on evidence seen on a screenshot of the woman's phone.
The hearing heard evidence that after the officer followed the woman at the Co-op in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, he sent flame and heart eyes emojis to the same woman's Instagram. Panel chair Jayne Salt said PC Harrison had acted with "naivety not cynicism" and - partly because of that - dismissal was appropriate for his actions.
The woman said PC Harrison had reacted to some of her Instagram posts Ms Salt said the panel had considered the fact that PC Harrison had not followed up his Instagram "follow" by messaging her directly.
However, it was heard that he had sent her another emoji to her in December 2021 before deciding to block her. The misconduct hearing previously heard PC Harrison followed the car because he felt it was "involved with criminality" and claimed the speed was "too fast" when exiting the store.
But the woman, who cannot be named, told the hearing the "weird" events on that day had made her feel uncomfortable and "worried" about her security.
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| Police officer bound to get sacked for this on 22:28 - Mar 24 by KeithHaynes |
I’m astounded in lieu of other information not disclosed.
> An officer will keep his job after it was found he used the Police National Computer (PNC) to find a woman on Instagram. Derbyshire PC Jack Harrison followed a woman's car at a Co-op supermarket before checking the database on the car's registration in September 2021. After getting the details of the vehicle's owner, he followed her on the app.
The panel chair said dismissal was "not a proportional or appropriate outcome".
The officer, who joined the force in January 2019 after being a special constable for three years, burst into tears at the outcome. The officer is said to have followed the woman in his patrol car from a Co-op store in Wirksworth At a misconduct hearing, PC Harrison was given a final written warning, which will be on record for five years, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. The officer denied the allegations and said he believed his actions "were within policing standards".
However, the panel said it concluded that he did carry out the PNC check for a non-policing purpose and that he searched for the woman's name on Instagram minutes later after the check.
This was based on evidence seen on a screenshot of the woman's phone.
The hearing heard evidence that after the officer followed the woman at the Co-op in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, he sent flame and heart eyes emojis to the same woman's Instagram. Panel chair Jayne Salt said PC Harrison had acted with "naivety not cynicism" and - partly because of that - dismissal was appropriate for his actions.
The woman said PC Harrison had reacted to some of her Instagram posts Ms Salt said the panel had considered the fact that PC Harrison had not followed up his Instagram "follow" by messaging her directly.
However, it was heard that he had sent her another emoji to her in December 2021 before deciding to block her. The misconduct hearing previously heard PC Harrison followed the car because he felt it was "involved with criminality" and claimed the speed was "too fast" when exiting the store.
But the woman, who cannot be named, told the hearing the "weird" events on that day had made her feel uncomfortable and "worried" about her security.
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I would think this is gross misconduct, but who knows. his career is over. If i was in public service I wouldn't be on social media, or if so, i would be very careful |  | | |
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