A Devon & Cornwall police officer who sexually assaulted a woman in Exeter has been dismissed from the force. Last month, PC Simon Mitchell was convicted of one count of sexual assault on a woman which happened at Devon & Cornwall Police headquart...
Release date: 07/11/2024
A Devon & Cornwall Police officer is due to appear at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 5 November. Police Constable Sean Tooley, aged 32, from South Devon, is charged with two counts of making a false statement in order to procure grant or renewal...
Release date: 04/11/2024
A Devon & Cornwall police officer has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life after being found guilty of sexual assault. PC Simon Mitchell, 43, of Bideford, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Cou...
Release date: 31/10/2024
A former police constable has been found culpable of gross misconduct following an accelerated misconduct hearing in June. On 19 June Acting Chief Constable Jim Colwell concluded that former Police Constable Daniel Leggasick had breached the Standards of ...
Release date: 03/07/2024
Devon & Cornwall Police and Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner have joined all police forces across the UK to launch the Police Anti-Corruption and Abuse Reporting Service, which will be run by the independent charity Crimestoppers.&nb...
Release date: 14/03/2024
Devon and Cornwall Police has pledged its ongoing commitment to ensure that all police officers, staff, and volunteers undergo ongoing stringent and robust vetting procedures. This follows the publication of the historical data wash where over 300,000 off...
Release date: 24/01/2024
A former detective sergeant has been found culpable of gross misconduct by a panel, following a three-day hearing in November. The panel concluded that had former Detective Sergeant Gavin Jolley still been serving, he would have been dismissed without not...
Release date: 03/01/2024
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