A police officer has been dismissed for gross misconduct after he 'seized an opportunity' to take a bike lost by a vulnerable person.
A police officer has been dismissed after a bicycle worth about £500 was found at his house after it was lost by a vulnerable person.
He later spoke to the bike's owner, a vulnerable man who was known to police, responding to a report of concern for his safety. The man never called back and there was no record that the officer made any further attempts to contact him or to establish the bike's ownership.The bike was eventually returned to its owner after being found at the officer's home during a police search organised after a sergeant raised concerns.
Mrs Anderson also said the officer was likely to have known the man would be unable to provide proof of ownership and noted that the officer already owned a bike of the same make and would have known its value.
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