A police officer who was sacked for lying and saying he had passed his maths GCSE has spoken out. PC Kye Smith says the decision has taken its emotional toll, leaving him feeling as though he has let everyone down.
Kye, who worked for Devon and Cornwall Police, was dismissed for gross misconduct for declaring that he had passed his maths GCSE when he hadn't. Chief Constable Will Kerr, who headed the panel, determined his behaviour had fallen below the expected standards of professional behaviour, particularly in relation to honesty and integrity, which led to his dismissal.
As a result, Kye, said he lost the job he always wanted to do, reports CornwallLive. He also insisted that during his career he had "had never broken the trust of the people he served while working as a police officer and would not have dreamed of it".
