A police officer could be sacked from his role after being accused of trying to shoplift from Sainsbury's.
PC Sam Rigby from Lancashire Police is set to face a misconduct hearing next week after an allegation that he stole from the Sainsbury's store at Manchester Picadilly Station, with a potential punishment of up to and including immediate dismissal. He will go before a panel chaired by Constable Chris Rowley at Ormskirk Police Station.
PC Rigby, who has worked as the Skelmersdale Rural Community Beat Manager, is said to have placed goods in the pocket of his coat and left without paying. Lancashire Constabulary has argued that this amounts to a breach of policing standards in honesty, integrity and discreditable conduct, LancsLive reports.
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The hearing details state: “It is alleged by the Appropriate Authority that being a police officer with Lancashire Constabulary, PC 5345 Rigby breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour set out in Schedule 2 to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020. PC Rigby is alleged to have selected items from a Sainsbury store at Piccadilly Station in Manchester, placed the items in his coat pocket and then left the store having made no attempt to pay for any of the items.
“The matters aforesaid amount to gross misconduct and to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of Honesty and Integrity and Discreditable Conduct.”
The hearing will take place at 1pm on Tuesday, August 2.
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