Officer sacked as failings put victim at 'risk of harm'

PC FAILED TO CARRY OUT DUTIES PROPERLY IN DOMESTIC ABUSE CASE, INCLUDING USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

- By NIGEL SLATER

A DERBYSHIRE police officer has been sacked after her serious failures put an alleged domestic abuse victim "at risk of harm".

PC Gemma Cumberlidge was dismissed without notice after “failing to adequately carry out her duties” while investigating a domestic abuse case and carrying out a stop and search on a teenager.

A misconduct hearing found it proven PC Cumberlidge failed to properly question an alleged victim of domestic violence when she visited a police station.

The officer failed to ask the woman all of the required questions as part of “vital” safeguarding checks and then put “no” as answers to most of the questions “without having answers from Person A (the alleged victim)”.

It was found she did not use an important device which electronically logs answers when interviewing victims, to help with any further investigations.