Medical condition saves job of PC who was drunk and swore at emergency workers

ILLNESS MEANT ACTIONS WERE EXACERBATED WHEN UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL

- By NIGEL SLATER

A DERBYSHIRE police officer with a medical condition has avoided the sack despite being arrested for being drunk and disorderly and abusing emergency workers.

On several occasions Constable Jolan Gallimore acted inappropriately to fellow police officers and paramedics attending to her care after collapsing unconscious.

The incidents happened after the officer had drunk alcohol, sometimes to an excessive amount.

However, Constable Gallimore was aware she had a medical condition which "tended to be exacerbated by drinking alcohol to excess".

In one incident she "lashed out" at ambulance staff. Later she was verbally abusive to police officers and said 'can you tell these officers to **** off please'.

Several times she refused treatment and on one occasion ran away from emergency staff trying to treat her.

But the officer, who has been with Derbyshire police since 2019, has avoided dismissal - despite given warnings.