A police officer is facing the sack for allegedly damaging a shop’s changing room on a day out before lying about the incident to her superiors.
PC Amelia Shearer is due to appear before a Cleveland Police disciplinary hearing next week as a result of the accusations she is facing about her behaviour while on a day off.
The officer is alleged to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of Discreditable Conduct - relating to an allegation that on Saturday 11th September 2021, whilst off duty and socialising in York.
It is alleged she behaved in a manner resulting in damage being caused to a changing room of a retail store causing financial and operational inconvenience and loss, and Honesty and Integrity.
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The force website says that PC Shearer then provided an account of the incident to her supervision that she knew or ought to have known was inaccurate.
The hearing is to be held in public at Middlesbrough Football Club, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, 10am on Monday, August 22.
Anyone interested in attending the disciplinary hearing has to register on the force website before Monday.
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