Officers guilty of misconduct over abuse incident
BBCTwo Nottinghamshire Police officers have been found guilty of misconduct over their response to a domestic abuse incident.
PC Thomas Lee-Storey and former PC Amy Jowett attended an address in St Ann's, Nottingham, on 29 October 2024, when a woman reported she received threats from her granddaughter.
Concerns were raised about the handling of the incident, including a lack of safeguarding and a failure to record crimes, prompting an investigation by the force's professional standards directorate.
Following a three-day gross misconduct hearing, Lee-Storey was given a five-year final written warning, and it was decided Jowett would have received the same sanction if she had not already resigned.
After attending the incident, Jowett updated the police incident log to say the victim had not disclosed further threats, the force said.
The misconduct panel found the officers both breached the standard of professional behaviour relating to duties and responsibilities, and order and instructions.
The hearing, which concluded on Wednesday, was told the officers felt remorseful for the way they handed the incidents and that there was "no deliberate or dishonest wrongdoing by either officer".
In a statement following the hearing, Chief Constable Steve Cooper said: "The victim disclosed a number of allegations to the officers when they attended the address.
"It was vitally important that they not only responded to those allegations but also recorded them properly on police systems.
"Their collective response was wholly inadequate and both failed to approach the incident with an investigative mindset.
"The actions of individual officers can tarnish the reputation of a force and the service as a whole and undermine the trust and confidence that members of the public have in Nottinghamshire Police."
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