Corrupt police officer jailed
Superintendent Sav Patsalos, Head of the Professional Standards Department at NorthumbriaPolice,said:“The Force identified a number of lines of inquiry in relation to Jon Snaith and carried out a thorough investigation.
“He was dismissed without noticeatamisconducthearing in September last year.
“This followed a court case wherehepleadedguiltytodrivingwhilstunfitthroughdrugs.
“Earlier this year he admitted two other offences, for which he has now been sentenced.
“Snaith clearly abused his privileged position and his actions were completely unacceptable.
“We expect the highest standards from all of our officers and staff, both on and off-duty, and if they fall below these we will take appropriate action.
“Iwanttoreassurethepublic
that the sort of behaviour displayed by Snaith is not reflectiveoftheoutstandingprofessionalismandcommitment displayed by officers and staff every day.”
Emma Dowling of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Every day, the people employed within the criminal justice system work diligently tobringthoseinvolvedincriminal activity to justice.
“Cases such as this, though thankfully rare, are incredibly disappointing for all of us and canbeunderstandablydamaging to our continuous efforts to improve public confidence in our work.
“I sincerely hope that the conviction of John Snaith for these offences provides a good degree of reassurance to all membersofthepublicthatany criminal activity on the part of those working in the criminal justice system will simply not be tolerated.”