Leek Post & Times

PC showed footage of fatal crash

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of unpaid work and pay £1,000 costs and a victim surcharge to be paid in six months.

Speaking after the case, Deputy Chief Constable Nick Baker said: “When we discovered PC Parry’s actions, our first priority was to speak to the family and ensure they had the support they needed.

“This sort of disrespect­ful and illegal behaviour is not tolerated at Staffordsh­ire Police and officers worked swiftly to investigat­e.

“Officers are reminded regularly of their responsibi­lities to the victim and their family and the misuse of computers laws they agree to uphold.

“It is always disappoint­ing that one officer chooses to act in a way that damages the reputation of all our honest and hard-working officers across the county.”

A public misconduct hearing to decide on whether Parry should be dismissed from Staffordsh­ire Police will take place in due course.

Chief Inspector Mark Thorley, commander of the Staffordsh­ire Moorlands Neighbourh­ood Policing Team, said: “I am greatly saddened by the actions of this officer who does not represent the typically profession­al and compassion­ate manner in which we go about our work, often under difficult circumstan­ces. I’m also very proud of those who spoke out and made me aware.”

Chairman of the Staffordsh­ire Police Federation Keith Jervis said police officers had to deal with ‘sensitive and restricted’ informatio­n every day.

He added: “Officers can not keep or have such informatio­n upon their own devices or mobile phones, in case it accidental­ly or otherwise gets into the public domain.

“This in turn could cause untold heartache to a family who have lost a loved one in tragic circumstan­ces if informatio­n or sensitive video or photograph­ic evidence is not looked after properly.”

An inquest into the death of Mr Oarton, who was 56-years-old and from Astbury Lane Ends in Congleton, took place earlier this year.

It ruled he died as a result of a road collision.

 ??  ?? The A523 in Rudyard, near Leek, where 56-year-old Mark Oarton, inset, died in a road collision.
The A523 in Rudyard, near Leek, where 56-year-old Mark Oarton, inset, died in a road collision.

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