A POLICE officer has been dismissed from the West Mercia force following a public misconduct hearing.

PC Andrew Wright, aged 52 had completed 20 years service as a constable, most recently based in the incident progression team at the force headquarters at Hindlip.

The allegations against PC Wright was that he failed to properly investigate and appropriately record incidents between May and July last year.

The public misconduct hearing took place between Tuesday, September 11, and Friday, September 14 at Hindlip.

It was conducted by Harry Ireland, an independent, legally-qualified chair. It followed an investigation by the professional standards department of Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police.

The panel determined that six allegations against the officer were proven.

Supt Helena Bennett, head of the professional standards department, said: "The misconduct hearing found that the behaviour of PC Andrew Wright fell below the standards we expect from our officers and staff and amounted to a breach of the standards of honesty and integrity, duties and responsibilities, equality and diversity and discreditable conduct. This fell outside the expectations made clear in our code of ethics ."

The outcome of the misconduct hearing is subject to the normal appeals process.