Gross misconduct allegations against former PC Julian John have been found proven by a disciplinary hearing panel which concluded that he would have been dismissed from the force had he not already retired.
A retired police officer who was having an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable woman carried out breathalyser tests on himself to meet internal targets, a disciplinary hearing has heard.
The panel found in favour of gross misconduct allegations against former PC Julian John and concluded that he would have been dismissed from SouthThe Independent Office for Police Conduct investigated an inappropriate relationship the former constable formed with a vulnerable woman. Their investigation began after the IOPC received a referral from South Wales Police relating to an allegation of an inappropriate relationship formed during the course of his duties as an officer.These messages were sent over a nine-month period and evidence suggested that he had stayed overnight at her property on at least one occasion.
The hearing was told that in mid-December 2019 John carried out two negative breathalyser tests on himself - which measures how much alcohol is in the air you breathe out - before he falsely recorded them as tests carried out on the public.
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