by Bob Walsh
Police
Constable Simon Read was sacked by the Cambridgeshire Police for
dishonesty. While on duty and in uniform he stopped by the Tesco Extra
in Wisbech and bought four items including a box of 12 Krispy Kreme
doughnuts. It was alleged that he scanned a bunch of carrots twice and
neglected to scan the box of doughnuts and therefore paid seven pence
instead of the normal 9.95 for them. The manager got a bad vibe off the
whole thing and called the cops.
Read
claimed it was an honest mistake and that he didn't bother to look at
the screen to see how much he was actually paying. The video
unfortunately for him showed that he did in fact check the screen at the
self-service checkout.
The
review concluded that Read's behavior was deliberate and amounted to
gross misconduct. His lawyer pointed out that he had a previously
unblemished career. He had served honorably in the armed services and
been with the police since 2008.
He was fired without notice. He does have appeal rights.
1 comment:
I once worked with a cop who thought he should get a discount on anything he purchased while on duty. He went to pick up his dry cleaning and a clerk unknowing about the arrangement with the owner charged him full price. He raised a stink with the immigrant owner and left. The frightened owner put up a sign asking for the cop to forgive him and to please return his business. The Chief of Police was driving by, saw he sign and checked into what was going on. He apologized to the owner. The cop was called in and admitted to demanding his discount. The Chief fired him. Several years later I ran into the same cop who was working at another cop shop. He really didn't think he had done anything wrong and was still mad because it turns out most of the local cops were also getting a cleaning discount. He just didn't understand it. Thankfully he sought another line of work.
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