Former police officer barred over ‘inappropriate’ relationship

PC Henley first met the woman in 2017 and a relationship between them developed in 2021.

For his visits to her home, no policing purpose was found for them, the IOPC said.

He told the investigator they were during his rest breaks but radio location data showed several lasted much longer than the breaks he was entitled to.

The IOPC also found evidence he searched for information about the woman on police systems without a valid reason.

While he said he was trying to find her contact details in order to return a missing item, phone data showed he contacted her 12 days earlier to ask her out for coffee.

The investigation also found PC Henley failed to report the relationship to supervisors, as required by force policy.

When his supervisor spotted his police vehicle near the woman’s address, he lied when asked where he was.