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Martyn Hynes persuades misconduct panel that an Extended Final written warning was suitable in a professional discipline case

29/04/2025

Martyn Hynes persuades misconduct panel that an Extended Final written warning was suitable in a professional discipline case where an armed response police officer sent explicit photos while on duty and used WhatsApp to share police information.

Armed Response police officer sent explicit photos while on duty and used WhatsApp to share police information.  Police Constable Joseph Wooldridge has been given a written warning and told his behaviour had made the force look ridiculous at a disciplinary hearing at the Kent Police Force Headquarters in Sutton Road, Maidstone.

Martyn was instructed by Jenna Kier-Kendrew of Swinburne Maddison.

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