The panel heard Hicks attended the workers member’s house with none obvious policing function and turned his radio off, which means there was no direct police technique of contacting him.
On one other event, he was alone in a grocery store automotive park in a marked police automotive and didn’t reply to an emergency call to an incident close by.
He was discovered to have breached requirements {of professional} behaviour in duties and duties and discreditable conduct, which amounted to gross misconduct.
As effectively because the panel discovering that Hicks would have been dismissed with out discover had he not already resigned, he was additionally positioned on the Police Barred List.
The findings of February’s listening to had been revealed on Tuesday.
Harrington mentioned: “I expect supervisors to lead and set an example, supporting their colleagues and being available to respond to the needs of the public.
“I additionally anticipate all officers and workers to spend their time at work productively utilizing programs and tools to do their job, not additional their non-public lives.
“Former PC Hicks was an experienced officer with nine years’ service and [he was] a temporary sergeant, so the responsibility and expectation on him from the force and the public was high.”
