A police officer who admitted to having knowingly avoided that the payment of prices was dismissed to violate the standards of “honesty and integrity” and “discreditable conduct”.
PC Luke Goddard, who joined the police, put in 2000 and moved to Devon in 2003, was on long -term sick leave after an injury to their service in 2019.
During a home visit to a supervisor, Sergeant Edwards, in June 2024, was asked if the cost of the trip was an obstacle to his full return to service.
The officer revealed that he only paid the £ 34 between Axminster in Devon and Salisbury in the Wiltshire “about half of the time” because the ticket barriers were open and that the staff allowed him to travel for free on the production of a mandate card.
Mr. Goddard, who legitimately used a concession for metropolitan police to travel to Salisbury, told the hearing that he did not think he had acted dishonestly when he relied on “the discretion” of the train managers.
But the panel found that he had used his position as a police officer to “get around the payment” between the Wiltshire and the Devon – two stations of which he was not allowed to travel between without a valid ticket.
Deputy Commissioner Matt Twist found that Luke Goddard had used his position as a police officer to “get a financial advantage”.
Mr. Twist said that the public would not expect a police officer in service to behave like the officer and that the only dismissal without notice was appropriate.
Mr. Goddard left the building before the transmission of the dismissal sanction.
It will be added to the prohibited list of the College of Policing.
