The former officer is due to face the hearing later this month
A former Cambridgeshire Police officer has been accused of sending messages that “implicated him in class A drug use”. Former PC Kyle Carter-Lawrence is due to face a misconduct hearing on Thursday, March 26.
Mr Carter-Lawrence is facing a total of seven allegations made against him. This includes sending “inappropriate messages” to WhatsApp groups and using “language which failed to treat people with respect and courtesy”.
Three of the allegations relate to a Whatsapp group which Mr Carter-Lawrence was a member of between June 10, 2016 and March 24, 2024. it is alleged that he sent inappropriate messages to the group, used language which failed to treat people with respect and courtesy, and used discriminatory language.
Mr Carter-Lawrance is also alleged to have sent messages that implicated him in class A drug use. He was present when inappropriate and drug-related messages were sent by others. He’s also alleged to have sent similar messages on a 1-2-1 chat with another police officer.
Allegation 4 alleges that Mr Carter-Lawrance “failed to report or challenge the conduct of the fellow officer in the Whatsapp group”. Allegation 5 is that he made “inaccurate declarations in his police recruitment vetting paperwork and failed to correct these once serving as a police officer.
Allegation 6 states that he failed to “declare his association with people whom he had grounds to suspect were involved in crime, were conducting themselves inappropriately or who had potential to damage the reputation of the police service.”
The final allegation Mr Carter-Lawrance faces is that he shared police data without policing purpose and not in the court of his duties.
The hearing is set to take place at 2pm at Lysander House, in Tempsford.