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Two police officers taking part in a road safety campaign have been sacked after filming themselves breaking the speed limit at 89mph in a seized sports car.   PC Shaun Pearce and PC Daniel Pike, from Devon and Cornwall Police, shared the video with colleagues on a work WhatsApp group.  A disciplinary hearing last week found that they had committed gross misconduct, and they were banned from working for any police force in England and Wales.  PC Shaun Pearce and PC Daniel Pike, from Devon a...

BBC News Published image captionThe officers broked the speed limit in a high performance vehicle they seized Two police officers have been sacked after filming themselves breaking the speed limit at 89 mph in a seized high-performance vehicle. Devon and Cornwall Police officers PC Shaun Pearce and PC Daniel Pike shared the video with colleagues on WhatsApp. They were taking part in road safety campaign, which included preventing speeding, at the time. A disciplinary hearing on Thursday found ...

Two police officers with Devon and Cornwalls road safety team have been sacked after taking a seized vehicle for a high-speed ride. PC Shaun Pearce and PC Daniel Pike have been dismissed without notice from Devon and Cornwall Police, after members of the misconduct panel found that their actions amounted to gross misconduct. The pair faced allegations that in 2019 they breached the standards appropriate to the conduct of a police officer in respect of honesty, integrity, authority, respec...

Two Devon and Cornwall Police officers dismissed for speeding in seized vehicle PC Shaun Pearce and PC Daniel Pike have been found guilty of gross misconduct The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Two officers from Devon and Cornwall Police have been dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct and barred from policing. On January 16, 2019, PC Shaun Pearce and PC Daniel Pike were alleged to have driven a seized vehicle without permission from the owner and reached a speed of 89...

Inspector Pat Swindells from the Gympie Patrol Group. The Fatal Five – speeding, fatigue, impaired driving (drink and drug), failure to wear a seat belt and driver distraction and inattention - will be high on the priority list. There will be roadside testing for drugs and alcohol, and “covert and overt speed enforcement in high risk zones”. Inspector Pat Swindells of the Gympie Patrol Group said police were concerned with a “growing number of lives lost” on Queensland roads. “Th...

Date Time Fatality-free Easter long weekend responsibility of all South Australians An unprecedented month-long road safety campaign consisting of seven individual SAPOL operations targeting irresponsible drivers has launched today. An unprecedented month-long road safety campaign consisting of seven individual SAPOL operations targeting irresponsible drivers has launched today. Heading into the Easter long weekend, the Marshall Liberal Government stands with SAPOL in supporting a multi-pronged...

Date Time Easter road safety in focus as Queensland lives lost reach 74 Today, Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus urged Queenslanders to be safe on the roads ahead of Easter and the school holiday period. With lives lost on track to reach its highest in a decade, the Queensland Police Service (QPS), launched the Easter road safety campaign from today until April 18, with the aim of reducing serious and fatal crashes. Assistant Commissioner Marcus said with 74 lives already being lost on Queensla...

The high number of road deaths has increased in a shockingly tragic start to 2021, with 39 people dead from 35 fatal crashes in the state so far this year. Both figures are a huge increase on this time last year, with 17 more fatal crashes and 20 more deaths as of last Sunday. Queensland was the only state to record an increase in road deaths for 2020 with a toll of 267, 57 more than in 2019. 89 people died inside the Central police region last year, a span that includes Gympie, the Sunshine ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A targeted police operation has netted almost 300 drivers for roadside breath tests in the Whitsundays. Senior Constable Joshua Kriston said Collinsville Police ran the four-hour blitz on Thursday testing a total of 296 drivers. Sen-Constable Kriston said police intercepted a 48-year-old Toyota LandCruiser driver on Scottville Rd in Collinsville about 5.15pm. “(He) allegedly returned a positive reading and was subsequently transported back to Collinsville Po...

Premium Content Subscriber only A 76-year-old man is among a number of drivers allegedly caught doing the wrong thing on our roads during a police traffic operation. Police took to both the city and Moore Park, pulling over a number of drivers and conducting 284 breath tests. An additional eight tests were carried out for drugs. Two people are set to appear in court following Traffic Operation Stopper which included officers from the Bundaberg Patrol Group, Bundaberg General Duties, Crimina...