Lancashire police officer lied about having sex with counsellor while on duty
A police officer had sex with his counsellor while on duty, a misconduct hearing heard today.
The conduct of Police Constable 2579 Bradshaw-Wood, who has since left Lancashire Constabulary, was the subject of an Accelerated Misconduct Hearing at police headquarters in Hutton.
Overseen by Chief Constable Sacha Hatchett, the hearing heard allegations that in July 2025, former PC Bradshaw-Wood was dishonest with his supervisor regarding a counselling appointment and attended the address of his ex-counsellor and had sex whilst on duty.
It was alleged the matters amounted to gross misconduct and to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour of Honesty and Integrity, Authority, Respect and Courtesy and Discreditable Conduct.
PC Bradshaw-Wood was based in the South Division, which covers Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, and West Lancashire.
Decision
Chief Constable Hatchett found that the former officer had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Discreditable Conduct, Honesty and Integrity, and the Respect element of Authority, Respect and Courtesy.
The behaviour was assessed to amount to Gross Misconduct.
It was determined that, had the Police Constable 2579 Bradshaw-Wood still been serving, the appropriate outcome would have been dismissal without notice, reflecting the seriousness of the breaches and the impact on public confidence in the police service.
His details will now be placed on the College of Policing Barred List.
Individuals remain on the Barred List indefinitely, unless they either:
- win an appeal against their dismissal
- make a successful review application, where they would have to provide clear evidence as to why they were now suitable to re-join policing.
Reviews cannot be requested for a minimum of:
- three years for gross incompetence dismissals
- five years for gross misconduct dismissals.
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