A misconduct panel has found Avon and Somerset Police’s Chief Constable Nick Gargan guilty of eight charges of misconduct, following an investigation over the past year.
The Chief Constable faced 10 charges of gross misconduct, three charges of misconduct and has been found guilty of eight at a level of misconduct.
Chair Dorian Lovell-Pank QC will now write a report of the panel’s findings and will recommend any sanctions the Chief Constable should face under police regulations.
Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens will hold a sanction hearing with the Chief Constable following receipt of the panel’s report.
On the basis of the panel’s findings, Chief Constable Nick Gargan’s suspension has now been lifted.
A phased return to work is being prepared for after the sanction hearing.
Gargan was suspended in May last year after a number of ‘serious allegations’ about inappropriate behaviour towards female police officers and leaking internal emails.