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A Wiltshire Police officer has been dismissed without notice after a hearing found his behaviour amounted to gross misconduct.
The hearing, held at Wiltshire Police Headquarters between 1 and 2 October 2024 and chaired by Assistant Chief Constable Deb Smith, concluded that the actions of PC Mat Hodge breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour for police officers of honesty and integrity, Duties and Responsibilities and Discreditable Conduct.
In January 2024, PC Hodge was alleged to have failed to deliver a mandatory refresher training module as part of his role as Firearms Instructor at the Blackrock Specialist Training Centre. He then went on to state to line managers on more than one occasion that the training had been delivered and that the officers involved could be signed off as having completed it.
The panel upheld the allegation against PC Hodge and as a result he was dismissed without notice. He will also be placed on the national barred list which means he will not be able to work in policing in the future.