Police officer cleared of using excessive force during abduction investigation in Sheffield
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PC Thomas Rogers attended a recent misconduct hearing over an allegation that while carrying out enquiries into the alleged abduction of a two-year-old child, he used force against a woman which was ‘not necessary, proportionate or reasonable in the circumstances’.
It was claimed the force was used against an aunt of a two-year-old boy at the centre of the abduction probe.
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Hide AdBut PC Rogers, who denied breaching Standards of Professional Behaviour, has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with the incident, which dates back to February 2018.
South Yorkshire Police said: “An allegation had been made that on February 17, 2018, PC Rogers attended at an address in Sheffield, accompanied by a number of other officers, in respect of a concern that a two-year-old child had been abducted.
“The child, his father and other family members were present and the child was being held by his aunt.
“It was alleged that PC Thomas applied force to the person holding the child, which was not necessary, proportionate or reasonable in the circumstances. The behaviour was alleged to have caused alarm and distress to both the child and the person holding him.
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Hide Ad“The officer denied that his use of force breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour.
“The panel, which was chaired by an independent Legally Qualified Chair, and included a senior police officer and a member of the public, determined that the allegation was not proven and no misconduct was found.”