A POLICE officer has been disciplined for committing a "lewd act" on a coach following a rally – while another was spoken to for pulling a sickie and then posting photos of themself drinking at a party on Facebook.
Nottinghamshire officers have also been hauled up in front of misconduct hearings for offences including tapping a member of the public on the bottom, taking "a number of females" home in a marked police vehicle and making racist comments.
Figures released by the force show that 18 officers have been dismissed for misconduct since 2012, with a further 21 given final warnings, 17 given written warnings and two resigning before disciplinary action was held.
The force says it has published the figures as part of a drive to be more transparent.
But the Police Federation said publishing details of all offences could lead to people having a negative view of all police staff.
Incidents that led to disciplinary hearings also included:
Two police constables allowing a serving prisoner to meet his girlfriend and then providing an account which was "materially and deliberately misleading".
An off-duty special constable trying to take a nightclub doorman's badge from him.
A police constable talking to a defendant via social media with "inappropriate and informal language", resulting in a final written warning.
A sergeant sending a series of text messages to his ex-wife and visiting the home of her new partner, which resulted in management advice.
A PC deploying a dog on a suspect which resulted in bites to the suspect's head. It was alleged the deployment of the dog was "excessive use of force" and the officer did not have sufficient control of the dog.
In addition, 11 officers have been disciplined for misusing the police computer to look up crimes – including one who did it 278 times.
Notts Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping said: "[This demonstrates] if complaints are made they are fully investigated and if officers and staff are found to have failed to meet the expected standards, action will be taken."
Deputy Chief Constable Sue Fish said there were a "small number" of cases where standards were not met.
She added: "It is important that the public has confidence in policing, and while any misconduct investigation is an internal process, by publishing details of misconduct investigations and their outcomes, we hope this will show the importance we place on integrity and improve public confidence."
Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Police Federation Phil Matthews said: "I can understand the need to raise public confidence and I can see why the police want to do this. But it's a small number of staff and not at all indicative of how the majority of police officers serve – with integrity."
