A police chief has vowed to “root out” predators within her force after one of her officers was jailed for taking pictures of a teenager’s breasts.
South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Lauren Poultney said “wrongdoing and poor standards” would not be tolerated within her ranks after the jailing of now-resigned police officer Paul Hinchcliffe on Friday.
The 41-year-old married father-of-four was jailed for eight months after he was found guilty of sexual assault for pulling down an 18-year-old woman’s top, photographing her, and making sexual remarks.
The incident happened when Hinchcliffe was off-duty and drinking with other police colleagues at a bar in Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, on Oct. 3, 2020….