The case of a Greater Manchester Police staff member who took an airgun to the workplace to intimidate their colleagues is one of a number of cases to be considered by a tribunal in the last three months.

A list of outcomes released this week revealed more than a dozen employees either were dismissed or would have been dismissed if still with the force between January of this year and March of this year.

Those who were dismissed included a staff member who took an airgun to the workplace to intimidate their colleagues. The airgun was disarmed but its use was deemed by the tribunal to be inappropriate.

There were four police officers who received criminal convictions for a range of crimes from a failure to stop after an accident to theft.

Meanwhile one police constable used offensive language to describe a member of the public while on duty on more than one occasion.

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Those who would have been dismissed if still with the force included four police officers who received criminal convictions for a range of crimes from common assault to drink driving. 

There was a police constable who contacted a number of female officers for a non-policing purpose and a police constable who contacted a female victim although she was vulnerable.

Others received a less significant sanction in the form of either a written warning or a final written warning.

They included a police constable who received a final written warning for pretending to be sick to spend time off work and a police constable who received a final written warning for sending a series of snaps – one of them indecent – to a member of the public on Snapchat.

The total number of cases considered by a tribunal in the last three months is an increase on the total number of cases considered by a tribunal in the previous three months, October of last year to December of last year.

The total number of cases last year was around 70. 

This article was written by Jack Tooth. To contact him, email jack.tooth@newsquest.co.uk or follow @JTRTooth on Twitter.