Ex-Essex Police officer faces misconduct hearing over cyclist death

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 3 Nov, 14:21 · Archive

Former Essex Police PC Nicholas Davies faces a misconduct hearing over allegations he failed to act after spotting a cyclist riding dangerously.

Former Essex Police officer Nicholas Davies is accused of failing to take appropriate action after spotting a cyclist travelling dangerously on the A1114 Essex Yeomanry Way in Chelmsford on 25 March. The cyclist was later involved in a fatal road traffic collision on the A130.

Essex Police says Davies was on duty at the time and had shortly before been deployed to an incident. It is alleged that despite identifying a risk to the cyclist's safety, he failed to stop and check on the individual's welfare, notify the Force Control Room, or take any other action to mitigate what the force describes as an immediate risk to life. Members of the public subsequently reported the cyclist.

Davies is also accused of later accessing police incident records relating to the cyclist without a lawful policing purpose, and of failing to disclose his prior knowledge that the cyclist had been on the roadway.

The former officer's conduct is alleged to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Orders and Instructions, Duties and Responsibilities, and Discreditable Conduct.

A misconduct hearing will take place on Thursday, 12 November at the Chief Constable's Office at Essex Police Headquarters. Applications to attend the hearing close at noon on Tuesday, 10 November. The allegations have not yet been determined.

How it is being reported

• Ex-Essex Police officer accused of failing to act before cyclist's fatal crashFormer Essex Police officer Nicholas Davies faces a misconduct hearing over allegations he failed to act after seeing a cyclist riding towards oncoming traffic.Colchester Gazette · 3 Nov, 13:45
• Ex-Essex Police officer accused of failing to act before cyclist's fatal crashFormer Essex Police officer Nicholas Davies faces a misconduct hearing over allegations he failed to act after seeing a cyclist riding towards oncoming traffic.Echo (Basildon) · 3 Nov, 13:45
• Ex-Essex Police officer accused of failing to act before cyclist's fatal crashFormer Essex Police officer Nicholas Davies faces a misconduct hearing over allegations he failed to act after seeing a cyclist riding towards oncoming traffic.Brentwood Guardian · 3 Nov, 13:45

In this story: Nicholas Davies · Essex Police · Chelmsford · A1114 Essex Yeomanry Way · A130

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