A Merseyside Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) with gambling debts has been sacked for “financially exploiting” a vulnerable elderly woman.
Police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) directed an investigation, carried out by Merseyside Police, after concerns were raised about the behaviour of the officer. Detectives found evidence of frequent visits by the PCSO to the building where the woman lived, while CCTV showed him visiting her in hospital when he had no policing purpose for doing so.
The investigation revealed that the PCSO had “significant gambling debts” and had been given money by the woman on more than one occasion. He was interviewed under criminal caution and admitted he had regular contact with t…
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