A police officer who recorded himself smoking weed while on holiday in Amsterdam has resigned from Thames Valley Police (TVP).
One of 43 police forces in England and Wales, the officer would have been kicked off the force had he not resigned, reports Oxford Mail.
The officer shared the video with more than 100 followers on Snapchat last September. He did not appear at a recent misconduct hearing but wrote a letter to his superiors, acknowledging that his actions had “‘fallen well below the high standards TVP sets its police officers and are of a serious nature,” reports Oxford Mail.
Chief constable John Campbell told the publication that the officer’s “actions are incompatible with his role as a police officer Thames Valley Police.”
“The public quite rightly expect high standards of their officers both on and off-duty,” he added.
Last September, a misconduct hearing for a
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