US Politics | Female cop who filmed sex video of herself in uniform while on duty at police station is banned from policing
A FEMALE cop who filmed a sex video of herself in uniform while on duty at a police station has been banned from policing. Former PC Clare Ogden, 40, pleasured herself on camera in a police station toilet while wearing her uniform, a misconduct panel heard. 
Policewoman Clare Ogden filmed a sex video for her partner while on duty 
The former officer arriving at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium for a misconduct hearing 
She says she deeply regretted taking the videos The footage came to light after her mobile phone was seized by bosses who suspected she had been accessing confidential data from the police computer and sharing it with a colleague as a joke. Last Thursday she was found guilty of two allegations of misconduct \- but a decision on whether or not to take further disciplinary measures was delayed. Today Panel Chairman Stephen Gowland announced she will never be allowed to return to the uniform. He said: "We do consider that taking no further action is not sufficient when considering the nature of the proven allegations, the purpose of the disciplinary regime and the protection of the public. "The panel acknowledge that everyone including police officers can make mistakes. However, there is a point where matters stop being a mistake and become a habit or course of conduct such as the sending of information for non-policing purposes. "The police are in a privileged position and have access to personal and sensitive information that the public rightly expect to be protected and used appropriately. "The public would rightly be concerned to learn of the use of data by the former officer for entertainment or other none policing purposes. "The public would also take a dim view of an officer making a sexual video whilst on police premises and would not expect responsible police officers to engage in this sort of behaviour. Most read in UK News 'MACABRE DISPLAY' Slaughterhouse workers 'stabbed 2 men & displayed their bodies like pigs' KILLER DOG ATTACK Parents of baby girl mauled to death by 'out-of-control' dog in court HELL HOUSE I took in feral boy, 5, who ate glass & made a dark discovery in his teddy bear KNIFE CRIME HELL Boy, 14, arrested for 'murder' after 'true gentleman' stabbed to death HOUSE OF HORRORS Warped thugs kept men as 'slaves' and set one victim on fire in sick abuse PREDATOR CAGED Rapist carried victim away before attacking her & leaving her unconscious "This matter concerns multiple breaches of the standards and clearly could have an impact on public confidence in policing. "The most appropriate outcome is therefore a finding that the officer would have been dismissed had she still been a member of the police force and that this sanction does fulfil the purpose of the misconduct regime. "The panel take no personal pleasure in making findings of this type and do have empathy for any officer who finds themselves facing misconduct. This unfortunately cannot lead us to make a finding that does not fulfil the purpose of the misconduct regime." ...FOUND IT AMUSING' Former Pc Ogden made the seven second sex tape of her pleasuring herself and two other films after clocking on for her shift at Redcar Police Station. She also used her mobile phone to record highly classified information from the police computer and shared it with a colleague because "she found it amusing". Miss Ogden admitted that making the sex tape "was a five to seven second moment of my life that I will regret for the rest of it" and amounted to gross misconduct. But she maintained that the sharing of the police data while a breach of standards only amounted to misconduct but because "it never went outside the police family". However, the misconduct panel found that both allegations amounted to gross misconduct and were urged that former Pc Ogden should be placed on the barred list. Having ruled that were she still a serving officer she should be sacked, she automatically joins the names of other blacklisted ex cops on the list. Before it was created, disgraced officers fired from one force were free to get back into uniform by joining another one. Barrister Mark Ley-Morgan, for Cleveland Police, had argued for the maximum penalty based on College of Policing guidelines beefed up following the Sarah Everard case. He said: "Members of the public trust the police. They tell the police very sensitive things which are very embarrassing and incredibly sensitive often while they are in crisis. "For them to think police officers will be having a giggle about it is appalling. It really is. There are no other words to describe it. Clearly, there is an abuse of trust here." SECRET SEX TAPE The video had been record while then Pc Ogden was in full uniform and on duty when she went downstairs at the office to visit the bathroom. Miss Ogden, who had followed her mother and father into Cleveland Police, resigned in June 2022 ending a 17 year career in which she received a number of commendations. Her barrister Aisling Byrnes said in mitigation a Commendation letter for her service had literally "landed on her doormat" that very morning. Miss Ogden told the hearing at The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, last week: "I went downstairs in the office to use the bathroom. "It was an ill-judged spur of the moment, in the moment, decision. I do not think I have experienced embarrassment or shame like it. "I just wish I had not done it. It was a five to seven second moment of my life that I will regret for the rest of it." Mr Gowland added in today's judgement: "She accepted that she had taken images of police data on her personal mobile telephone. "She said that some of the data was recorded for a policing purpose and that she used her own mobile phone as she always had this on her. "She said that sometimes her police device was either not charged or left behind by her when she was on duty. "In relation to the images that she forwarded on, she confirmed that these were to another police officer but would not identify them. "She admitted that she sent some of these images on as she found them funny and they appealed to her sense of humour. "She accepted that she had no policing purpose for forwarding the images that she was taken through in interview. "She feels very embarrassed and ashamed about them. In submissions received by the panel, the former officer accepted that the videos breached the standard of professional behaviour in relation to conduct and that her behaviour also amounted to gross misconduct."
Policewoman Clare Ogden filmed a sex video for her partner while on duty The former officer arriving at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium for a misconduct hearing She says she deeply regretted taking the videos The footage came to light after her mobile phone was seized by bosses who suspected she had been accessing confidential data from the police computer and sharing it with a colleague as a joke. Last Thursday she was found guilty of two allegations of misconduct \- but a decision on whether or not to take further disciplinary measures was delayed. Today Panel Chairman Stephen Gowland announced she will never be allowed to return to the uniform. He said: "We do consider that taking no further action is not sufficient when considering the nature of the proven allegations, the purpose of the disciplinary regime and the protection of the public. "The panel acknowledge that everyone including police officers can make mistakes. However, there is a point where matters stop being a mistake and become a habit or course of conduct such as the sending of information for non-policing purposes. "The police are in a privileged position and have access to personal and sensitive information that the public rightly expect to be protected and used appropriately. "The public would rightly be concerned to learn of the use of data by the former officer for entertainment or other none policing purposes. "The public would also take a dim view of an officer making a sexual video whilst on police premises and would not expect responsible police officers to engage in this sort of behaviour. Most read in UK News 'MACABRE DISPLAY' Slaughterhouse workers 'stabbed 2 men & displayed their bodies like pigs' KILLER DOG ATTACK Parents of baby girl mauled to death by 'out-of-control' dog in court HELL HOUSE I took in feral boy, 5, who ate glass & made a dark discovery in his teddy bear KNIFE CRIME HELL Boy, 14, arrested for 'murder' after 'true gentleman' stabbed to death HOUSE OF HORRORS Warped thugs kept men as 'slaves' and set one victim on fire in sick abuse PREDATOR CAGED Rapist carried victim away before attacking her & leaving her unconscious "This matter concerns multiple breaches of the standards and clearly could have an impact on public confidence in policing. "The most appropriate outcome is therefore a finding that the officer would have been dismissed had she still been a member of the police force and that this sanction does fulfil the purpose of the misconduct regime. "The panel take no personal pleasure in making findings of this type and do have empathy for any officer who finds themselves facing misconduct. This unfortunately cannot lead us to make a finding that does not fulfil the purpose of the misconduct regime." ...FOUND IT AMUSING' Former Pc Ogden made the seven second sex tape of her pleasuring herself and two other films after clocking on for her shift at Redcar Police Station. She also used her mobile phone to record highly classified information from the police computer and shared it with a colleague because "she found it amusing". Miss Ogden admitted that making the sex tape "was a five to seven second moment of my life that I will regret for the rest of it" and amounted to gross misconduct. But she maintained that the sharing of the police data while a breach of standards only amounted to misconduct but because "it never went outside the police family". However, the misconduct panel found that both allegations amounted to gross misconduct and were urged that former Pc Ogden should be placed on the barred list. Having ruled that were she still a serving officer she should be sacked, she automatically joins the names of other blacklisted ex cops on the list. Before it was created, disgraced officers fired from one force were free to get back into uniform by joining another one. Barrister Mark Ley-Morgan, for Cleveland Police, had argued for the maximum penalty based on College of Policing guidelines beefed up following the Sarah Everard case. He said: "Members of the public trust the police. They tell the police very sensitive things which are very embarrassing and incredibly sensitive often while they are in crisis. "For them to think police officers will be having a giggle about it is appalling. It really is. There are no other words to describe it. Clearly, there is an abuse of trust here." SECRET SEX TAPE The video had been record while then Pc Ogden was in full uniform and on duty when she went downstairs at the office to visit the bathroom. Miss Ogden, who had followed her mother and father into Cleveland Police, resigned in June 2022 ending a 17 year career in which she received a number of commendations. Her barrister Aisling Byrnes said in mitigation a Commendation letter for her service had literally "landed on her doormat" that very morning. Miss Ogden told the hearing at The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, last week: "I went downstairs in the office to use the bathroom. "It was an ill-judged spur of the moment, in the moment, decision. I do not think I have experienced embarrassment or shame like it. "I just wish I had not done it. It was a five to seven second moment of my life that I will regret for the rest of it." Mr Gowland added in today's judgement: "She accepted that she had taken images of police data on her personal mobile telephone. "She said that some of the data was recorded for a policing purpose and that she used her own mobile phone as she always had this on her. "She said that sometimes her police device was either not charged or left behind by her when she was on duty. "In relation to the images that she forwarded on, she confirmed that these were to another police officer but would not identify them. "She admitted that she sent some of these images on as she found them funny and they appealed to her sense of humour. "She accepted that she had no policing purpose for forwarding the images that she was taken through in interview. "She feels very embarrassed and ashamed about them. In submissions received by the panel, the former officer accepted that the videos breached the standard of professional behaviour in relation to conduct and that her behaviour also amounted to gross misconduct."
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