Sussex Police officer fined over arrest assault

A police officer has been fined over the assault of a woman in Chichester in West Sussex.

PC Michael Perkins, who is from the roads policing unit in Chichester, was fined £495 and ordered to pay £900 in costs at Hastings Magistrates' Court.

The 49-year-old officer was found guilty of assault by beating at the hearing on Tuesday.

It was in relation to the arrest of a female driver in Chichester on 5 November 2011, the Sussex force said.

A Sussex Police spokesman said Mr Perkins was suspended following the incident and a date for a disciplinary hearing would now be set.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-20526644
DISCIPLINARY the minute he was found guilty and fined he should of been dismissed ffs

Couldn't agree more.
Trust & Faith in the British Police force is at an all time low at the moment.

yes and they need the public respect, and that is not the way to earn it, any other job would be instant dismissal