A promising young police officer who pulled a sickie to go to the races ended up resigning after rowing with another punter over a jug of Pimm’s
She was a poster girl for the police force but ended up pulling a sickie on a night shift
Kira Wealls, 20, featured in a promotional video for Essex Police not long after joining the force, showing her transition from Tesco worker to constable. After the altercation there, Wealls approached police at the venue and explained she was an officer from Essex Police.The force was alerted and Wealls quit after being placed on restricted duties and told she faced a misconduct hearing.
Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, who led the panel, said: ‘Essex Police will support staff who are ill but we will not tolerate behaviour that undermines the integrity of the force and brings the hard work of the many into disrepute.’