Greater Manchester Police Chief Inspector dismissed for 'disclosing confidential information'

A Greater Manchester Police Chief Inspector has been dismissed from the force for twice providing a promotion candidate with confidential information.

Chief Inspector Nicola Demaine's actions were found to have amounted to gross misconduct and breached the expected standards of a professional behaviour, police say. A disciplinary hearing was held at GMP's headquarters yesterday (March 29).

In addition to this Demaine, who worked in corporate services, will be added to the College of Policing Barred List. Chief Superintendent Michael Allen, head of GMP's Professional Standards Branch, said: "The integrity of all force promotion systems must hold firm to ensure GMP selects the very best people to lead its workforce at every level.

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"Where that integrity is lost and a candidate is exposed to an unfair advantage it risks bringing selection methods into disrepute, countering the accomplishments of our very best people who deserve an incorruptible platform on which they can evidence their suitability to lead in GMP. As a then senior leader in GMP, Nicola Demaine’s imprudent actions put at risk the integrity of a Chief Inspector promotion board and she failed to demonstrate the very highest standards of professional behaviour that the public and our workforce should rightly expect.

"As a Chief Inspector herself, she carried the privilege of rank and with rank comes responsibility. Necessarily, high-ranking officers can expect to suffer a hard fall when their actions are found to amount to gross misconduct and in this case, Nicola Demaine’s actions have resulted in her dismissal from GMP as decided upon by a misconduct hearing panel headed by an