QUIRKY WORLD ... North Yorkshire police weeding out misconduct

A police officer is facing a three-day public misconduct hearing, accused of going on patrol wearing a woolly hat that had the slogan ‘I love weed’.

PC Simon Ryan will be one of the first officers in the North Yorkshire force to go before new-style hearings. These are open to the public and chaired by an independent lawyer, not a senior police officer.

One of the allegations against PC Ryan is that, “whilst on duty at Northallerton police station, he wore a black woolly hat stating ‘I love weed’ or words/pictures to that effect. Despite being advised to remove the hat, he resumed wearing the hat whilst on mobile patrol.”