PC dismissed to avoid train fare
A police officer who deliberately avoided the fare of the train has been dismissed to violate the standards of “honesty and integrity” and “infamous conduct”.
PC Luke Goddard, who joined the Met Police in 2000 and moved to Devon in 2003, was on a long-term sick leave after an on-duty injury in 2019.
In June 2024, during a domestic visit by Sergeant Edwards, a supervisor, he was asked whether the cost of the journey was a barrier to his full comeback on duty.
The official revealed that he paid a £ 34 fare between Devon in Wiltshire and exhibitions in Salisbury only, the ticket hurdles were open as “almost half time” and employees had allowed them to travel for free on warrant card production.
Mr. Goddard, who legally used a concession for the metropolitan police officers to travel as a salicebury, told the hearing that he did not believe he had worked dishonestly when he had trusted the “Vivek” of the train managers.
But the panel found that he used his position as a police constable to “bypassing the payment” between Wiltshire and Devon – two stations that he was not entitled to travel without a valid ticket.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist found that Luke Goddard used his position to “get financial benefits” as a police officer.
Mr. Twist said that the public would not expect a servicing police officer that the way the officer would be treated and the dismissal was appropriate only without notice.
Mr. Godard left the building before handing over the dismissal approval.
They will be added to the college of polling forbidden list.
