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Cop banned from police for life for stealing seven fry-ups in first week of job
A ROOKIE cop has been banned from the job for life after stealing seven fry-ups from the canteen in his first week.
PC Jamie Larman helped himself despite knowing he was meant to pay for the grub, a misconduct hearing was told.
Trainees whose homes were more than 20 miles away could stay on-site and get free meals but he lived nearer to the training centre in Sulhamstead, Berks,
He was caught when another Thames Valley Police officer heard him say: “I’m not entitled to this but I should be, I only live just inside the boundary.”
Larman later claimed he had nicked the food to “build rapport” with colleagues.
He is now banned from applying for a job in any police force in Britain again.
Larman, 20, was a Police Community Support Officer before starting his new role as a constable in January.
But he quit after he was challenged about stealing the breakfasts. He had also been warned last year when he was caught nicking food before a training day as a PCSO.
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Chief Constable John Campbell told the hearing: “He states his actions were to build rapport with colleagues who met early for breakfast ahead of training. I consider this nonsense.
“To compound this, there is evidence he behaved similarly as a PCSO. He has no place in Thames Valley Police. If he was still serving, I would have dismissed him without notice.”
Yesterday one of Larman’s relatives insisted: “It’s pathetic. He’s not like that. He’s never been in trouble in his life. He’s getting on with his life and looking for another job.”