Rotherham detective "failed to act on child sex abuse concerns", panel to be told
A FORMER Rotherham detective will go before a disciplinary panel next week accused of ignoring concerns about possible child sexual exploitation in the town.
- He failed to record on police systems information about or relevant to suspected victims and perpetrators of CSE in Rotherham that had been passed to him between 2009 and 2012.
- He failed to record and/or appropriately act upon information about an RMBC youth worker potentially involved in sexual exploitation in Rotherham, which had been passed to him on or about, August 21, 2009
- He failed to record and/or appropriately act upon a notification of child concern identifying two young sisters potentially at risk of CSE. The concern was communicated to Rotherham District Public Protection Unit (PPU) “and/or notified to the Rotherham district PPU as a referral on or about July 27, 2009”.
- That his conduct “breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Duties and Responsibilities and individually or cumulatively is alleged to amount to gross misconduct”.