Two days ago, a police officer Peter Bunyan, who worked for the Devon and Cornwall Police was charged for sexually exploiting vulnerable women on numerous occasions.
The officer who belongs to Carharrack a town near Camborne had been working for the Devon and Cornwall Police since 2003. Questions are being asked, whether there has been a slack on the police department’s part since apparently Mr. Bunyan’s past has been shady too. It is also being held that such repetitive negligence and criminal offences could not have gone unnoticed when they were being undertaken at a public office.
Peter Bunyan, 40, worked for the police department as a police community support officer who had earlier resigned from the post of a police officer in Hampshire force back in the 1990s. It is still being questioned as to whether his background was thoroughly verified before he was recruited at the Devon and Cornwall Police Department.
He faced a total of 12 counts of misconduct in public office especially for sexually targeting vulnerable women on repeated occasions. Though he is expected to be sacked today, he was acquitted of four of the alleged counts but pronounced guilty for the other eight.
The inquiry has held that he was found harassing and indulging in sexual activities with girls who had mental health problems. Especially a case where he encouraged a girl to send explicit pictures of her –the girl was proven to be mentally ill. Furthermore, the allegations included engaging in sexual intercourse with at least five women when he was on duty. A specific attention was sought for the fact that he would usually lower the volume of his radio before having sex with the girls; leading to further negligence. In one other occasions, he was found guilty of sending sexual text messages to a girl, illegally entering police records, passing on confidential private information to unauthorized people and obtaining a loan.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) voiced, in the words of Commissioner Rachel Cerfontyne said that this man completely abused the position of trust he was in, and he is a disgrace to the police service. He has rightly been found guilty. His punishment was considered as a message that corrupt officers will be found out and severely punished.
The officer has been jailed for seven years at the Taunton crown court for crimes that were committed in the areas of Camborne and Redruth over the past five years.
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