Staffordshire Police staff jailed for helping others dodge speeding fines
The pair accessed data that they shouldn't have, multiple times
Two members of Staffordshire Police have been jailed for helping others dodge speeding fines.
Samantha Halden-Evans, 36, and Jonathan Hill, 47, who were police camera operators, conspired to delete offence details so that people known to them would avoid speeding penalties.
Hill also asked Halden-Evans to check number plates to see if the drivers had been caught speeding at specific locations.
Halden-Evans was also found to be passing on details about which speed cameras in Staffordshire were active.
Further charges against her said she had accessed and disclosed data on police computer systems without authorisation, including information relating to a murder probe.
Halden-Evans, from Cheadle, was jailed for four years at Stafford Crown Court having admitted conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, wilfully neglecting to perform duty/wilfully misconducting herself, and two counts of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
Hill, from Newcastle, had also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit MIPO at an earlier hearing and received an 18-month jail sentence.
Independent Office of Police Conduct director of operations Steve Noonan said: "The offences committed by these two individuals amounted to very serious corruption.
"In addition to the deletion of speeding offences, evidence showed that Hill was asking Halden-Evans to check whether people had been caught by cameras speeding on certain roads.
"She was also passing on details about whether speed cameras in Staffordshire were active or not, and there were other data breaches including one relating to a murder investigation."