A senior police officer is accused of unlawfully accessing police computer records and sharing information with a nightclub bouncer linked to a past personal relationship. According to reports, Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, used police systems to log into records and pass on details to Simon Acton, a bouncer at a nightclub. The allegations describe that the officer and Acton had a relationship in the past, including claims that they had sex twice.
The reports state that the matter is being treated as a serious breach of professional conduct and includes the possibility of a custodial sentence. The accounts focus on the act of accessing police files and transferring information rather than on any specific operational outcome. The outlets do not provide additional confirmed context about what particular records were accessed, what information Acton received, or how it was used. The reporting centers on the alleged misuse of police systems and the officer’s connection to the recipient of the information, as set out by investigators.
