POLICE officers in South Yorkshire have been arrested for offences including seeking prostitution, assault, affray and possessing an offensive weapon.
Twenty officers have been arrested between January 2003 and October 2008, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed.
Of the 19 men and one woman arrested, six resigned as serving officers and another was sacked during his
probationary period.
Six cases were dropped because of insufficient evidence and another five were dropped on the advice of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Four cases reached court - one for theft, two for drink driving and one for using violence.
The 41-year-old male officer arrested for theft was fined and resigned before a force misconduct hearing was held.
A 22-year-old man arrested for using violence was fined £90 and quit the force before the case reached court. Fixed penalty notices were issued to two officers, aged 41 and 40, for public order offences - the younger of which resigned his post.
A 31-year-old male officer who received an official caution for battery and possession of an offensive weapon resigned. A 22-year-old probationary officer who accepted a caution for drunk and disorderly behaviour has also resigned.
A woman aged 22 and a man of 45 arrested for drink driving, were both fined and banned from driving. The woman resigned before the case reached court but the man is still serving despite facing a force misconduct hearing.
One case, involving a 36-year-old man accused of drink driving, has not yet reached court.
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