Northamptonshire chief constable fined £50,000 for contempt

"Ivan Balhatchet is believed to be the first chief constable held in contempt of court" translates in plain English to "This is the first time we have been unable to protect our own because the evidence is so damning"

"In witness statements prepared for the courts, Chief Constable Balhatchet insisted all body-worn video had been released to her or deleted. But eventually her lawyers obtained audit logs revealing such claims to be false - there more videos, but they had been accessed by the police dozens of times"

If you are the chief constable and you do a contempt of court that seems like a no longer chief constable deal

Does feel like this behaviour from a Chief Constable deserves more consequence than a £50k fine.

i would remove a large portion of "The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire, Ivan Balhatchet" - pension a precedent that will concentrate the minds of ppl ultimately responsible for this stuff

It appears that Ivan Balhatchet is merely the guy left carrying the can: "The BBC has asked for comment from Balhatchet's predecessor, Nick Adderley (chief constable of Northamptonshire Police) at the time of the incident..."

Ivan Balhatchet is believed to be the first chief constable to be found in contempt of court. The BBC news article is shocking.

The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire, Ivan Balhatchet, was found guilty of contempt of court in November and fined £50,000 for failing to release the body-worn videos to her.

There's a whole 'nother "judge ignores the law" slice to this story too... www.5essex.co.uk/data-brief/b...

Read about grotesque abuse of power and criminal conduct by two separate forces here with a chief constable guilty of contempt of court, then get to the end and discover the previous Northants chief constable when the incident happened is *Nick Adderley*, who’s facing separate criminal charges.

if a lawyer or a health professional lied to a court their career would be over. The article understandably concentrates on the Chief Constable but how many officers must have given dishonest evidence for the case to get here?

Straight from central casting, isn't he? "Ivan Balhatchet is believed to be the first chief constable to be found in contempt of court" From https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yxley0pp5o

Assuming you've seen the story this morning of the Nottingham Chief Constable being fined for contempt of court

No, I meant people went off the rails at the Chief Constable/Dep Commissioner level. The scary level

Interesting their previous Chief Constable's been charged with misconduct in a public office.