THE actions of a former officer who sent messages to a student amounted to gross misconduct.

Former PC Piotr Chmurzynski, started his employment with Thames Valley Police (TVP) on June 18.

During his initial training with TVP, Chmurzynski was undergoing a misconduct process with his former employer, a language academy.

At this time, Chmurzynski denied both in writing and verbally that he sent personal messages to a student at the academy.

Sending the messages would have breached the terms of his employment.

At a further meeting with his former employer on June 26, he admitted sending the messages to the student, and lying when he initially denied sending the messages.

A special case misconduct hearing was held by the chief constable of TVP, Francis Habgood, at headquarters in Oxfordshire.

It was concluded that a police constable would have been dismissed without notice from the force, had he not resigned at an earlier date.

The College of Policing have been informed and Chmurzynski will be unable to apply to be a police officer at any other force.

John Campbell, deputy chief constable of TVP, said: “Officers who represent Thames Valley Police have a duty to act with integrity and honesty.

“In this case the officer fell short of the standards required and would have been dismissed had he not offered his resignation.”