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Name of officer: Former PC Jack Avis
Date of hearing: Monday 6 July 2026
Details of hearing:
The hearing will be chaired by Chief Constable BJ Harrington.
The officer’s conduct is alleged to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour (SPB) in the following area:
Honesty & Integrity
Authority, Respect and Courtesy
Orders & Instructions
Duties & Responsibilities
Confidentiality
Discreditable Conduct
It is alleged that former Constable Jack AVIS use an Essex Police issued mobile phone device to take a number of photographs. The photographs taken by AVIS were of the screen of a another mobile phone, whilst is displayed sexually explicit images. Lawful Business Monitoring indicated that AVIS deleted these images from his force issued device a short time later.
Applications to attend will close at 12pm on Friday 3 July 2026.
Please ensure that you have read the conditions of entry prior to booking.