Misconduct Outcome for Constable Picone

A Gross Misconduct Hearing was held at Merseyside Police Headquarters, Cazneau Street, Liverpool, L3 3AN on Wednesday 1 July 2026., which lasted for two days.

Constable Benvenuto PICONE was found to have breached the following Standards of Professional Behaviour, at the level of gross misconduct:

Honestly and Integrity: In that you dishonestly and without any integrity purported to be [Person A] to Santander bank and furthermore you made the application knowing that [Person A] had not consented to it.

Honestly and Integrity: In that the officer dishonestly and without integrity submitted assignments and a dissertation to Liverpool John Moores University, that he represented that he had completed, when in fact they were completed by [Person A], and that this led to the officer being awarded a degree.

Discreditable Conduct: In that in passing off [Person A]’s work as his own in order to get an academic qualification he acted in a manner that has the propensity to bring the police service into disrepute.

The officer was dismissed without notice and has been placed on the College of Policing Barred List.

For further details please see the attached Reg43 report.