A FORMER Barnsley police officer who forged signatures after attending an incident would have been sacked had he not already resigned, a misconduct panel has found.

On December 11, 2024, former PC Shaid Nazir attended a report of disorder at an address in the town.

While at the incident, he witnessed a female assault another female.

It was alleged that between December 30 2024 and January 8 2025, he forged three signatures on community resolution forms and was subsequently dishonest when he was questioned about the signatures.

A report states: “A community resolution form was completed on December 30.

“The suspect signed the form.

“The victim refused to sign; she did not agree with the process and wanted formal action taking against the suspect.

“You put a line where the victim’s signature should have gone.

“It therefore appeared to anyone viewing the form that the victim had signed it herself and consented to the process.

“A second form was completed on January 8, with the appropriate conditions selected.

“You signed the form yourself, as well as signing for the suspect and victim.

“It therefore appeared to anyone viewing the form that the suspect and victim had both signed it themselves.

“(Name redacted) asked you whether you had signed the second form to which you confirmed you had.

“They asked if you had signed the first form, dated December 30, for the victim.

“You denied signing the form, advising both the victim and suspect had signed that form.”

Nazir said that he did ‘everything for the right reasons’ and said that it ‘infuriates him’ as he had never been dishonest.

But the allegations were found proven.

A report added: “The former officer’s conduct of forging signatures was improper and dishonest.

“This conduct was compounded by the former officer denying his conduct when spoken to by his sergeant and putting forward a dishonest explanation as to why the signatures were provided so closely in time.

“The former officer’s conduct constitutes discreditable conduct, and I find would undermine the police service or public confidence in policing.

“I also find that the former officer has not acted with honesty and integrity.

“Nor has he acted diligently in the exercise of his duties and responsibilities to accurately reflect the victim’s wishes.

“The proven misconduct in relation to this former officer in will significantly harm public trust and confidence in South Yorkshire Police and the police more widely.”

Had he not resigned from the force, he would have been sacked, the report said.

“In my judgement, it is an aggravating factor that the former officer’s conduct was repeated, him having twice forged the signature of the victim on two separate occasions, and once the signature of the suspect,” the report added.

“Whilst taking care not to double count, I find that the officer continued his behaviour when he realised or should have realised that it was improper.

“I find that the appropriate outcome in this case would have been dismissal without notice had the former officer remained in service.

“These proven breaches exceed the threshold of purely unacceptable or improper behaviour and reach the threshold of being so serious that it justifies dismissal.

“No other outcome than dismissal would be adequate to uphold public confidence in policing and maintain the high standards that are expected of police officers.”