Jessica Hamer allegedly searched on a colleague’s computer (Picture: Getty)

A police officer ‘looked up information on a domestic abuse victim for someone who was a suspect in the case’, a misconduct panel heard.

Jessica Hamer accessed the woman’s name, address and crime report on a police station computer, Kent Police claimed at a hearing in Maidstone.

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Hamer’s ex-boyfriend told the hearing a friend asked if he could help track down an ex-partner so he asked Ms Hamer for a ‘favour’.

The force said there was no policing reason for the search, which she carried out while on duty at Margate Police station on August 11 2014.


Hamer, who joined the force in 2001 and is now a detective constable, denies gross misconduct and breaching professional standards of behaviour.

Hamer is now a detective constable at Kent Police (Picture: Google Maps)

Her former partner – only identified as Mr A – said: ‘I later found out it was a (breach of responsibility).’



He denied knowing there had been a domestic incident between the pair and claims Hamer told him she found a ‘marker’ on the case so could not look into the matter further and did not provide the information.

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He claims he told her she had used someone else’s computer so there would be ‘no paper trail’ back to her.

But Hamer’s defence barrister Kevin Baumber accused Mr A of carrying out a ‘character assassination’ of the officer with a ‘splatter gun’ approach of a string of ‘speculative complaints’ to see ‘which one stuck’.

Mr A, who claimed he was the subject of domestic abuse, harassment, coercive behaviour, said: ‘I don’t think she should be a police officer.

Hamer was asked to search by her ex-boyfriend (Picture: Getty)

‘When you’re in a relationship with someone who has so much control of you, you just toe the line.

‘I was under the thumb and controlled. I wouldn’t put anything past her.

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‘But I wanted to do the right thing in the end. I’m a victim.

‘I don’t think people who abuse their position should be in a job of authority.’

PC Leah Roberts, whose computer log in was used to carry out the search, said she initially could not remember whether she made the inquiry herself or whether she left her desk at the time her computer was used to access the information.

She told the hearing it was possible the search could be made as part of her role but it was unlikely on that day as she was carrying out other tasks.

She is not facing misconduct proceedings, the panel heard.

The hearing is expected to last three days.

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