A uniformed police officer has been caught on camera dropping rubbish at a spot already blighted by flytippers.

He was filmed by a security camera belonging to a nearby business, the director of which has previously publicly condemned the people who have repeatedly left waste outside his firm’s entrance.

Keighley’s police commander said two officers were being investigated in connection with the latest incident.

Tony Day, director of Marrose Engineering, in Becks Road, said his staff told him about the litter-bug policeman.

He said: “I was informed that there had been an incident at 5pm the previous day. On checking the CCTV I was appalled to see that on this occasion it was a male police constable on duty, discarding food in a plastic bag while having a quick break.

“This was reported to Keighley Police immediately and one of my colleagues received a call back from a sergeant who apologised.

“It beggars belief that anyone, let alone a police officer, thinks they can just jettison rubbish wherever they wish.

“He must have known it was wrong to do so – he threw it almost directly under the ‘no tipping’ sign.

“It’s ridiculous. Here we are trying to catch people who are dumping rubbish illegally and a police officer drops litter on the same spot.

“For my part, it is not the issue of a large amount of waste being dumped and its effect on my busines.

“It is more of a concern that a policeman should be seen to be doing this and quite clearly has no respect for anyone else’s property whether it is public or private.

“I have trouble in differentiating him from the low life who thought he could dump a large amount of waste here some months ago.

“I would like to hear his explanation of how he thinks dumping rubbish anywhere is acceptable.

“I am not anti-establishment, but I expect the highest standards from police officers.”

Chief Supt Ian Kennedy, of Airedale and North Bradford Police, said: “If proven this type of conduct is totally beyond what we expect of our staff and cannot be condoned .

“We have started a thorough investigation into the alleged behaviour, one member of staff has already been given a Fixed Penalty Notice for the littering offence.

“Allegations such as these are taken very seriously and we will not hesitate to take disciplinary action if the investigation confirms that further offences have been committed.”