A BRADFORD police officer will face a misconduct hearing next week accused of stealing motorcycling clothing from police and selling it on eBay.

PC David Hitchcocks, worked in the Off-Road Motorbike Team based at Eccleshill when it’s alleged the incidents took place in 2018 and 2019.

He will go before a hearing from September 1 to 3 charged with breaching the Standards of Professional Behaviour in relation to honesty and integrity, and discreditable conduct.

He had been due before the misconduct panel in April this year, but the hearing will now take place next month.

It’s alleged PC Hitchcocks was caught on CCTV entering the station on July 2, 2019, empty handed, and leaving a short time later with a large carrier bag.

A colleague noticed a pair of motorcycle boots issued to him by the force were missing from the locker room, and on July 13 a pair of boots matching the missing pair were found for sale on eBay.

The account selling the boots was identified as belonging to PC Hitchcocks and the boots were sold four days later to a member of the public for £170.

Police then found four other items of motorcycle clothing and another pair of boots belonging to police had been sold by the same account between January and October 2018.

It’s known PC Hitchcocks was involved in a crash while at work in June 2018 and the clothing and boots worn by him during the accident were held in police property, and he is known to have removed the items from the store in September that year.

On September 16, October 7 and October 21, PC Hitchcocks is alleged to have sold items matching the description of the items taken on eBay.

PC Hitchcocks is accused of taking police property on two occasions and selling it without the consent or knowledge of West Yorkshire Police.