Ex-West Yorkshire Police officer charged after corruption investigation
Published 2nd Jun 2026, 13:53 BST
A former Yorkshire police officer has been charged with a number of offences after a corruption investigation.
Michael Meade was a PC based in Calderdale for West Yorkshire Police before his resigned, the force said.
The 41-year-old has been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, theft and two counts of unauthorised access to policing systems contrary to the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
The force said the charges comes after an investigation by its counter corruption unit, under the direction of the Independent Office for Police Conduct, into allegations of failure to investigate a road traffic incident, theft and misuse of police systems to access restricted information.
The offences are reported to have been committed between January 2022 and May 2023.
Meade is due to appear at Bradford Magistrates Court on Wednesday (Jun 3).