West Midlands Police face criticism after using entertainment company for tribunal tickets

A former police constable has hit out at the force for using an entertainments company to distribute tickets for his employment tribunal.

Kirk Van Niekerk, who worked for West Midlands Police, was found guilty of gross misconduct last month. A colleague smelled cannabis coming from his car in November, when he was conducting a missing persons search at 3am in a marked police car. This eventually led to a misconduct hearing on the grounds of smoking cannabis on duty.