A FORMER officer has been sentenced after admitting unauthorised use of police computer systems. 

Armaan Ahmed, 25, appeared at Leeds Crown Court at the end of last month and pleaded guilty to computer misuse and corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges.

He appeared at the court again yesterday and was sentenced to a total of 16 months' imprisonment, suspended for 18 months. He was also given a community order.  

The offences happened between May 1, 2021, and August 31, 2021, and came to light as a result of enquiries by the force's Professional Standards Directorate after concerns were reported by one of Ahmed's colleagues.

Ahmed was a police constable in Calderdale district at the time of his arrest on 22 June 2022.

He resigned from the organisation on June 24, 2022, but remains subject to a separate misconduct investigation, with a view to him being banned from working in any further role in policing, according to the force.

Detective Chief Superintendent Tanya Wilkins, head of West Yorkshire Police's Professional Standards Directorate, said: "We take any suggestion of the unauthorised access of data extremely seriously and I hope the public are reassured by the action taken in this case."