Married cop quits after ‘abusing place’ to have intercourse with glam rookie cop, 21

A married police chief who had sex with a glamorous rookie officer 17 years his junior resigned ahead of a misconduct hearing, it emerged today.

Ex-Chief Superintendent Daniel Greenwood, 41, resigned just hours before he faced accusations he had abused his position to have sex with a 21-year-old probationary officer.

His resignation was disclosed at a police misconduct hearing held today in Wakefield, West Yorks,. Caitlin Howarth, 24, was suspended from duty in 2021 – charges against her were later dropped.

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Documents which were due to be presented to hearing disclosed how Greenwood had admitted abusing his position to have sex with the woman.

He had been accused of having sex with the woman, only referred to as Miss A in the documents, while on duty and exchanging explicit videos and messages.

It has previously been reported that Greenwood faced misconduct proceedings over an affair with a rookie officers named Caitlin Howarth.

Howarth, who herself faces a misconduct hearing, regularly posts glam photos on social media to her 10,000 followers.

Greenwood yesterday resigned from his 20-year career ahead of a police misconduct hearing – on the same day criminal charges were dropped against Howarth.

The pair had sex in January 2021, while Greenwood was in charge of Bradford’s covid response, and again that July.

The pair met when Greenwood helped her apply for a job with the force and they exchanged sexually explicit pictures for more than a year.

The fling between the pair caused “tittle-tattle and gossip in the ranks” and he tried to carry out a factory reset on his iPhone in a bid to conceal the evidence, the misconduct panel was told.

In an opening note, John Beggs KC said: “An officer of Greenwood’s experience, service and rank knew – or ought reasonably to have known – that his sexual dalliances with this probationer were bound to bring discredit upon the police service.

“Greenwood’s motivations for helping Miss A with her application to join West Yorkshire Police morphed, at least in part, into sexual self-interest.”

The misconduct hearing, held at force headquarters in Wakefield, heard Greenwood met Miss A after being introduced by her mother, who was a governor at his children’s primary school.

He agreed to help her apply for a job in the police force in December 2019.

But after meeting in person in March 2020, the pair swapped flirty messages and sexually explicit pictures over the summer.

Miss A told investigators: “He always asked me to delete the messages. I think he deleted them to that his wife didn’t see. “

The panel was told Greenwood admitted exchanging sexually explicit messages but ‘believed she was mature and had adult capacity to engage in a sexual relationship with him’.

Mr Beggs, said their relationship was ‘obviously inappropriate’ given their respective status.

In was told that in October 2020, Greenwood turned up at her parent’s house and the pair had ‘consensual dressed sexual activity’, a month before she officially joined the force.

The panel was told that during a national Covid lockdown in January 2021, Greenwood breached regulations to visit Miss A’s flat – which she shared with her boyfriend – for sex while on duty.

Mr Beggs said: “Greenwood knew very well that to attend Miss A’s home address for sexual activity would be in breach of the law and plainly not acceptable.”

Greenwood then turned up to her new flat in July that year for sex, the panel was told.

Miss A told investigators: “I think it only ever came about because I was going through a rough time with my boyfriend and he was giving me attention for quite a few months.

“After a few months of speaking to him… I ended up getting feelings.”

The panel was told matters began to unravel when Greenwood advised Miss A she did not need to give reasons for applying for annual leave.

She then revealed this advise to a senior officer, who asked Greenwood what he knew of her circumstances.

Mr Beggs said Greenwood ‘began to appreciate the trouble he had brought upon himself’ and he searched online if police could recover iPhone data.

Miss A then turned to Greenwood for advice entering a relationship with Joseph Shaw, whose brother Daniel was in prison at the time.

Both Joseph and Daniel Shaw were later jailed for their roles in an operation to supply large quantities of Class A drugs in Bradford.

Greenwood told her to fill in a notifiable association form, adding: “Always here if you want to talk.”

In October, Miss A was on a date with Joseph Shaw when she showed him a photograph taken from a crime scene that showed laundry bags full of heroin.

Greenwood was suspended by superiors in November 2021, a day after Miss A was arrested for not disclosing her relationship to Shaw.

Greenwood, whose wife is undergoing treatment for cancer, was not present at the hearing, but admitted gross misconduct.

A panel will decide tomorrow (Thursday) if his conduct would have led to his dismissal had he not resigned.

Representing Greenwood, Hugh Davies KC told the hearing he suffered post-traumatic stress and was not fit to give evidence.

He said: “A highly promising police career has ended. Many perceived he had the potential to become a chief officer. That is all now gone.

“Behind the high achievements at work is a complex personality with addictive characteristics.

“This manifested historically as alcohol addiction throughout his career. He could be characterised as being a high functioning alcoholic.”

Howarth was due to face a trial in York next year charged with misconduct in a public office.

But on Tuesday, the Crown Prosecution Service said criminal proceedings had been halted and that no evidence would be offered.