A uniformed police officer has been caught apparently using a phone while driving.
Images allegedly show an officer for Cleveland Police scroll on a mobile while sat behind the wheel of an unmarked police car.
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The incident is said to have happened on Linthorpe Road in Middlesborough.
In the photos, a policeman in uniform appears to use a phone which has been placed on his leg.
The officer is sat in a white car, with his face down and allegedly scrolling with one finger.
Cleveland Police told Metro.co.uk: We are aware of a photo which is said to show a police officer checking a mobile phone while he was in an unmarked car which was stationary at the time.
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The officer self–referred the matter shortly afterwards to his supervisor and the Forces Directorate of Standards and Ethics has been informed.
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Inquiries are on-going and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further at this early stage.
Drivers now face six points and or a £200 fine if they are caught driving while on a mobile phone after tougher laws were introduced last year.
Under existing case law a person may still be driving while the engine is running and the vehicle is stationary.
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Last week, West Yorkshire Police announced they were investigating an officer who had been filmed allegedly using a mobile phone while at traffic lights.
In the video the officer – who has not been named – appears to be using a device while the van is stopped near Bridge Street, Bradford.
And in July, a senior officer with Cleveland Police was fined £200 after he was filmed using his phone at the wheel.
Superintendent Mark Thornton, ex-head of the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, was also hit with six penalty points after footage of him using a mobile phone while driving emerged.
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