Rebecca Greville

Introduction

Rebecca Greville is a former Police Constable Degree Apprentice with Avon and Somerset Police who was barred from policing after a misconduct panel found gross misconduct proven over her handling of a suspected drink-driving case. PC Greville had resigned from the force by the time her panel sat at Police and Fire Headquarters in Portishead on Thursday 10 September 2026, and she would have been dismissed had she not already done so. The panel found she had breached the standards of professional behaviour for honesty and integrity, duties and responsibilities, and orders and instructions. At the centre of the case was a station breath test carried out in Weston-super-Mare on 9 September 2025: the test was administered incorrectly, the official record was written days later and backdated to appear contemporaneous, and the inaccurate document was submitted to the case file — with the result that the arrested individual was sent a postal requisition to attend court. The prosecution was halted after Greville’s own supervisor spotted a discrepancy between her form and her body-worn video.

Background Information

Greville served with Avon and Somerset Police as a Police Constable Degree Apprentice, a trainee constable route the force refers to by the abbreviation PCDA. By the time of the panel she had completed two years’ service, and she told the panel that this relative inexperience left her lacking knowledge of the breath test procedure and lacking confidence in approaching supervisors for help and advice. Her career was still at the stage where her work was being formally assessed: she submitted the drink-drive file, including body-worn video footage of the interaction, as part of the evidence in her competency portfolio. It was that portfolio submission — made to demonstrate her competence — that ultimately exposed the case against her. The underlying incident dated to 9 September 2025, when she handled a suspected drink-driving case in Weston-super-Mare and took the individual for a station breath test.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated. The findings in this section come from a police misconduct panel, which found the allegations proven and issued its sanction. These are regulatory findings, not criminal convictions.

According to the panel’s findings, Greville failed to follow the breath testing process correctly. She did not ask the detainee the required questions about whether they had consumed anything recently, and she did not give the properly worded warning about failing to complete the test. She then did not complete her record of the procedure for several days, backdating it to appear contemporaneous. In that record she said she had carried out the procedure correctly and recorded responses the detainee had not given, and she submitted this inaccurate document to the case file. As a result, the arrested individual was sent a postal requisition to attend court.

The backdated record unravelled when the supervisor reviewing Greville’s competency portfolio identified the discrepancy between what the body-worn video footage showed and what her submitted form recorded. The supervisor raised the concerns with the Professional Standards Department, the case was withdrawn and the prosecution was halted. When first questioned about her actions, Greville claimed to have completed the procedure correctly. She later accepted making mistakes but denied acting dishonestly or with intent to mislead. The panel at Portishead on 10 September 2026 found gross misconduct proven across the three standards: honesty and integrity, duties and responsibilities, and orders and instructions.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The outcome was announced by Avon and Somerset Police, which reported that Greville was barred from policing and would have been dismissed had she not already resigned. Chief Inspector Jo Hayward-Melen, deputy head of professional standards, said: “Police officers subscribe to a code of ethics which includes being accountable for our decisions.” “We must take a stand against anything which could bring our profession into disrepute”, she said, adding: “PCDA Rebecca Greville could have asked for help if unsure of the procedure and should have admitted her mistakes when challenged.” She expressed the hope that “the panel’s decision will reassure the public of our commitment to clear our ranks of those who don’t meet the high standards they rightly expect of police officers.” The most concrete consequence fell outside Greville’s own career: a drink-driving prosecution that had already reached the requisition stage was withdrawn and halted after her inaccurate paperwork came to light.

Current Status

Greville is a former officer who has been barred from policing. Her resignation preceded the panel’s finding, and the panel determined that dismissal would otherwise have followed, so she cannot return to Avon and Somerset or join another force. The case against the arrested individual was withdrawn and the prosecution halted. No criminal proceedings against Greville were announced in the force’s published account, and the finding stands as a regulatory outcome rather than a conviction. The force said the full outcome of the hearing would be added to the misconduct section of its website when available.

Impact on Their Career/Life

For Greville, the finding ended a policing career that, by her own account to the panel, was two years old. She left the force by resignation, was barred from policing, and carries an adjudicated gross-misconduct finding for dishonesty on the public record. The force’s response to her explanation — that she lacked experience of the breath test procedure and lacked the confidence to ask supervisors for help — was that she “could have asked for help if unsure of the procedure and should have admitted her mistakes when challenged”. The wider cost extended to the justice process itself: a drink-drive case reached the court-requisition stage on the strength of a record that was backdated and inaccurate. Beyond her panel explanation, no public statements from Greville have been published.