Shannon Burt
Introduction
Shannon Burt is a former police constable who served with Greater Manchester Police and later Cheshire Constabulary, and who was barred from policing after an accelerated misconduct hearing found she had shared confidential body-worn video footage on three separate occasions and had supplied anabolic steroids to a man. Chief Constable Mark Roberts, the decision maker, ruled that sharing police bodycam footage without a policing purpose was so serious that the conduct alone would have resulted in her dismissal, and found on the evidence that she had supplied steroids — a finding she denied. Burt had already resigned before the hearing.
Background Information
Burt’s policing career spanned two forces. The body-worn video sharing occurred on various dates in 2022 while she was serving with Greater Manchester Police; the steroid-supply allegation concerned later conduct, including WhatsApp messages dated March 7, 2023. By the time of the accelerated misconduct hearing on August 18, 2026, she had already resigned from the police service. The case crossed force boundaries: the footage findings related to her GMP service, while the hearing was held under Cheshire Constabulary, her final force.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Misconduct findings, not criminal convictions. The findings below come from a Cheshire Constabulary accelerated misconduct hearing decided by Chief Constable Mark Roberts. Burt admitted sending the footage and accepted breaches of confidentiality and discreditable conduct; she denied purchasing or supplying steroids, and the panel rejected her explanation on the evidence. The sources report no criminal charges.
The hearing was told Burt shared body-worn video footage on three separate occasions in 2022 while serving with Greater Manchester Police. She accepted sending the footage and accepted that her actions breached professional standards relating to confidentiality and discreditable conduct. She apologised, but Chief Constable Roberts ruled that sharing police bodycam footage without a policing purpose was so serious that the conduct alone would have resulted in dismissal.
Burt also faced the allegation that she had been concerned in the supply of anabolic steroids, a Class C controlled drug. She denied purchasing or supplying steroids to a man or anyone else, but the decision maker rejected her explanation of WhatsApp messages dated March 7, 2023, which included a reference to having “bought his steroids lol.” The Chief Constable found on the evidence that Burt had supplied steroids to a male, ruled that her conduct amounted to gross misconduct, and said it would seriously undermine public trust and confidence in policing if it became known.
Public Reaction and Consequences
Because Burt had already resigned before the hearing, the panel expressed its sanction in the conditional: the judgment concluded that the only appropriate disciplinary outcome would have been dismissal without notice had she still been serving. She was placed on the Barred List, preventing her from returning to the policing profession. The outcome was published in September 2026 and reported by the police-misconduct tracker Misconduct999.
Current Status
Burt is a former police officer on the College of Policing Barred List following the August 2026 hearing. The bar covers policing employment across the UK. No appeal against the outcome was reported in the sources available.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The case combined two of the most damaging findings available against a modern officer: leaking operational footage, and involvement with controlled drugs. Burt’s own admissions on the footage counts, together with the WhatsApp message the panel found dispositive on supply, converted what could have been a misconduct warning into a career-ending gross-misconduct bar that permanently excludes her from policing.
Sources
- Misconduct999, “Police Officer Supplied Anabolic Steroids And Shared BODYCAM Footage Before Quitting Force,” 2 September 2026. source