Disgraced police chief who resigned from power after having intercourse with rookie officer almost half his age will get new profession as cheesemonger

A disgraced former police chief who resigned from the power after abusing his place to have intercourse with a rookie officer almost half is age is now making cheese for a residing.

Chief Superintendent Daniel Greenwood, 41, this week accepted gross misconduct costs after having an affair with a scholar police officer, PC Caitlin Howarth – and breaking Covid guidelines to take action.

Married Greenwood was 37 and head of Covid enforcement when the connection began, whereas glamourous younger Howard, who he had helped be part of the power, was simply 20 years outdated.

The previous Bradford district commander give up the West Yorkshire police this week and admitted to abusing his place for sexual functions.

The panel mentioned on Thursday that he would have been sacked had be not already voluntarily resigned from his £103,000-a-year job. 

Leaving his 21-year profession within the power behind him, Greenwood of Bingley, West Yorkshire, has turn into a cheesemonger, establishing Eldwick Creamery, which has already gained awards.

The corporate’s web site has a bit titled ‘The Founder’s Story’, which reads: ‘The strains and distractions of changing into an grownup took over till occasions in 2020/2021 made me re-evaluate my life.

‘I had all the time flirted with the thought of cheesemaking, nonetheless those self same grownup distractions led to quite a few cheesemaking kits sitting in my cabinet, previous their expiry date. 

‘One chilly November morning in 2021, I made a decision to alter the course of my life. 

‘My journey into cheese actually started with a 6 mile stroll over Baildon Moor to get contemporary milk from a merchandising machine. 

‘From that day I made cheese with my expired rennet, I used to be immediately hooked. 

‘The exacting nature of cheesemaking, with precision in nearly each course of, fascinated me but additionally awoke my inside little one and the will to experiment, to create and to push myself.

‘Being artistic introduced me pleasure, and now I need to push myself to offer you pleasure by my meals.’

Their prime product is a restricted batch triple crème brie known as ‘Brie by Gum’, and churns out different merchandise reminiscent of a goats cheese known as Go t’ foot oft’ Stairs at its Yorkshire manufacturing unit.

Howarth, in the meantime, has already give up the power and faces a future disciplinary listening to of her personal.

Greenwood’s misconduct got here to gentle after Howarth, now 24, began a relationship with a drug supplier she met on Tinder named Joseph Shaw.

Used automotive salesman Shaw, 29, who beforehand appeared on First Dates, was jailed in January 2023.

He was sentenced to 6 and a half years behind bars after admitting a drug plot along with his brother Daniel, 25.

Howarth was arrested over her hyperlinks to Shaw and was as a result of face trial in York subsequent yr charged with misconduct in public workplace.

However on Tuesday the Crown Prosecution Service mentioned legal proceedings had been halted.

She continues to be the topic of a police misconduct investigation.

Greenwood, who exploited his senior rank to pursue a bootleg relationship with Howard, a girl 17 years his junior, had intercourse along with her when he went out jogging.

He has been suspended from the power since November 2021, when the affair got here to gentle. 

Greenwood’s tribunal this week heard that he breached stay-at-home guidelines to go to Howarth’s flat for intercourse when she was aged 21.

The panel chairman, Craig Hassall KC, mentioned essentially the most damaging issue when it comes to the police’s popularity was that Greenwood breached Covid guidelines when he had intercourse with Howarth whereas he was silver commander for the police power’s response to the pandemic.

Mr Hassall mentioned there had been ‘widespread public revulsion’ in the previous few years over circumstances the place figures of authority have been seen to be breaching the principles whereas others have been prevented from seeing dying kinfolk or going to funerals.

He mentioned this was worse than the publicity over the affair itself, which was a ‘consenting relationship between two adults’, in response to The Instances.

However he mentioned the connection was ‘conspicuously opposite to all the obtainable tips’ and there was ‘important hurt’ attributable to the misconduct, each internally and externally to West Yorkshire Police.

Greenwood accepted he breached the ‘spirit’ of the Covid guidelines, however not the ‘letter’ on the panel. 

Following the panel’s determination, Greenwood will nonetheless have the ability to hold his pension, having not been charged with a legal offence.

Greenwood’s identify will now be added to the Faculty of Policing barred listing, stopping him from ever once more work in policing. 

Mr Hassall mentioned: ‘In our judgment, the seriousness of gross misconduct admitted and located proved signifies that nothing lower than dismissal can be enough to keep up confidence in West Yorkshire Police and policing typically.

‘The previous officer would have been dismissed had he not already ceased to be a member of the police power when he tended his resignation two days in the past.’

The misconduct listening to, held at power headquarters in Wakefield, heard Greenwood was launched to the then 20-year-old by her mom, when she was looking for a job with the police.

He agreed to assist Howarth, known as Miss A within the listening to, apply for a job within the police power in December 2019.

However after assembly in individual in March 2020, the pair swapped flirty messages and sexually specific footage over the summer time. 

The pair had intercourse in January 2021, shortly after Howarth’s twenty first birthday and when she had been a probationer PC for simply seven weeks, and once more in July 2021. 

‘Hearsay was rife’ over the fling, with ‘tittle-tattle’ and ‘gossip’ spreading amongst junior ranks, the listening to was informed. 

Senior officers additionally had considerations after Greenwood disclosed her GCSE outcomes to HR, personally delivered her uniform and attended her occupational well being appointment. 

After the affair got here to gentle in November 2021, embarrassed Greenwood tried to carry out a manufacturing unit reset on his iPhone to hide the proof.

He remained suspended from that date till his resignation on Tuesday.

The panel mentioned Greenwood abused ‘an apparent place of belief and duty’ and intentionally hid the connection from superiors.

Mr Hassall mentioned: ‘Miss A was susceptible as a result of her younger age and really junior rank and her earlier psychological well being challenges, all of which instantly apparent components.

‘The previous officer established himself in a particular place of energy and belief when he enthusiastically agreed to mentor and help her all through her recruitment to West Yorkshire Police.

‘If he didn’t recognise Miss A’s vulnerability in these circumstances then he ought to have performed.’

He added: ‘He was her self appointed mentor and latterly her district commander. We’re solely happy that the previous officer’s conduct did quantity to an abuse of his place for a sexual objective.’ 

The panel was informed that in a nationwide Covid lockdown in January 2021, Greenwood breached rules to go to the younger girl’s flat – which she shared along with her boyfriend – for intercourse.

The panel mentioned breaches of the principles ‘undermined public confidence in policing’. 

Mr Hassall mentioned: ‘There was there stays widespread public revulsion in direction of breaches of covid rules by these in positions of belief and duty, whereas the overwhelming majority have been doing their finest to observe the principles usually at a grievous price.’

Issues unravelled in October 2021 when Miss A turned to Greenwood for recommendation after assembly Joseph Shaw on Tinder, whose brother Daniel was in jail on the time.

When she informed Greenwood of her contact with Shaw, he mockingly replied: ‘He will not cease till he is s***ged you. That is not okay.’

Shaw, who was jailed in January 2023, as soon as supplied one in every of First Dates’ most memorable moments by revealing he had already met his blind date on the practice — they usually had spent the night time collectively. 

Mr Hassall mentioned: ‘From then till Miss A’s arrest on November 2, 2021, the flirtatious and overtly sexual messages between Miss A and the previous officer truly elevated.’ 

When Greenwood was informed Howarth had been arrested over her hyperlinks to Shaw, he didn’t disclose their sexual relationship. 

As a substitute, he used Google to analysis: ‘Does erasing an iPhone delete every little thing? and ‘can knowledge be restored after erased iPhone’.

Shortly afterwards, Greenwood carried out a manufacturing unit reset of his cellular. 

Howarth was as a result of face a trial in York subsequent yr charged with misconduct in a public workplace. 

The previous officer, who lives in Bingley, West Yorkshire, beforehand posted pictures of herself in revealing clothes on social media – together with to her Instagram account which had greater than 10,000 followers. 

However on Tuesday, the identical day as Greenwood’s resignation, the Crown Prosecution Service mentioned legal proceedings had been halted and that no proof can be provided. She continues to be the topic of a police misconduct investigation. 

The tribunal heard that Greenwood’s spouse is present process remedy for most cancers and is standing by him. 

The shamed officer was described as being a ‘high-functioning alcoholic’ who was affected by undiagnosed advanced post-traumatic stress. 

Delivering his conclusions, Mr Hassall mentioned: ‘Nobody might fail to really feel sympathy for the previous officer’s household for the impact that his misconduct has had on them.

‘Nobody might fail to really feel sympathy in relation to the trauma that has precipitated the previous officer’s psychological ailing well being’.

Greenwood, who admitted discreditable conduct amounting to gross misconduct, first joined the Ministry of Defence police in 2003, earlier than transferring to West Midlands Police in 2004.

He joined West Yorkshire Police in 2006 and was made chief inspector six years later.

He was appointed chief superintendent in 2020 and had been tipped to turn into an assistant chief constable.