A police officer from Amersham has been sacked after “bullying” a woman and allegedly threatening to report her to the DVLA when she was parked on private land.

PC Neil Bevan was dismissed without notice following a misconduct hearing, after he stopped a member of the public in her vehicle while it was on private land last August.

Thames Valley Police said he threatened to seize the vehicle and asked another officer to move it while he issued the woman with a traffic offence report.

TVP said PC Bevan did this “without considering if he had a proper basis for doing so and without explaining to the driver the reason for doing so”.

He also gave her the impression he would report her to the DVLA and take further regulatory action against her, but did not inform her when he later decided against it.

It was proven at the misconduct hearing that his behaviour was “abrupt, rude, bullying and/or lacking in respect and courtesy”.

The hearing ruled that he had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour as set out in Regulation 3 and the Schedule to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2012 in relation to Authority, Respect and Courtesy, and that his actions amounted to misconduct.

Following the hearing, deputy chief constable John Campbell said: “We expect all of our officers to uphold high standards of behaviour and to treat the public with respect at all times, and any allegations of behaviour that do not meet those standards are rigorously investigated.

“In this instance, PC Bevan’s actions fell far below the standards of what we, and most importantly the public, expect of police officers.

“There is no place in our force for those who behave in this manner and for this reason he has been dismissed with immediate effect.”