A West Midlands Police inspector has been found guilty of misconduct after a complaint to the watchdog over his decision-making during the search for a highly vulnerable psychiatric patient who was hit and killed by a train in 2020.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed that the officer – understood to be Inspector Collin Baker – had been given a written warning to last for 18 months, after misconduct was proven against him at a private meeting on Wednesday.
