A MEMBER of staff at GMP's North Manchester HQ was dismissed after blocking a toilet and causing £7,000-worth of damage.

The worker was one of several on the force to be brought before tribunals between January and March this year.

According to a list of outcomes from these tribunals released this week, the blocked toilet was 'a serious health and safety issue'.

The member of staff involved was dismissed at a hearing on January 26.

Meanwhile, another worker received a written warning for their own treatment of a toilet.

They smeared 'blood and mucus' on the walls of a toilet in the workplace, and were warned as a result at a hearing on January 14.

Others who received a written warning included one constable who used a personal vehicle in a police chase while not on duty.

This police chase ended in a crash.

Another constable used CS gas on a 13-year-old boy as he tried to flee from a stop and search, in what was described as 'a disproportionate and unreasonable use of force'.

And final written warnings were given to a constable and sergeant in a relationship who lied to their own colleagues when reporting a neighbour in a parking row.

More serious punishments were given to two staff members who were convicted of crimes.

One was convicted of six counts of fraud by false representation and one offence under the Data Protection Act, while the other was convicted of six counts of voyeurism.

Both of them were dismissed.

Another worker would have been dismissed after a two-year suspended sentence for possession of cannabis and ketamine but was no longer working for the force.

Finally, a constable was dismissed for an incident in which a member of the public was injured.

The member of the public was talking to officers through an open van door when the constable drove off, causing the member of the public to fall after trying to grab the van.

The list of outcomes reads: "After the incident, the officer failed to provide an honest report of what had happened."