PCSO charged over accessing data on criminal case

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The woman charged is a police community support officer

A police community support officer (PCSO) is due to appear in court charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

PCSO Alice Dobson, 30, was charged over allegations she accessed police systems and information in relation to an ongoing criminal investigation, West Yorkshire Police said.

Dobson, who works in the Bradford district, is charged with one count of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice between October 2024 and August 2025.

She has been suspended from duty and will appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court on 2 April.

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