Overview
- Greater Manchester Police dismissed Sergeant Natalie Dolan without notice on Thursday after a misconduct panel found gross misconduct and placed her on the College of Policing barring list.
- Panel chair Lee Rawlinson said Dolan mocked disabled people in WhatsApp messages, including calling trainee officers “Harveys who need to be read to,” a phrase linked to Katie Price’s disabled son.
- The panel also found she shared confidential and sensitive details about trainees with a former officer known as PC Jones with no proper policing purpose, creating a conflict of interest.
- The panel said racism or sexism was not proven, while Dolan denied being racist, described the messages as private jokes, admitted some were offensive, and expressed regret.
- GMP’s Professional Standards Directorate called the behavior unacceptable, Katie Price condemned the remarks about her son, and the barring list means Dolan cannot work in policing roles in the UK.