A POLICE boss has defended her force's disciplinary record in the wake of a series of scandals involving officers.

Lancashire Chief Constable Pauline Clare pledged to continue the crackdown on law breakers in uniform after the latest court shame to rock the county's constabulary.

Five of the county's officers have been sent to prison in the last year.

They include PC Adam Grice Roberts, 32, who was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Preston Crown Court after admitting having sex with a 15-year-old in the back of his police car, while she was high on gas.

East Lancashire police women Liza Wilkinson and Elizabeth Hartley have been sentenced to a year in prison for drugs offences and PC Michael Lloyd, of Blackburn, was sent to prison for six months after trying to pull off a £4,000 insurance scam.

Rossendale PC John Diver was fined and banned from driving after being caught drinking and driving while on duty in July.

And former England Rugby Union star and Blackpool policeman Wade Dooley was banned from driving after being caught over the limit on his way home from a match.

In Blackburn, a senior officer has been transferred to other duties while under investigation for misconduct involving a woman.

And former Accrington policeman Nazir Musa was dismissed from the force earlier this week after being found guilty of disciplinary matters.

Mrs Clare was appointed after many of the offences involving officers took place. But she said: "Lancashire Constabulary has a good record for identifying and dealing with those officers who have committed criminal and disciplinary offences.

"I would wish to give an assurance that I remain committed to the care of the public we serve and it is in this direction that the energies of all right-thinking officers will continue to be channelled."

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