LAWBOX · Dismissal
Derbyshire Constabulary: Jessica Fitzhugh — 4 months’ imprisonment
IOPC · Derbyshire Constabulary · Sep 3, 2026
IOPC · Sep 3, 2026 · Derbyshire
Derbyshire Constabulary: Jessica Fitzhugh — 4 months’ imprisonment
As published · Jessica Fitzhugh
Finding: Guilty plea to computer misuse. Outcome: 4 months’ imprisonment. Likely barred from policing.
Jessica Fitzhugh, a Derbyshire call handler, was sentenced to 4 months in prison after pleading guilty to computer misuse for unauthorised access to police systems.
This is a criminal sentence, published by the IOPC on 3 September 2026, in the same notice as Ellie-Mae Doherty. It is a separate person and a separate conviction.
Jessica Fitzhugh worked as a call handler for Derbyshire Constabulary. She was sentenced on 3 September 2026 to 4 months’ imprisonment. The IOPC said she denied misconduct in public office but pleaded guilty to computer misuse: unauthorised access to information on police systems and taking photographs of material held on those systems without permission.
The IOPC said she accepted the actions were inappropriate and a breach of duties, and that she is likely to be barred from working in policing again. A completed police misconduct hearing disposal, separate from the criminal sentence, is not fully set out in the notice.
No appeal is stated.
Official source: IOPC news notice, 3 September 2026.
Decision 2026-09-03. LAWBOX published 2026-09-15. Source date Sep 3, 2026. Dates are not shifted for freshness.
Official source. Cite the page. Archive stays on this desk. Not hearsay. Not a solicitor.