Cambridgeshire police officer pleads guilty to drink driving

Joseph Passby was on duty when he collided into a car with the police vehicle he was driving

Author: Poppi AndelinPublished 22nd Jul 2026

A Cambridgeshire police officer has pleaded guilty to drink driving offences.

35-year-old PC Joseph Passby appeared at Luton Magistrates Court on Monday 20 July.

Passby was on dury on 15 June when the police vehicle he was driving collided with a car in front on Trumpington Street, Cambridge.

He provided an evidential breath test reading of 81 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.

He was disqualified from driving for a year and ordered to pay a £400 fine.

Passby remains suspended from duty pending the outcome of misconduct proceedings.

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