Overview

• PC Charlie Mitchell, 26, was reported missing from his Leeds home on Saturday night with welfare concerns and was found dead at St Aidan’s Nature Reserve around 5:30pm on Sunday.
• West Yorkshire Police confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and have notified the coroner.
• Assistant Chief Constable Robert McCoubrey offered condolences and pledged ongoing support for Mitchell’s family and members of the Calderdale District force.
• The force’s search focused on the reserve between Leeds and Castleford after Mitchell, who was off duty and based in Halifax, did not return home.
• The incident follows the on-duty death of PC Ian Minett in Gloucestershire and has drawn attention to the everyday pressures faced by serving officers.