Overview

• Caitlin Howarth will not face a disciplinary hearing after West Yorkshire Police reviewed her case and found no case to answer.
• The Crown Prosecution Service previously offered no evidence on a misconduct in public office charge against Howarth, resulting in her acquittal.
• Chief Superintendent Daniel Greenwood accepted gross misconduct over an affair with Howarth and resigned after breaching Covid lockdown rules.
• The liaison came to light during anti-corruption inquiries that followed Howarth’s contact with Joseph Shaw, later jailed in 2023 for a heroin supply plot.
• Investigators learned Greenwood attempted to wipe his phone, a detail that emerged during the misconduct proceedings.