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WARWICKSHIRE Police has apologised for witholding the name of a former officer charged with stealing £113,000 from police headquarters.
The force said a 54-year-old man from the Stratford area had been charged with the theft - from the former Warwickshire Police headquarters at Leek Wootton in 2011 - but added that due to a recent "change in policy" it would not be releasing the name of the man charged until the day before the court appearance.
On Thursday morning the Crown Prosecution Service named the officer as Paul Andrew Greaves, despite Warwickshire Police's refusal.
A statement from Warwickshire Police, following strongly-worded criticism of the stance by Warwickshire's own Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Eric Wood, reads: "As a result of concerns raised after publication of a press release regarding a man charged with theft, we accept that our decision not to name him was wrong and inconsistent with the current national guidance.
"We will now be adopting the national ACPO guidance in respect to naming individuals on charge.
"We apologise that our previous approach has not been consistent with this."
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