Police officer who starred in Channel 5 series is banned from force over ‘inappropriate, sexist, and racist’ texts
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By SOPHIE CARLIN, TRAINEE REPORTER[1]
Published: 23:21, 17 August 2025 | Updated: 23:22, 17 August 2025
A police officer who starred in a Channel 5[2] series has been banned from the force over 'inappropriate, sexist, and racist' texts.
PC Andrew Doran, of Cheshire Police, featured on documentary TV programme Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders, which has been running since 2021.
The roads policing officer received, sent and kept more than 20 of the shocking messages on his personal mobile between 2018 and 2015.
This included a video which was a criminal offence to possess, as well as a clip he was sent 'depicting extreme pornography'.
He did not delete, challenge or report any of the horrifying texts - and has not since provided any explanation for his behaviour.
The ex-constable resigned in July ahead of his accelerated misconduct hearing this month, a special kind of fast-track proceedings.
They are used in the police when there is 'incontrovertible' evidence of gross misconduct and it is in the public interest an officer is dismissed 'straight away'.
PC Doran was found to have 'undoubtedly' committed this most serious of standards breaches and would have been dismissed without notice had he not already quit.
PC Andrew Doran (pictured in Motorway Cops), of Cheshire Police, featured on documentary TV programme Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders, which has been running since 2021
The roads policing officer (pictured for Motorway Cops) received, sent and kept more than 20 of the shocking messages on his personal mobile between 2018 and 2015
The ex-constable (pictured in Motorway Cops) resigned in July ahead of his accelerated misconduct hearing this month, a special kind of fast-track proceedings
It means he has been placed on the banned list and will never again work as a police officer.
The programme description for Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders reads: 'Ride along with the officers risking their lives policing Britain's most dangerous roads.'
PC Doran is featured prominently in the series, with several episode summaries focussing solely on his policing work.
An episode description from series one, for example, simply reads: 'PC Andy Doran hunts for a suspected car thief on a housing estate.'
Other policing work sees the officer pull a driver over for using his phone behind the wheel and respond to a collision after a driver fell asleep on the motorway.
He is also variously seen on the show supporting those in a broken down car, chasing fleeing thieves after a shop robbery, and, bizarrely, pursuing a suspect in a tractor.
The 'unprofessional messages and material' he had on his phone included 17 sexist images he sent and nine he received.
On top of this, he sent three racist pictures and two discriminatory ones, also receiving 11 of the former and four of the latter.
PC Doran (pictured in Motorway Cops) is featured prominently in the series, with several episode summaries focussing solely on his policing work
PC Doran also sent one 'improper or offensive' image and received three.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts said at the disciplinary hearing the officer had 'shown a clear lack of integrity' and 'discriminatory views and behaviour which shows a lack of respect and courtesy towards others'.
He added: 'You have behaved in such a manner as to discredit Cheshire Police, and the police service as a whole, thereby impacting public trust and confidence in policing.'
The senior officer noted as particularly concerning the extreme pornographic material PC Doran was sent, on February 12, 2021.
'He failed to challenge or report this accordingly', he said, adding the former officer also did not delete it from his phone.
CC Roberts continued: 'No explanation for his behaviour has been provided, in particular as to why he did not challenge or report the messages received, no doubt because there is no explanation or excuse for this behaviour.
'The messages were offensive, improper and discriminatory and are therefore totally unacceptable in policing and in Cheshire Police.
'I therefore stress that the force will not tolerate such conduct from any serving police officer, nor any staff member.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts said at the disciplinary hearing the officer had 'shown a clear lack of integrity' and 'discriminatory views and behaviour which shows a lack of respect and courtesy towards others'.
Pictured: File photo
'The only appropriate disciplinary outcome in this case is dismissal without notice, had the former officer not previously resigned.
'A lesser sanction than dismissal would not serve to uphold the high standards and deter such conduct in the future.'
The first four series of Motorway Cops - half the show's entire run to date - focus on Cheshire Police, with Northumbria Police taking over for seasons five to seven.
The force is then replaced by Humberside Police for the latest instalment, series eight.
Cheshire Police and Channel 5 have been contacted for comment.
References
- ^ SOPHIE CARLIN, TRAINEE REPORTER (www.dailymail.co.uk)
- ^ Channel 5 (www.dailymail.co.uk)