An Avon and Somerset Police officer could lose his job after he was convicted of drunk driving.
PC James Hayward, 20, from Kingston St Mary, pleaded guilty to driving a privately-owned vehicle on March 12 when over the legal alcohol limit.
He was stopped by officers near Taunton and a roadside breath test revealed he was over the limit.
Hayward was handed a 17-month driving disqualification, fined £197 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £34 victim surcharge at Exeter magistrates court on Tuesday, May 4.
Avon and Somerset Police say the behaviour amounts to gross misconduct.
PC Hayward faces a misconduct hearing to decide the matter on Wednesday, May 12.
A notice for the hearing says he drove all the way from police HQ in Portishead before he was stopped on the A358 near Taunton.
The hearing will take place at Avon and Somerset Police Headquarters in Portishead.
