A Brighton police officer accused of biting a colleague during staff safety training has been acquitted at court.
Fifty-year-old PC Christian Field took part in a scenario-based training session with colleagues on Tuesday, 2 December, 2025.
Field held the role of a subject resisting arrest, while a female colleague was tasked with safely restraining him.
During the interaction Field was alleged to have bitten the victim on her forearm, causing bruising.
The incident was reported to the force’s Professional Standards Department, who launched an internal investigation that included statements from a number of witnesses who had taken part in the training.
Due to the nature of the incident and evidence gathered, a file was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, who authorised a charge of battery.
He was placed on restricted duties while the investigation continued.
Field was found not guilty on Thursday (29 October) following a two-day trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court.
Detective Chief Superintendent Miles Ockwell, Head of Sussex Police’s Professional Standards Department, said: “Anyone who reports an incident to Sussex Police should have confidence we will investigate impartially, proportionately and in line with the law.
“This applies as much to our own officers as it does to any other member of the public.
“Now this criminal process has concluded, PC Field’s behaviour will be scrutinised as part of our own internal misconduct proceedings.”
Gosh someone really doesn’t like him.
Probably an old School copper and he just doesn’t fit in with his new woke bunch. I hope he gets a massive pay off.
Sussex police strike again.
I can not believe they are eating the courts and public money with this. PSD need to really ashamed at pushing this through. What a disgrace our police service has become.
Assuming the complainant objected to being bitten he should have been given a warning there and then, biting other cops us not in the training manual and he would not have done that to a male copper without getting slapped, too costly a process for a simple act of stupidity.