A TAYSIDE Police constable who recently won a high-profile employment tribunal against the force is to face internal disciplinary procedures, it was confirmed yesterday.

Constable Douglas Fisher was awarded £15,000 after claiming he was overlooked for promotion. He is expected to be asked about submissions he made during tribunal evidence.

It is understood he is being brought before the committee for allegedly bringing the force into disrepute. The internal proceedings hinge on alleged breaches of data protection during the tribunal case.

His heavily pregnant wife Sandra yesterday confirmed her husband was to appear before the panel in November. A hearing in October was cancelled due to Constable Fisher’s personal circumstances.

“He has been vindicated on everything, but is now facing disciplinary procedures,” Mrs Fisher claimed.

A Tayside Police spokeswoman said the force could not comment on internal disciplinary procedures.

Constable Fisher’s solicitor Campbell Donaldson said he could not speak about the internal hearing, but was still waiting to hear whether the force intends to appeal the tribunal decision.

Meanwhile, in a separate development, it is understood Constable Fisher was asked to refrain from his duties as a health and safety representative with the Scottish Police Federation’s Tayside branch.

The request is said to have been made after a senior officer complained about a report Constable Fisher had submitted to force command in response to complaints made by fellow officers about a lack of police on duty.

Constable Fisher was said to have been cleared of any wrongdoing and is thought to have resumed normal duties.

In the midst of inquiries over those complaints, it was claimed the constable had to undergo an examination by an occupational therapist over “questions of his mental state” by the same senior officer.

Tayside branch secretary Sergeant Malcolm Gibbs refused to confirm or deny whether Constable Fisher had been dismissed from the health and safety role.

He said “some decisions” had been taken by the branch, but refused to elaborate.

Asked whether any of the decisions taken had been a result of Constable Fisher’s recent tribunal, he strenuously denied the outcome had a bearing on any moves it may or may not have made.

Constable Fisher brought his case against the force believing his chances of promotion were being hindered because he spoke out against single officer patrols. The tribunal ruled unanimously in his favour.