He approached one colleague outside the pub as she sat on a push bike and whispered in her ear, “Should I sniff the seat while you are sat on it or should I wait until you are off it?”
A Cumbria police inspector was sacked after making inappropriate comments about a junior officer's breasts during a night out and joking about sniffing another's bike seat.
While the panel accepted PC A did not suffer any distress, they said it was sexist and unacceptable behaviour, particularly when considering the power imbalance between the PC and inspector. Later on in the beer garden, Gee again made reference to the woman as he gestured towards her breasts and told two male officers - PC Craig and PC Wilding - that it was "good to see more of the people you work with".
The inspector admitted doing so but refused to accept it was so serious as to warrant disciplinary action. In response, PC B had called him a creep and she also told the panel she was not offended but did say it was strange and inappropriate. The panel concluded that he was "not bothered, one way or the other, if members of the public heard him or not". It added: "At the very least, bar staff would have been present and would most likely have heard his remarks. His outbursts were very vulgar and course. Insp Gee, in drink, acted in a boorish manner which was far below the standard the police and his colleagues expected of him.
It concluded that the only anything less than dismissal would seriously undermine public trust and confidence in the police, would cause additional serious harm to the reputation of the police and would not act as a deterrent to others inclined towards similar behaviour.
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