POLICE OFFICER RESIGNED AFTER MISCONDUCT INVOLVING SEXUAL REMARKS AND HARASSMENT
A Derbyshire police officer slapped a female colleague's bottom, inappropriately touched other staff and made sexual remarks, a misconduct hearing heard.The misconduct panel ruled PC Alexander Kimber "failed to maintain a professional boundary" and "had the potential to cause colleagues to feel harassed".
The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) said the hearing was told Kimber slapped a fellow colleague's bottom while on duty and sent her emojis on social media in relation to her looks.
The panel concluded the officer would have been dismissed had he not resigned before the hearing took place.
The LDRS said Mr Kimber accepted gross misconduct in relation to the offences, and according to police documents said he was "extremely remorseful" for his actions.
"This type of behaviour will never happen again, and I have sought therapy to understand my actions and to better understand boundaries," he is quoted as saying in the documents.
