A senior police manager accused of sending scores of sexually suggestive texts to a female colleague was allowed to stay in his job for nine months.
He was only suspended in May 2023 after another colleague complained about him. The first complainant came forward after she was “shocked” to see the manager lead a training session on staff conduct following the murder of Sarah Everard. Gwent Police said it could not comment “while we progress towards a disciplinary hearing”.
BBC Wales has been told a third person has also complained and the manager – who is a civilian member of staff rather than a police officer – now faces a gross misconduct hearing.
A former Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) director, who worked on some of the Met Police’s most high-profile recent misconduct cases, has questioned how the first complaint was handled.
Gwent Police has found itself under intense scrutiny in recent years over complaints about officers’ conduct and, in March 2024, the IOPC announced that two serving officers and one former officer would face gross misconduct hearings.
Source: BBC
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