Two female officers who complained about a male colleague 'making sex noises' and telling one he liked to 'look at her a***' were allegedly asked to drop their complaints by a Police Federation representative.
Former PC Michael Baines was hauled before an independent misconduct panel and sacked for gross misconduct after multiple complaints about his behaviour towards two fellow officers, referred to as 'Officer A' and 'Officer B', at Merseyside Police's training academy.
But it has emerged that an unnamed representative of the Police Federation, the union which represents rank and file officers, is also subject to misconduct proceedings. An independent misconduct panel into PC Baines' behaviour noted in a written judgment: "Officers A and B have been involved in separate misconduct proceedings against a Police Federation representative who attempted to persuade them to drop their allegations against PC Baines.
