A police officer with over 20 years of service has been dismissed without notice for slapping the bottoms of two female colleagues.
Leeds-based PC Kevin Wood of West Yorkshire Police was said to be 'vastly senior' to the two officers, both of whom were very young officers with limited service. The incidents took place between January 2019 and May 2021 when he was on duty.
One of the incidents took place outside Pudsey police station, Leeds, potentially in view of members of the public. A police misconduct panel concluded that there was no sexual motivation for the behaviour but the conduct was "sexist and directed at young female officers."
