'Disturbing attitude' | 'Creep' sacked after commenting on colleague's breasts at staff party

A police inspector made inappropriate comments about a colleague’s breasts before touching another co-worker's leg without consent while at a leaving party, an investigation has revealed.

Inspector Simon Gee of Cumbria Police has been dismissed after a disciplinary panel heard that he made suggestive comments to several female colleagues that had the potential to “seriously harm [the constabulary’s] efforts to become a truly inclusive and diverse employer”.

The panel heard that off-duty officers including Gee had gathered at a pub in Lancaster one afternoon in September 2021. The occasion was a leaving do for an officer who was transferring to another police force.

The investigation heard that one of the females in attendance, identified only as PC A, was wearing a low-cut top which showed off her cleavage, which Gee commented on.