UK: Cop sacked over discriminatory remarks to lesbians

A police officer has been sacked after he made comments on the sex lives of junior lesbian colleagues.

PC Tom Hamer asked questions that were deemed to be “inappropriate, unacceptable and discriminatory” by Andy Prophet, the chief constable at Hertfordshire Police.

A misconduct hearing was told PC Hamer, who was 24 at the time of the incidents, made the comments despite being told several times prior “to desist”.

The hearing on Wednesday concluded that PC Hamer’s words on four separate occasions, between December 2023 and February 2024, amounted to gross misconduct and he was dismissed without notice.

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