Officer assaulted colleague by 'lifting her skirt and grabbing her bottom', misconduct panel hears.
He did not attend the hearing but Ms Kelly said the former officer "cannot really remember grabbing PC A’s bottom but accepts PC A’s description of what he did"."He thought it would be funny when clearly it is not."And there was "supporting evidence that his actions were out of character".
Ms Kelly went on to say that she was "satisfied that the misconduct is so serious that former PC French would have been dismissed if he had still been a serving police officer". "In my view this behaviour falls far below the standard expected, not just of an officer, but anyone in society," she said, adding "this behaviour was totally unacceptable".
Ms Kelly added: "I am, however, grateful for the serving officers that have stepped forward and who have not been bystanders and that’s the sort of behaviour that I expect and applaud and the behaviour that will improve public confidence."
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