He created a 'hostile, intimidating and degrading' workplace
A former Northamptonshire Police sergeant whose boorish behaviour created a 'hostile, intimidating and degrading' working environment for female colleagues would have been sacked had he not already quit. Richard Hall resigned before an internal misconduct hearing took place last Friday and did not attend it himself.
However, he had admitted gross misconduct and apologised to former colleagues affected by his behaviour, the force said. The hearing was told Hall, who worked in Wellingborough, slapped a colleague on the bottom at a wedding at which they were both guests in September 2021. He reminded her of that incident when they both attended another social event several months later and went on to make further inappropriate comments. The hearing was told he had also tried to lick a colleague’s face while they sat in a photo booth during a Christmas party in December 2019.
The panel, chaired by Northamptonshire Police's temporary chief constable Paul Gibson, found the allegations proven and that the behaviour was inappropriate. It said Mr Hall failed to treat junior officers with respect and courtesy and failed to maintain a professional boundary. It also said his treatment of the women had been "specifically based on their sex" and his behaviour was likely to undermine public confidence in the police. It added: "The proven conduct was unwanted, transgressed professional boundaries and as such created a hostile, intimidating and degrading work environment for the female officers concerned.READ NEXT:
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