A SUSSEX Police officer is facing allegations that he superimposed a female colleague's face on to a pornographic picture as a secret Santa gift.
Hastings-based police sergeant Rob Adams will attend a public hearing today following a series of claims.
It is alleged that he created a secret santa gift by cutting a picture of a naked woman from a pornographic magazine, covering the genital areas with stickers and superimposing a female colleague's face on to the image before mounting it in a frame in December 2017.
It is also claimed that PS Adams was responsible for innapropriate behaviour in a Whatsapp group consisting of himself and about 20 other police constables between 2017 and 2019.
He is reported to have:
- Sent explicit and/or pornographic material to colleagues
- Instigated and/or participated in conversations of a sexual nature
- Instigated and/or participated in conversations that were derogatory about colleagues
- Instigated and/or participated in conversations about the physical appearance of female colleagues
PS Adams will appear before a public hearing held by Sussex Police today and tomorrow.
A notice of the hearing states: "PS Rob Adams CA640 based at Hastings will face allegations that his conduct amounts to a breach of Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of:
- Authority, Respect and Courtesy
- Equality and Diversity
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Challenging and Reporting Improper Conduct
- Discreditable Conduct"
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