Police officer had sex with junior colleagues

A Suffolk Police superintendent has been sacked after a misconduct hearing over allegations of sexual relationships with colleagues

A high-ranking police officer has been struck off after being accused of engaging in sexual relationships with junior colleagues.

The superintendent, known only as "Y", was at the centre of a Suffolk Police misconduct hearing chaired by Chief Constable Rachel Kearton.

It had been alleged the officer had been involved in sexual relationships with female colleagues over a period of several years.

After the hearing it was concluded all the allegations apart from two had been proven and he had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour.

The senior officer was also accused of failing to disclose the relationships and trying to influence a witness during a Professional Standards Department investigation.

It was ultimately decided the officer be dismissed without notice.

Suffolk Police's Deputy Chief Constable Rob Jones said the public "rightly expects and deserves" high standards

Deputy Chief Constable Rob Jones said he was "extremely shocked and appalled" after hearing of the officer's conduct

"There is simply and absolutely no place in this organisation for such unacceptable behaviour," he added.

"We are united in our shared determination to root out those who fall below the high standards we expect of each other, and that the public rightly expects and deserves."

Suffolk's Chief Constable Rachel Kearton rejected an application to publicly name the superintendent

Following the hearing the BBC attempted to obtain the identity of the superintendent but bosses at Suffolk Police said they were not permitted to release the information.

They said the officer’s representative from the Police Superintendents' Association had requested the hearing be conducted in private and their client be kept anonymous.

A police spokesman said: “The chief constable rejected the application for a private hearing, and directed the officer and others would be anonymised during the hearing and in any publication.

“He would be referred to as Superintendent Y. During this process she considered legal advice that was provided.”