Police officer made inappropriate comments

A FORMER sergeant at Wiltshire Police made ‘sexualised comments’ to a female colleague, a gross misconduct hearing found.

Had former Police Sergeant John Brixey not resigned, he would have been sacked from the force, a hearing on Wednesday (May 10) concluded.

It found that between June and August 2022, Mr Brixey made comments on multiple occasions to a police officer who was under his direct supervision.

He resigned in November 2022.

The gross misconduct hearing was held at Wiltshire Police Headquarters, overseen by a legally qualified chair.

The allegations were upheld and concluded that had Mr Brixey not already resigned, he would be dismissed without notice.

He will now be entered onto the national barred list which will prevent him from working within any police force in England and Wales, therefore providing important protection to the public, the force said.