WPC admits sex acts with foot fetish sergeant at police station
A POLICEWOMAN has admitted performing sex acts with a senior sergeant at their police station, a misconduct hearing has been told.
PC Jemma Dicks, 28, is accused of a series of encounters with former sergeant Adam Reed between November 2017 and August 2018 at Cardiff Central police station.
Yesterday the hearing in Pencoed was told that PC Dicks accepted the allegations against her but argued that her behaviour only amounted to misconduct.
Case presenter Barney Branston said only a finding of gross misconduct would leave the hearing panel with the power to dismiss the South Wales Police officer from the force.
Mr Branston told the hearing: ‘The factual allegations are admitted. The officer says the conduct admitted amounts to misconduct but not gross misconduct.’
The hearing was told that Mr Reed, who is also accused of three alleged breaches of conduct, had resigned from the force and would not be attending.
Mr Branston said Mr Reed, who is married, was claiming he only allowed PC Dicks to perform the sex act on him on one occasion. ‘We rely on PC Dicks’ own admission there were multiple occasions for this activity,’ he added.
Mr Reed is also accused of having sex with an unnamed police community support officer while on duty at Cardiff Central on May 29, 2018.
Then, on October 9, 2018, he is accused of using his phone to covertly take photographs of the feet of a female officer from the force’s professional standards department while she was in his office.
Details of the allegations posted on South Wales Police’s website said: ‘He has since disclosed that he did so because he has a foot fetish.’
The hearing continues.