Merseyside Police: Officers ‘violated’ women with secret chats

The independent disciplinary panel heard that on another occasion, Insp McLullich messaged PC Jackson with a Facebook picture of a “new girl on my block”, and the pair made lurid comments about her.

Insp McLullich described how attractive one 19-year-old new recruit was and added she was “impressionable too”.

In a written judgment, the independent panel said the pair had discussions about 10 separate female officers.

One of the women that was spoken to that were told the force they were “shocked and upset”.

Another said they felt “insecure, vulnerable and preyed upon”.

A third said they were “appalled, disgusted and violated”.

The two officers admitted breaching Professional Standards, and were told they would have been immediately sacked had they remained on the force.

Det Ch Supt Cheryl Rhodes, head of PSD, said: “The behaviour both of these former officers engaged in was inappropriate, highly offensive and totally unacceptable.”