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One Essex police officer has been dismissed and a second would have been sacked if he had not already resigned after both men were found to have made advances to female colleagues. A misconduct panel, chaired by Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, found PC David Hiscock breached two of the standards of professional behaviour concerning authority, respect and courtesy and discreditable conduct, which amounted to gross misconduct. It was alleged that he touched the bottom of a younger female member of police staff on two occasions without consent. At the hearing held at Essex Police Headquart…

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