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In response to those criticisms, Merseyside Police announced a review would be undertaken and "personally overseen" by Assistant Chief Constable Mark Kameen, who has since retired.

The National Police Chiefs' Council lead for vetting, Chief Constable Alex Franklin-Smith, also supported the proposed changes, and said they provided "clear routes for action to remove individuals who fall below the high standards the public and our workforce rightly expect and deserve."

Essex Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington said: "There is simply no place in policing for people who think, wrongly, that they can get away with sexual misconduct."

Staffordshire Police Chief Constable Chris Noble told the committee: "This will change some officers for the rest of their lives and they will live with the impacts of it for the rest of their lives."

She was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed without notice at a hearing chaired by Chief Constable Sarah Crew earlier.