Deputy chief constable Chris Green discriminated against a 'strong woman', a tribunal hears.
An Employment Tribunal found Merseyside Police deputy chief constable Chris Green discriminated against a female detective
Det Ch Supt Higham, and her personal assistant Tracey Bocking, were then "unfairly" removed from their "prestigious" roles at the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit .Det Ch Supt Higham settled her claim, but employment judge Gary Tobin found that Ms Bocking had been discriminated against on the basis of sex, and constructively, unfairly dismissed when she was "caught in the crossfire".
Merseyside had been agreed as the lead force for NWROCU, with Det Ch Supt Higham answerable to its top brass despite remaining an employee of GMP. He described ACC Green’s decision to remove Det Ch Supt Higham from her role, which he had occupied before a promotion, as "inexplicable and arbitrary"."ACC Green could not deal with, or somehow felt undermined by, strong professional women in his former leadership role."
The tribunal also heard she was bombarded with "excessive" meeting requests from ACC Green which clashed with pre-booked time off and childcare commitments.The tribunal heard that in January 2021, ACC Green saw an "innocuous" email from Ms Bocking to her boss amd used it as an "excuse" to get rid of them both from NWROCU.
He suggested it amounted to "dishonesty", although no actual bookings had been made and Det Ch Supt Higham had not responded to the email.
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