Detective filmed in sweary tirade against colleague and their children

AN EXPERIENCED and senior South Wales Police officer who made offensive and derogatory comments about a senior officer and their children, was caught out when a colleague recorded the comments on their phone.

- ABBIE WIGHTWICK

Detective Superintendent Thomas Moore made the offensive remarks during a meeting held in person and on Teams at Cardiff Bay police station during which he also swore repeatedly, saying "f***" and "f***ing" 83 times in the 26-minute recording, an accelerated misconduct hearing was told.

The panel heard that during the meeting on September 29 this year DS Moore, a senior member of the Cardiff and Vale police unit, vented frustrations about the senior officer to junior colleagues, detective inspectors Christine Edmunds and Matthew Hicks, who were in the room with him.

Detective Chief Inspector Grant Wilson, who had joined the meeting virtually on Teams, became alarmed by the comments and started recording the meeting on his phone partway through.

Afterwards, DCI Wilson gave a copy of the recording to Chief Superintendent Marc Attwell and an investigation was launched.

DS Moore admitted making offensive comments about the senior officer, identified only as Colleague A, and their children, during the meeting with his team in September.

But the officer told the accelerated misconduct hearing on December 18 that he did not believe the comments amounted to gross misconduct.

DS Moore also admitted swearing repeatedly at the meeting but did not believe this amounted to either misconduct or gross misconduct.

Going on to apologise profusely about making derogatory comments about Colleague A and their children, DS Moore, and his counsel Claire Robinson, said the words were out of character.