Kinky Cops Pose in Uniforms to Net Gay Lovers

By ADAM ASPINALL

KINKY Midland policemen have been exposed on the internet – posing in their uniforms and looking for gay sex.

The Sunday Mercury has discovered three officers advertising for lovers on a controversial internet site.

Dressed in full uniform, one has the bare-faced cheek to beam from the front seat of his police patrol car.

Another sits provocatively in his leather biking gear on the site, which sets up dates between men and women in uniform.

Two of the men, named ‘Jonathan’ and ‘Geoffrey’ on the website, are believed to work for West Midlands Police. A third, named ‘Rob’, is employed by the Northamptonshire force.

Yet their bosses have turned a blind eye to the seedy postings, and say they are not bringing the service into disrepute.

Rob, at 25 the youngest of the officers, even leaves an X-rated message on his site.

He writes: "I adore my new job.

I bore the s**t out of my mates talking about it, but my career is really important to me so, frankly, f*** ‘em."

He adds: "If you’re a confident handsome fellow with a dry sense of humour we’re likely to get on well, even if we don’t end up getting married."

But Jonathan, 43, is much more direct. "If you’re up for a bit of fun, drop me a line," he writes.

Geoffrey, 57, gets straight to the point in his message, posting: "I am looking for other masculine guys for fun and friendship."

When the Sunday Mercury brought the postings to the attention of the two forces, neither said they would be investigating.

Derek Talbot, Assistant Chief Constable at Northamptonshire Police, said: "We are committed to respecting and celebrating diversity.

"As a general principle we also respect a person’s choices in their private life, provided it does not bring the service into disrepute."

And a spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: "In principle, we have no objection to sites that seek to bring together people of similar professions and backgrounds.

"However, what would concern us would be if the methods that were used were deemed to bring discredit on the organisation with which that person was involved."

The news of the Midland postings come in the same week a London policeman was in court accused of abusing his position to have sex with a woman he had met on the site.

Masood Khan, 41, and in charge of passenger safety at Gatwick airport, allegedly used an interview room for a 20- minute sex session.

But he was found not guilty of wilful misconduct at Southwark Crown Court because he kept his radio earpiece in during the 20- minute session.

Last night, leading morality campaigner Tom Wareing, of the group Mediawatch-UK, said he was outraged that police were being given the green light to advertise for sex in uniform. "I’m horrified at the behaviour of these officers and disgusted by the attitude of those in charge of them," he said.

The Sunday Mercury has chosen not to name the website.

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