A DETECTIVE responsible for violent sex cases struck up sexual relationships with junior staff, a misconduct panel heard.
Married Roger Wood bragged that he was a “bad ass” and could be their “sugar daddy” and boasted of his “rank, importance and power”.
He told one “vulnerable” woman after sex at her home: “Now you’ve had the DCI.”
DCI Wood, of Hampshire Constabulary, asked a staff member to knit him socks with the words “world’s best detective”.
He is charged with gross misconduct over inappropriate emotional relationships with two women A and B, and excessive communications with Ms B.
Both felt “used” by him, the panel was told.
DCI Wood, nationally recognised for his work, quit in 2024 after 16 years.
“He denies any conduct breach. Eastleigh hearing continues.
He met the trainee police staff investigator Ms A at a domestic abuse conference and they ‘flirted’ with each other.
After their interaction Ms A messaged DCI Wood on LinkedIn and a ‘large number of flirtatious messages’ were exchanged including naked photos from Ms A, counsel for Hampshire Police Jason Beer KC told the hearing.
Between May 2022 and April 2023 DCI Wood was a senior advisor to the Police and Crime Commissioner and he met a young staff member, referred to as Ms B, in August 2022.
Their relationship developed through MS Teams messages with an ‘excessive’ 9,965 messages exchanged between the pair over the course of eight months.
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