Cop sues for right to wear earring.A MERSEYSIDE police Merseyside Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The force area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million. At present the force has 4,466 police officers plus over 2,000 police staff. officer is taking his bosses to court because they won't let him wear an earring. Traffic cop Andy Holden Andy Holden (born September 14 1962, Flint) is a Welsh football player. He had playing careers at Chester City, Wigan and Oldham Athletic and is the long-serving reserve team manager at Everton. , who is happily married to a WPC WPC (in Britain) woman police constable WPC (Brit) n abbr (= woman police constable) → Polizistin f WPC n abbr (BRIT , claims colleagues taunted him about his sexuality. And Mr Holden, 40, from Bebington, Wirral, says senior staff made lewd remarks in a report about the stud in his left ear. Now he is taking Merseyside police to an employment tribunal claiming sex discrimination - because only female officers are allowed to wear jewellery. The policeman of 15 years has the backing of Merseyside Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers in the region. He said: ``I know the way the police service works and I will be targeted. But at the end of the day it's about sexual equality and being treated fairly at work.'' |
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