A police officer sent naked photos of himself and sexually explicit messages to female colleagues, a misconduct panel heard.
Cambridgeshire Police’s PC Jonathon Ward was accused by four women of inappropriate behaviour spanning 2020 to 2023.
The hearing at Lysander House in Bedfordshire was told he displayed “sexually predatory behaviour” towards women in more junior roles.
Ward has been placed on the College of Policing Barred List and would have been dismissed had he not resigned from the force in June 2025, the panel said.
Ward joined the force as a trainee in June 2019 and was warned about his behaviour in the first six months of 2020, the hearing was told.
He was told to “calm down with the females” and that he would end up looking silly and there would be a reputational effect on the organisation.
The panel found he demonstrated a “clear pattern of behaviour” by sending sexually explicit messages and images to pursue sexual relationships.
Four women made accusations – three were junior colleagues.
In one of the cases, he touched one of the women without her consent on two occasions, which the panel considered amounted to sexual assault.
One woman said that after Ward assumed workplace responsibility for her, he followed her on social media.
He asked her for naked photographs and the panel’s report said “sent him a photograph of her in her underwear” and he sent naked photographs of himself back.
She told police she felt “pressurised because PC Ward had workplace responsibility for her, and she did not wish to upset him”.
A second woman said Ward suggested that they would sleep together, and he touched her inappropriately, without consent, on two occasions.
A third woman said he used social media to send her inappropriate messages such as “I want to sleep with you” and “I find you so hot”.
She said she would make excuses not to lift share with him, despite living in the same area.
A fourth woman said she was sent an unsolicited explicit photo of Ward.
She sent photos back at his request and was filmed having sex with him, which she said she was hesitant about but agreed to.
The panel heard some witnesses described Ward as a good officer, but it said it did not mitigate the seriousness of his actions.
Chief Constable Nick Dean said: “Despite being reminded about his behaviour and maintaining professional boundaries, Ward continued to behave inappropriately.”
