A TOP COP has been fired for downloading porn on work phones, sending dirty texts and a lunchtime tryst with a lover while on duty.
Chief Inspector Mark Brew also made a junior cop drive more than 200 MILES to pick him up from a conference and take him home.
The police chief, 47, was in charge of more than 100 cops on Merseyside’s Matrix anti-gun and gang offensive.
But he was dismissed for gross misconduct last week after four allegations were upheld following a two-day disciplinary hearing.
The panel of top brass was particularly concerned that he ordered a constable to drive from Liverpool to London to take him home from a conference instead of going by train.
One source said: “It was a serious abuse of his position. There were much better things the junior officer could have been doing rather than collecting his governor because he couldn’t be bothered to get the train or drive himself.”
The married officer also left a conference he was running to visit a lover’s home, leaving a junior in charge.
The woman, also married, later told cops she and Chief Inspector Brew had sex before he returned to work.
He denied it, and said they had lunch together.
Chief Inspector Brew admitted using his work iPhone and BlackBerry mobiles to view porn and to send and receive texts with two other women, both thought to be police officers.
A Merseyside Police spokesman said: “We can confirm that a misconduct hearing took place last week for a serving police officer. Following this hearing, the officer, a chief inspector, was dismissed with immediate effect for gross misconduct.”
Chief Inspector Brew has a fortnight to appeal against the disciplinary tribunal’s decision.
A Police Federation source said: “The chief inspector is a brilliant and popular officer. It is a tragedy for him that his distinguished career has come to an end like this.”
Brew, who was pictured with Government Police Minister Nick Herbert on a visit to Liverpool in 2010 , was in charge of the Matrix 'disruption teams'.
The Matrix command, set up by former chief constable and current Met boss Bernard Hogan-Howe solved the 2007 murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones and saw dramatic results on gun and gang crime.
Police chiefs said there had since been a “shake-up” across the unit, adding: “High standards of professionalism and integrity are non-negotiable.” (thesun.co.uk)
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