An overweight police officer whose boss said she might feel better if she stopped drinking 'gallons of Coke' has won a claim for harassment.
Detective Constable Kerry Moth was 'humiliated' when she was told she needed to 'take more responsibility' over her diet, a tribunal in Exeter heard.
Yeah, they aren't keen on personal respomsibility in the police farces, are they?
Superior officer Detective Sergeant Daryl Marvelly said if colleagues saw she was making an effort to slim down they would have more respect for her, the hearing was told.
Imp;lying they didn't have a lot already..? Gosh. I wonder why.
The officer, who joined the Devon and Cornwall Police in 2003, suffered from the painful condition fibromylagia, and had 179 days off work over a four-year period, the tribunal heard.
Ah. We keep hearing this condition used as an excuse.
The tribunal heard that in February 2019 Professor John Harrison from the force's Occupational Health department delivered a report on how the illness affected DC Moth's ability to do her job.
He explained that Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that requires people to learn to live with the condition and modify their lifestyle.
Like...their diet?
In the unlikely event of a situation becoming violent, in Professor Harrison's view, DC Moth would be able to protect herself and come to the aid of a fellow officer.
By sitting or falling on the criminal?
However, he added that she was not fit to undergo a fitness test and therefore could not undergo officer safety training.
/facepalm
But don't worry, there's always some cretin ready to ride to the rescue! Step forward employment judge Smail!
Employment Judge Alastair Smail, said: 'We had little doubt that this [meeting] was a humiliating experience for [DC Moth]...
'[DS Marvelly] was not acting in bad faith but he did not have a basis upon which to continue to challenge the [DC Moth] along these lines.
'It foreseeably had and did have the effect of humiliating her.
'It was unfortunate. Referring to [her] drinking gallons of Coca Cola indicates an unprofessional tone in the discussion.'
Seems perfectly professional to me!
He said the force had 'failed to make reasonable adjustments to attendance management targets to take into account [Ms Moth's] disability'. He added that it had also breached the equality act by subjecting Ms Moth to unfavourable treatment related to fitness training.
He concluded that Ms Moth was 'harassed' by DS Marvelly's comments about her weight and diet and ordered a remedy hearing to decide compensation be held at a later date.
I can't think of a more appropriate sum than a case of Coke, and a dismissal notice...
I suspect a search for a get out of jail free card, but don't dismiss fibromyalgia lightly. My daughter - now 39 - survived Hodgkin's lymphoma at 13 but fibro was one of many leftovers from the chemotherapy. She can't work as a highly qualified hairdresser because of random attacks of pain and weakness. Having seen its effects, why anyone would even think of entering the police farce while suffering from it escapes me.
ReplyDeleteI understand that the fire brigade fitness tests were lowered to get more wimmin in, (despite them being "equal" putting the public at risk, and the number of fat arsed pcs and wpcs I see around it seems the same there as well
ReplyDeleteFat lard-arsed bint is a copper who can't do her job. Having a vagina (as if anyone could ever find it) beats the need to be basically competent. Jeepers!
ReplyDelete“I understand that the fire brigade fitness tests were lowered to get more wimmin in...”
ReplyDeleteSimilar shenanigans have been pulled in parts of the US with the same (recorded) results they’ve gotten in other traditionally male occupations. I.e. the women they ushered through selection have wound up suffering significantly higher rates of injury than the males who’ve traditionally filled the same roles. One cannot imagine why that is; to do so would be tres gauche.
From the article:
ReplyDeleteDC Moth said that her weight was not a result of what she was eating, rather it was due to medication she had to take for her condition.
She said the pain killers she took desensitised her nerve endings including those in her stomach, meaning she did not feel full when eating and so ate excessive amounts.
To paraphrase that: "It's not a result of what she was eating, but a result of what she was eating."
Glad that's all cleared up.
Back when I used to have an acoustic piano I once got chatting to my piano tuner. It turned out that he used to be a diesel fitter who worked on HGVs. He had a very serious health issue involving an artery in his neck that he was lucky to survive. After he recovered he was advised by his doctor not to return to repairing trucks so he retrained as a piano tuner. A medical condition meant that he could no longer do his job so he changed jobs and did something else.
ReplyDeleteIt would probably offend the woke, were the Fat Bastardess denied gender recognition.
ReplyDeleteI hope that the totally ineffective response by others does not deter Detective Sergeant Marvelly from acting in a similar way again. It’s his job to get the best out of his team. Sadly, this useless fat woman is unlikely ever to make the grade.
ReplyDeleteIt would be simpler for the force to just fire people like this outright, without even trying to sort them out. The taxpayer would foot the inevitable compo bill and no skin off thier noses
ReplyDelete"Having seen its effects, why anyone would even think of entering the police farce while suffering from it escapes me."
ReplyDeleteMaybe she was diagnosed after applying and being accepted?
"Having a vagina (as if anyone could ever find it) beats the need to be basically competent."
And as MrMC points out, not just in the police farce!
"Glad that's all cleared up."
😂
"A medical condition meant that he could no longer do his job so he changed jobs and did something else."
Sensible man!
"I hope that the totally ineffective response by others does not deter Detective Sergeant Marvelly from acting in a similar way again. "
It will. That's the purpose of it.
"It would be simpler for the force to just fire people like this outright..."
And cheaper.
"The officer, who joined the Devon and Cornwall Police in 2003, suffered from the painful condition fibromyalgia, and had 179 days off work over a four-year period, the tribunal heard."
ReplyDeleteFat and useless. Average of one sickie a week. Fibro. Classic worthless public sector parasite. She's probably got a bad back and depression (the sort that clears up at the weekend).
I bet she wears face mask in the car.