The former Merseyside chief constable has denied covering up a senior officer's mistakes after upholding the sudden sacking of a whistleblower within the force.
Andy Cooke, who is now His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue, oversaw the appeal of Amy Park - a former Head of People's Services who was abruptly sacked in August 2020.
Mr Cooke, who was appointed in his new role by then Home Secretary Priti Patel in April, has previously made headlines for his war against wokery, including when he declared earlier this year that police should stop and search people who smell of cannabis.
He admitted that his views were controversial but added that stop and searches can be 'preventative'.
Ms Park was sacked following the recommendation of Assistant Chief Constable Natalie Perischine.
She claims that she was bullied and harassed by Ms Perischine after she called out the force for approving a 93,845 taxpayer-funded payment without submitting a necessary Police Data Initiative (PDI) form.
The whistleblower also called out the force for failing to publish equalities data on its website, which was a breach of the Equality Act.
David Jones, who was representing Ms Park at a tribunal last Friday, said the case 'smacked of a cover-up'.
He also argued that her appeal had been unfair because she had not been able to submit any documents in her defence.
Meanwhile Ms Perischine had been allowed to submit 'cherry-picked' evidence acquired after recommending Ms...
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