The woman said Bentley commenting on her social media pages made her uncomfortable [Getty Images] A police sergeant who pestered a junior colleague on social media and joked about having children with her would have been sacked had he not resigned, a misconduct panel found. Paul Bentley worked for Thames Valley Police (TVP) in a Berkshire neighbourhood policing team when the woman, who was still in her probationary period, joined his team in December 2023.