Shock moment Brit police officer exposes himself & wees on Benidorm bar on boozy holiday before being suspended by force
A DRUNK cop has been suspended after he was filmed dropping his shorts and weeing from a podium in a packed Benidorm bar.
PC Alex Bates, 30, was on a weekend away with pals in
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PC Alex Bates, 30, was filmed exposing himself and urinating in Benidorm
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He relieved himself on a podium in the middle of packed bar
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The policeman is now facing disciplinary action back home
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Footage shows revellers cheering and laughing as he then begins urinating onto the infamous
He dances on and continues to wee before doing his shorts up and getting down.
Moments later he does a runner as security chase him down the street.
A source said: 'It's disgraceful. If he'd done that in
England
, in a bar on a night out, he would have been arrested.
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"He's a serving
It's a small minority who behave like this when they're on holiday.
"They do it because they reckon they can get away with it in a different country.
But as this video shows, they can't. I hope he's dealt with properly.'
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The source said the group had been drinking most of the day before hitting Benidorm's bars and clubs.
PC Bates, who has been a cop for approximately eight years, flew home at the start of the week.
Wild vids show Benidorm bar giving Brits a SLAP across the face after they do shot… but viewers slam drinking game
He now faces disciplinary action.
South Yorkshire
Police said its professional standards unit was investigating the footage.
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A spokesman said: "This is not reflective of the high standards of professional behaviour that we and our communities expect from a police officer, regardless of them being off duty and out of the country.
"The officer's line manager has been made aware and the force's Professional Standards Department has viewed and assessed the footage to commence an
investigation
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Bates made a dash for it when a security guard tried to get hold of him
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A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said Bates's behaviour fell well short of expectations
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A Brit couple are also in hot water over their behaviour on hols in
Spain
after they racked up a four-figure bill on a cruise ship and
Police
said the Brits were
at
Ibiza
Airport after 'pushing their way' off the ship when it docked on
the holiday
island.
It emerged the pair were aboard the Costa Toscana, a Costa Cruises vessel, when they abandoned ship.
The ship was making its second stop after leaving the French port of Marseille two days earlier.
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And sources said the Brits were at the boarding gate of a Ryanair flight to London Stansted when they were taken into custody.
The suspects, a man aged 23 and a woman aged 18, had built up a €3,196 (£2,685) tab, which included a bar bill as well as Internet expenses and extras in the ship's casino.
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