SpindriftA police officer sexually assaulted his two female colleagues while on duty.
Craig Glen, 37, inappropriately touched them in a police car during separate incidents in December 2016 and June 2021.
Glen, who is married, also made sexualised comments to them, which he later claimed was “banter.”
Glen was found guilty of two sexual assault charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
He was also convicted of communicating indecently with the same two officers.
Police Scotland said misconduct proceedings against him would begin now that the criminal case had concluded.
The court heard that Glen worked in the serious organised crime unit at a police station in the city with his victims.
The trial heard how Glen and the officer were together in a car while he was driving in the city’s Springburn on Boxing Day 2016.
It was claimed they were sitting at traffic lights when he put his hand on her right thigh and deliberately moved it up her leg. He denied doing so.
The officer claimed that she was “disgusted, shocked” and felt “belittled”.
A second officer was also sitting in a car with Glen behind the wheel on her first day at work on June 29, 2021.
It was claimed he went to change gear and brushed his hand against her leg, which the officer “laughed off” at the time.
Glen touched her again on the thigh two further times which he claimed he was “unaware” of.
He also denied making a comment that he had to “contain myself”, but admitted buying her dinner “on a few occasions”.
Glen also made further comments about the officer’s clothing, her marriage and her allergy to latex.
During the trial, Glen said: “If I made a comment it would have been banter.”
Glen said that he did “engage in sexualised humour” with other officers.
Sheriff Paul Reid told Glen that he did not find him “credible and reliable.”
“The remarks you made were grossly offensive and completely sexualised – your victims were humiliated,” the sheriff said.
“The [sexual] conduct took place when you were on duty in a police car.
“I have the belief that this was not an accident and was clearly deliberate.”
Sentencing was deferred pending background reports until next month.
Glen was put on the sex offenders register.
Chief superintendent Helen Harrison, head of Police Scotland’s Professional Standards Department, said: “Craig Glen’s actions go against everything Police Scotland stands for.
“Our thoughts are with the victims in this case, and I hope this conviction provides them with some measure of closure.
“I commend their strength in reporting these crimes and bringing this individual to justice.”
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