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 the Spanish party resort when he got onto the platform and suddenly exposed himself.
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Footage shows revellers cheering and laughing as he then begins urinating onto the infamous Calla Gerona party strip.
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.
“He’s a serving police officer and should have known better. There’s no excuse for this.
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.”
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.
He now faces disciplinary action.
South Yorkshire Police said its professional standards unit was investigating the footage.
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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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 dashed without paying.
Police said the Brits were arrested on suspicion of fraud 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.
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.
