A former police commissioner’s nephew who shared pornographic material with his mates has failed to get his job back with the force.

Alexander James Cox, 31, was stood down as a police constable in March after sharing explicit images, video and audio with his colleagues over an 18-month period in 2019 and 2020.

Acquitted of recording and distributing intimate images without consent in April 2024, Cox was still let go from the NSW Police Force because of the pornographic content he shared.

Saying he was just joking around and had made a “silly mistake,” the former officer claimed to have been the victim of a “witch hunt” by then-police commissioner Karen Webb.

Cox, who is the nephew of former commissioner Mick Fuller, sought to challenge his termination in the Industrial Relations Commission, which then tossed his lawsuit today.

In her decision, commission deputy president Jane Paingakulam called the 31-year-old an “unimpressive witness” who had insufficient insight into his misconduct.

While he was a capable, hard-working officer with an exceptional record, the former constable had responded to the allegations in an aggressive manner instead of with any contrition, Paingakulam found.

“(It) would appear that he still lacks insight into the seriousness of his misconduct,” she wrote in her decision.

Instead of expressing remorse, Cox had felt regret over the consequences of his actions, the deputy president said.

“Both Mr Cox’s disposition and his apparent lack of candour do not reflect well on him,” she wrote.

His removal from the force was not harsh, unreasonable or unjust, Paingakulam found.

The dismissal was warranted, partly due to an explicit video shared with his colleagues.

Cox falsely told them the woman in the clip was an individual who cannot be named or identified for legal reasons.

In acquitting the 31-year-old of the criminal charges in 2024, magistrate Holly Kemp still described his actions as “utterly in poor taste, grubby, juvenile and unacceptable”.

Further conduct, which has been completely suppressed by the commission, was also grounds for his dismissal.

Paingakulam found Cox’s other actions were less serious.

These included playing the audio of a woman having sex at the encouragement of his superior officer while working at a Sydney police station.

This spoke to the culture at the station, Paingakulam said.

A separate instance where Cox shared explicit content with his colleagues while they were on a private weekend away would by itself also not be sufficient reason for his dismissal, the deputy president wrote.

After being acquitted, prosecutors were ordered to pay the then-constable almost $77,000 for his costs of successfully defending the charges.

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