An Ottawa police sergeant ordered to resign or be fired after he was found guilty of insubordination, corrupt practices and deceit has dropped his appeal and resigned.

Sgt. Rohan Beebakhee's resignation on Feb. 18 comes after he pleaded guilty to two Police Services Act charges of insubordination and was found guilty of four other charges.

During an internal disciplinary hearing, Beebakhee admitted to using two police databases — one federal and one local — to access private information 437 times with no lawful reasons for doing so in 2011 and 2012.

Beebakhee also used his position to get phone subscriber information from the Ottawa police intelligence bureau 17 times without any lawful investigative reasons for doing so.

He also maintained contact with an escort service called Pink Kitty and multiple escorts after being ordered not to by the Ottawa police professional standards section in February 2011.

He also gained access to Ottawa police reports that were made private by lead investigators — one of which involved an escort he was in a relationship with — and misled investigators who were looking into his unauthorized database use.

Beebakhee, who had been with the Nepean and Ottawa police services for more than 25 years, had been suspended with pay since 2012.