A senior Philadelphia police official has been charged with assault and suspended after three female officers accused him of forcing himself on them, according to prosecutors .

The official, Chief Inspector Carl Holmes, 54, had offered to mentor at least two of the women, the grand jury report said.

His high-ranking position “insulated him from any meaningful investigation” while the three officers were subjected to investigations by the Internal Affairs Division after they blew the whistle on him, the report said.

In grand jury testimony, the women described a Police Department culture that discouraged reporting abuse, as “doing so can leave you vulnerable, and on the wrong side of the blue line.”