GMP boss slams 'repugnant behaviour' in 'The Dispensables' WhatsApp group as officers sacked
A Greater Manchester Police chief has slammed the 'repugnant' and 'shameful' behaviour of officers disciplined after an investigation into a WhatsApp group where 'racist and homophobic' messages were shared.
READ MORE: Disgraced GMP officers sacked after probe into racist WhatsApp group where members called themselves 'the gods of north Manchester' The tribunal heard PC Jones dismissed troublemakers at Eid celebrations in Manchester's Curry Mile, in August 2018, as 'smelly P*** c***s' in a separate chat with PC Kelly, who is now his wife.
The internal investigation had also uncovered mobile phone footage, shot by PC Jones, which showed PC Atkinson mocking a Lithuanian man by appearing to speak a 'made up language'. The disciplinary panel concluded the video had 'clear racist overtones' although his behaviour lasted only a matter of seconds.
GMP said although the messages were sent via personal accounts, the content meant that 'any right to privacy these officers thought they had was ousted by their abhorrent conduct.' In a strongly worded statement issued following the hearing, Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Allen, head of GMP's Professional Standards Branch, said “The conduct of these officers was a complete disgrace and it is fitting that three members of the WhatsApp group now find themselves barred from policing for life, with one also carrying a criminal conviction for offering to supply drugs.
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