Humberside police officers sacked over sexist, homophobic, and racist messages

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Former Superintendent Ed Cook admitted taking covert videos of women without their consent for his own sexual gratification over a seven-year period.

Seven police officers have been dismissed from Humberside Police following a series of"wholly inappropriate" messages, many of which were exchanged in a WhatsApp group.

Confirmation of the dismissals, which was delayed for legal reasons, came on Sunday night, but were related to special case hearings that took place in 2019. One of the dismissed officers, Former Superintendent Ed Cook, admitted taking covert videos of women without their consent for his own sexual gratification over a seven-year period between 2011 and 2018.who said she was"ostracised" by colleagues after reporting a senior officer who seduced her into a controlling relationship and claimed misogyny was a"monster" at the force.

There were two investigations - one into three police officers with one sending"offensive videos to another" and engaging in"highly inappropriate conversations."A second investigation involved six police officers who were all part of a WhatsApp group who exchanged"wholly inappropriate offensive, sexist, racist, homophobic, misogynistic and/or anti-Semitic messages."

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