THE BRITISH INQUISITION
Four constables who had been sent a text message joke by mobile have lost their jobs with the Greater Manchester Police. The constables had then circulated the message.
The joke contained the word ‘nigger’, and an inspector who had been shown it reported the matter to superiors. This led to a 10 month enquiry which resulted in a disciplinary hearing which sacked the man.
Meanwhile there are allegations of double standards, with more senior police officers being cautioned rather than sacked for behaviour which has also been criticised as being racist. One had joked about setting up machine guns to keep Muslims out of the city during a religious festival.
This comes shortly after a the Chief Constable told his 11,000 staff that racist homophobic or discriminatory behaviour would be treated as a sacking offence.
A spokesman for the police said: ‘The four officers, all men, admitted the incident. The incident came to light on 16 September 2004 when one of the officers showed the message to colleagues who reported it’.
The joke contained the word ‘nigger’, and an inspector who had been shown it reported the matter to superiors. This led to a 10 month enquiry which resulted in a disciplinary hearing which sacked the man.
Meanwhile there are allegations of double standards, with more senior police officers being cautioned rather than sacked for behaviour which has also been criticised as being racist. One had joked about setting up machine guns to keep Muslims out of the city during a religious festival.
This comes shortly after a the Chief Constable told his 11,000 staff that racist homophobic or discriminatory behaviour would be treated as a sacking offence.
A spokesman for the police said: ‘The four officers, all men, admitted the incident. The incident came to light on 16 September 2004 when one of the officers showed the message to colleagues who reported it’.
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