PC Louis Hepplestone admitted responding to and failing to report a colleague's offensive messages.
An officer has been sacked for being involved in a WhatsApp conversation where racist and misogynistic messages were shared, a police watchdog said.The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Hepplestone had betrayed "the values he should have been upholding as a police officer".Hepplestone also admitted failing to report the messages he received, West Yorkshire Police said.
"We received a referral from the force after a separate directed IOPC investigation found evidence of concerning phone messages between Hepplestone and a colleague," the IOPC said., including racist material and an image of armed men in balaclavas posing with flags of the Ulster Defence Association, a banned Northern Irish paramilitary group.The IOPC said the messages began before both officers had joined the force.
"Behaviour like this undermines the efforts of the vast majority of officers, who work incredibly hard in challenging circumstances to keep us safe. Speaking after the hearing Det Ch Supt Nicola Bryar, of West Yorkshire Police's Professional Standards Directorate, said: "There is no place in policing for the abhorrent attitudes displayed in the messages that came to light as part of this investigation.
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