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Two PCs sacked for sharing offensive messages

Four former officers also told they would have been dismissed for racist and misogynist WhatsApp content

The Guardian - UK

Police officers sacked over racist and sexist WhatsApp messages

More than 6,000 messages which included racist and homophobic comments, and derogatory remarks aimed at domestic abuse victims, people with disabilities and women were analysed by the IOPC.

Evening Standard

Six police officers lose jobs for being part of offensive WhatsApp group

They were all found to have breached police standards of professional behaviour.

The Independent UK

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Ex-GMP cop 'barred' from policing after he's convicted of offering to supply steroids

Aaron Jones would have been sacked from Greater Manchester Police had he not already resigned, chief constable rules

Manchester Evening News

Mum of ex-soldier Tasered by police while covered in blood slams inquest into death

Margaret Beynon says she will "never find closure" following the death of ex-soldier son Spencer Beynon, who was Tasered by police before dying from a self-inflicted wound

Daily Mirror

"The way my son died was horrendous": Mum's anger after soldier son with PTSD was Tasered by police then died after self-inflicted wound

Spencer Beynon's mum has described how she will 'never find closure' after being left unsatisfied with the outcome of an inquest into his death

Manchester Evening News

Police watchdog chief resigns over investigation into ‘historic allegation’

Home secretary Suella Braverman said she was forced to take ‘immediate action’

The Independent UK

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Police watchdog head resigns over ‘criminal probe’

Suella Braverman said on Saturday she was forced to take “immediate action”.

The Independent UK

Police watchdog chief 'forced to quit over criminal probe'

Michael Lockwood was the first director general appointed to lead the IOPC when it replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2018

Daily Mirror

Police officer accused of 'abusing position for a sexual purpose'

A former Widnes-based police constable has been charged by the policing watchdog and is due in court this month.

Liverpool Echo

Former City of London officer accused of GBH after Tasering suspect near Liverpool Street Station

A former City of London Police officer has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after Tasering a suspect near Liverpool Street Station.

Evening Standard

Chelsea Bridge death: family bring test case against police watchdog

Exclusive: relatives accuse IOPC of failing to properly investigate Met officers who fired Taser weapon at Oladeji Omishore

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Woman passenger killed after 'serious' crash with car driver being followed by police

A vehicle failed to stop after being requested to do so by police on the A13, and was then involved in a serious crash with another vehicle, of which a female passenger has died

Daily Mirror

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Wales Online

Three police officers suspended after 'racist, misogynistic and homophobic' messages found on dead sergeant's phone

The IOPC has announced it is launching an investigation after messages were published in a national newspaper

Nottingham Post

Police watchdog statement after collision near Nottinghamshire school leaves three seriously injured

The force has alerted the Independent Office for Police Conduct about the incident

Nottingham Post

Ex-police officer jailed after trying to meet child for sex at Newark KFC

He had been engaging in highly sexual online conversations with a '15-year-old girl' who was in fact an undercover officer

The Independent UK

Minister declines to give details of migrant who died after Manston stay

Robert Jenrick says it is known when the man arrived in the country, but insisted he cannot go into specifics.

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Wales Online

'My brother died three years ago. Police still haven't brought in changes that might have saved him'

Three years after John White's death in 2019 the police watchdog's recommendations have yet to be fully implemented

The Independent UK

Police officers served with ‘management action’ over mother and daughter murders

The Office for Police Conduct said West Midlands Police let chances to ‘take positive action’ slip for Khaola Saleem and Raneem Oudeh.

The Independent UK

5% of police strip-searches carried out on children, new figures show

The release follows the Child Q scandal earlier this year, in which a 15-year-old schoolgirl was strip-searched by police

Daily Mirror

Distressed man called police for help before he died being restrained by officers

Prior to officers receiving a call from a member of the public, the man who was said to be having a mental health crisis had called the police himself asking for help

Nottingham Post

Builder died of shot to abdomen outside Derby police station

His brother attended proceedings remotely from Romania

Manchester Evening News

Police officers cleared of blame for crash that killed boy, 16

Kyle Hudson died following the crash in Bramhall

The Independent UK

IOPC investigating nine armed police officers accused of ‘racist’ and discriminatory conversations

Officers probed are responsible for guarding nuclear facilities

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