A gross misconduct panel also herd how they exchanged messages with another officer which contained racist and homophobic comments.
A serving police sergeant was sacked after 24 years in the serviceafter a gross misconduct hearing this week upheld allegations that cover a two-year period.
Legally qualified chairman of the misconduct panel Nick Hawkins said they had taken into account the sacked officer’s 24 years in the police force, ‘unblemished record’ and ill-health at the time of the messages. The various images and memes had been sent and received between November 2019 and October 2021 on his personal and work mobile phones.
Representing the West Mercia Police force, solicitor Hannah Hinton said that the content, which included Nazi regalia, was ‘appalling’ and he also had sexually explicit images on his force mobile phone. She said that the officer has a disability and was suffering ill-health at the time when the messages were sent.
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