Specialist unit recorded being racist, sexist and homophobic

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Members of a "toxic" Hampshire Constabulary unit were recorded by making "abhorrent" racist, sexist, homophobic comments, a disciplinary hearing has been told.

Date - 19th October 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Six officers from Hampshire Constabulary’s Serious Organised Crime Unit (Socu) office in Basingstoke, are accused of breaching professional standards and are facing a misconduct hearing which began today (19 October). Retired Detective...

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