Pc resigns over racist comments
bpin | 07.04.2004 22:39
A Surrey police constable has been forced to resign after making racist and sexist remarks to the family of a missing person.
Pc resigns over racist comments
A Surrey police constable has been forced to resign after making racist and sexist remarks to the family of a missing person.
The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) said he had been sent to a woman's home in Godalming in January 2003.
But while there, he made a racist remark about her missing son, a sexist remark about her daughter and was rude about the family.
The officer resigned after pleading guilty at a misconduct hearing.
Right to appeal
The incident was investigated by Surrey Police professional standards department, which found the complaints to be substantiated.
The officer was given a formal written warning in December, before appearing before a Surrey Police hearing on 18 March.
In a statement, PCA deputy chairman Ian Bynoe said it had made clear in annual reports its dismay that officers, on and off duty, "continued to use offensive language and stereotypes".
"We have also, for many years, drawn the police service's attention to the way in which a minority of male officers fail to treat women - both inside and outside the police service - with due respect."
The officer has the right to appeal against the requirement to resign.
SOURCE: BBC
A Surrey police constable has been forced to resign after making racist and sexist remarks to the family of a missing person.
The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) said he had been sent to a woman's home in Godalming in January 2003.
But while there, he made a racist remark about her missing son, a sexist remark about her daughter and was rude about the family.
The officer resigned after pleading guilty at a misconduct hearing.
Right to appeal
The incident was investigated by Surrey Police professional standards department, which found the complaints to be substantiated.
The officer was given a formal written warning in December, before appearing before a Surrey Police hearing on 18 March.
In a statement, PCA deputy chairman Ian Bynoe said it had made clear in annual reports its dismay that officers, on and off duty, "continued to use offensive language and stereotypes".
"We have also, for many years, drawn the police service's attention to the way in which a minority of male officers fail to treat women - both inside and outside the police service - with due respect."
The officer has the right to appeal against the requirement to resign.
SOURCE: BBC
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Surrey officers in court on rape charge
08.04.2004 11:43
The Surrey constables were suspended from duty on 22 January after an investigation by the force, and were arrested on Thursday.
They have been named as Pc Mark Witcher, 29, and Pc Andrew Lang, 30, both based at Guildford Police Station.
They were remanded in custody by Aldershot Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
The two are charged with the rape of the woman at an address in the Guildford area on 20 September last year.
The alleged victim was not a member of Surrey Police staff.
The force says the allegation came to light after other members of staff had reported their concerns to senior officers.
A Surrey Police spokeswoman said the two officers were due to appear at Winchester Crown Court on Friday 13 February.
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