West PC facing Panorama probe fast-track action

A POLICE officer who is now with Gloucestershire Constabulary is one of ten who will face “fasttracked disciplinary proceedings” after secret filming captured Metropolitan Police officers making racist and sexist comments.

- GEORGE LITHGOW

The footage, gathered undercover for a BBC Panorama documentary, appears to show some officers at Charing Cross police station call for immigrants to be shot and brag about using violence against suspects.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had identified sufficient evidence to show “clear breaches of police standards of professional behaviour”.

The 10 officers consist of eight serving Met officers (three police sergeants and five police constables), a former Met Police constable and a Gloucestershire Police constable who moved away from the Met. One of the officers, a police constable, remains under criminal investigation for perverting the course of justice.

Investigations into a Met detention officer are ongoing, the IOPC said.

The police watchdog said it had asked the BBC to send any relevant untransmitted material. The misconduct hearings are likely to be held in the coming weeks, the watchdog said.